Elizabeth Culmer (
edenfalling) wrote2018-06-19 12:00 pm
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Star Island: Day 6
Continuing my Star Island chronicle... :)
Mom and Dad left this morning -- the plan was to pull out from the dock at 8:30am, but in the event they didn't get underway until just before 9:30. And now I am alone on the island for at least the next twenty-four hours, until Vicky arrives sometime tomorrow. (I do not expect her until noon at the earliest, and more likely a bit later than that.) We're going to chat tonight to hash out some logistics.
I have already washed and put away our breakfast dishes, boiled two eggs for Wednesday and Thursday breakfasts, and read the one remaining periodical I brought with me to Minnesota
The rest of my to-do list for today is as follows:
-vacuum the cabin interior
-search for motor grease to make the second hummingbird feeder usable again (we coat the hanger to prevent ants); if I find the grease, then make a fresh batch of hummingbird food alas, I found none! must talk to Vicky about picking some up on her way to the island. ETA: asked neighbor if he had any, which he didn't, but he was going in to town and offered to buy a tube as part of his errands. hurrah! ETA 2: grease applied, hummingbird nectar currently cooling on stove, will funnel into feeder shortly. ETA 3: both feeders refilled and hanging beneath the eaves. \o/
-write and turn in my two assigned mini-essays for my childhood psychology class
-brainstorm and outline my English essay on Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" ETA: brainstorming successful! but alas, no outline yet
-make a post about Franz Kafka's "A Hunger Artist" in this week's English discussion forum
-maybe go swimming this afternoon? (if so, drag the neighbors' sailboat ~10 feet south, since strong winds have pushed the buoy anchor too close to our dock)
-maybe take a short hike? (if so, then check self obsessively for ticks, because ticks. UGH) ETA: decided against hike; too humid
-get some fic writing done
-read one chapter of We Have Not a Government, possibly down on the dock between bouts of swimming :) ETA: read two and a half chapters, whoops!
-lunch and dinner at appropriate times, and wash up afterwards
-phone call with Vicky
...
That sounds like a reasonable day to me. I will go get started on the vacuuming right away.
Mom and Dad left this morning -- the plan was to pull out from the dock at 8:30am, but in the event they didn't get underway until just before 9:30. And now I am alone on the island for at least the next twenty-four hours, until Vicky arrives sometime tomorrow. (I do not expect her until noon at the earliest, and more likely a bit later than that.) We're going to chat tonight to hash out some logistics.
I have already washed and put away our breakfast dishes, boiled two eggs for Wednesday and Thursday breakfasts, and read the one remaining periodical I brought with me to Minnesota
The rest of my to-do list for today is as follows:
-get some fic writing done
...
That sounds like a reasonable day to me. I will go get started on the vacuuming right away.