{"id":9546,"date":"2023-01-03T05:14:55","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T10:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/?p=9546"},"modified":"2023-01-03T01:23:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T06:23:26","slug":"tues-dec-3-2023-kids-back-in-school-today-grumpy-grumpy-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/2023\/01\/03\/tues-dec-3-2023-kids-back-in-school-today-grumpy-grumpy-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Tues. Dec. 3, 2023 &#8211; kids back in school today, grumpy grumpy kids&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Warm and damp again.\u00a0 It stopped raining after a bit yesterday, but stayed wet all day.\u00a0 No Christmas lights were taken down.\u00a0 Today should clear, if the national forecast is correct.<\/p>\n<p>I spent the day doing computer stuff and wasting time on the internet with my friends.\u00a0\u00a0 Last day of vacation, so a bit languid&#8230;\u00a0 I did get my accounting done for my one client.<\/p>\n<p>Not much else of a useful nature got done.\u00a0\u00a0 Some days it be that way.<\/p>\n<p>Today though.\u00a0\u00a0 Today I need to start cranking on some of the list.\u00a0 I know I&#8217;ve said that more than once, but &#8216;this time for sure&#8217;!<\/p>\n<p>I have to say that it&#8217;s been a bit melancholy around here.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been going through files and especially pictures on my computer, sorting, and cleaning up, and I&#8217;ve come across several pics of people who have &#8220;preceded me in death&#8221; as the obituaries put it.\u00a0\u00a0 My dad, some family friends, a great co-worker, and while it is nice to see them and remember them, it&#8217;s also a bit sad.\u00a0 It&#8217;s the time of year for it, to be sure.\u00a0 Add frequent commentor here, Pecancorner, to the list, and it&#8217;s triggered a little more reflection and introspection than I&#8217;d normally engage in.\u00a0\u00a0 I don&#8217;t think any of them would want anyone to wallow in it, but we&#8217;re not quite rational beings, are we?\u00a0 I&#8217;m not anyway.\u00a0\u00a0 So I&#8217;m indulging myself in a little bit of down, to go with the up of the season.\u00a0 The grey weather hasn&#8217;t helped.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping busy and making progress will help though.\u00a0 Cleaning helps.\u00a0\u00a0 When stressed, I find myself cleaning.\u00a0 Cleaning is productive and you can see the result immediately.\u00a0 If you come to my house and it&#8217;s clean, if the service hasn&#8217;t been here, tread softly. Just sayin&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway. \u00a0\u00a0 Things to do, people to see. \u00a0 Stuff to buy, sell, and fix.<\/p>\n<p>Stuff to stack too.<\/p>\n<p>Time to get to it.<\/p>\n<p>nick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warm and damp again.\u00a0 It stopped raining after a bit yesterday, but stayed wet all day.\u00a0 No Christmas lights were taken down.\u00a0 Today should clear, if the national forecast is correct.<\/p>\n<p>I spent the day doing computer stuff and wasting time on the internet with my friends.\u00a0\u00a0 Last day of vacation, so a bit languid&#8230;\u00a0 I did get my accounting done for my one client.<\/p>\n<p>Not much else of a useful nature got done.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/2023\/01\/03\/tues-dec-3-2023-kids-back-in-school-today-grumpy-grumpy-kids\/\">&nbsp;&raquo;&nbsp;Read more about: Tues. 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