I did some weeding and watering of the plants in the yard. While I don't think they will actually yield any vegetables, I did plant some carrots, beans and cucumbers a few weeks back. I guess the raccoons do keep the rabbits away, but raccoons are also pretty disruptive (and personally I'd rather have rabbits). I caught one raccoon sniffing around the discarded bean seed package. I'll try to remember to stake the surviving beans and cucumbers pretty soon.
I did manage to clean out a small space in the study to do a jigsaw puzzle. It's far from ideal, as I don't have enough space to spread out all the pieces. I did manage to turn up all but one of the edge pieces, and I am currently working on the white/light areas. Then I'll switch to the blue and green areas. I have to admit this isn't as relaxing or fun as it used to be (I used to be a pretty good puzzler, though not world class or anything).
I'll see if I can make more progress over the next week or so, but I think more than anything I wanted to reclaim that space to 1) force me to go through a bunch of CDs to take to the second-hand shops and 2) make space for a possible litter box. I've been thinking more and more seriously about getting a cat, and I think I'll do it this fall. It's still to be negotiated with my wife, however.
I read a fair bit over the long weekend, including while sitting out on the lower deck, which was nice, though this triggered a major allergic reaction Tuesday morning. I went to the gym a couple of times and did a bit of shopping for the kids on Monday (as most stores actually were open). It was a poor second-best to actually being on vacation (summer vacation was cancelled this year for a lot of reasons I don't want to go into), but it was a nice change of routine.
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