Corner of Bourbon & Division

I got up early today and got all the recycling to the curb! It helps when it's all in one spot, let me tell you. The previous failures were all mostly (only mostly) due to the fact that I still had recycling in various rooms in the house. Since the massive clean-up during my week off, I had everything in the garage, so all I had to do was drag it down my driveway, much like last week with the plastic/glass recycling and the garbage. In short, setting myself up for success tends to result in my being successful, who knew?

Less successful has been my resolution to try running again this week. My original plan was to go Tuesday, and then again tomorrow, and Tuesday didn't happen. I awoke feeling super drained and really fucking cold, and I ended up just dropping Peggy off at daycare and going back to bed for a while to get more sleep and try to warm up. I spent the whole day feeling cold, which tells me I was overtired, because usually the only times I'm cold in that bone-deep, can't-get-warm kind of way is when I'm overtired or coming down with something. Since I am pretty confident I'm not sick, it means I need more sleep in my life. After my weekend of going to bed late, it all kind of makes sense.

Tomorrow the plan is to get up early and take Peggy for a romp in the fields in the morning before daycare, then get on with my work day, and then try my first run in the evening. It's either that or I forgo taking Peggy to the fields and try a run on my own (I can't run with her yet, she has way more stamina and energy than I do, among other issues) and just take her directly to daycare afterward. That might be my best bet, and I can take her for a run in the fields on Friday instead, since she'll get plenty of exercise and socialisation at daycare anyway. I just have to get myself into bed at a decent enough hour that I won't have all the regrets when my alarm clock goes off. Or, rather, I have to arm myself with the knowledge that it WILL feel as if I'm dying right at that moment, but getting up early never killed anyone (except maybe under very freakish circumstances which don't apply in my circumstances) and I will prevail. I have my Zombies, Run! app all lined up, and I'm lookiing forward to unlocking new episodes eventually.

In pandemic news, Ontario is locking down even harder now. Their "emergency brake" from before (aka "Well we tried precisely nothing and now we're out of ideas, so we'll just keep everything open while saying it's locked down") had no measurable effect, shockingly enough, so now we're back to lockdown levels comparable to last March and April, which is what we should have had to begin with. Our illustrious Premier has also announced that essential workers won't be receiving their first vaccines until May or June now instead of April, so yippee for that, I guess. At this rate I'll be very surprised if I'm able to get vaccinated before September, which is a bit of a depressing thought. I was hoping I'd be able to see my parents in person this summer without having to self-isolate for two weeks, but apparently that may not be in the cards.

*sigh*

Nothing for it but to carry on for now. I'll continue with my precautions, do what I gotta do, and eventually we'll come out the other side of this.

The laptop charger arrived, so I am all set. When finances loosen up a little I am going to get myself another one, so I can keep one in Montreal and one in Ottawa. I think it was at least partly the fact that I had to wrap the cord over and over and over that led to the plastic/rubber casing wearing out and then fraying to the point of snapping. If I make the cords travel less, I'm sure they'll survive longer. Plus it'll save space when I pack.

( The week in review. )