Fall break (day 3)

More home maintenance, this time with a helping dose of "let's not flood or incinerate the basement by delayed repairs." I'm on-track to meet my rowing goal for October. Did more laundry (trying to churn up all the lingering summer clothes for storage) and got reminded that my closet storage system relies on some clothing being in the laundry at all times. I probably need to cull disfavored clothes to reclaim closet space. Paid some bills. Haircut. Very long dog walk, in the dark, contributing to the Ika fitness campaign.

Halloween decorations abound. Neighborhood favorite lawn flamingos have dressed up as the Cheshire cat and Alice:

"flamingo" is a fairly inaccurate translation of "velociraptor"

End of day email tally: personal 55, work 68.

This post's theme word is ablute (v), "to wash or bathe a part of the body." One must carefully ablute after a haircut to eliminate all the tiny offcut hair pieces.

Fall break (day 2)

Grading (typical pastime). Cleaned the floors, did more laundry. Executed a closet update: summer clothes into storage, winter clothes out of storage, all-season clothes folded and sorted by color. Did not actually finish any task, so it's a bit demoralizing to end the day and not be able to cross off any item from my Grand To-Do List for Fall Break.

End of day email tally: personal 83, work 73.

This post's theme word is agon (n), "conflict, contest, or struggle." Ignoring the siren song of the unreplied inbox message is a continuous agon.