A Day In the Life

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Created for thecoffeehouse. Which is not a landcomm! Just a social community.


Step 1: Get out of bed. Resist the urge to pick up laptop and climb back into bed where it's warm. Notice that someone else has decided to ignore Step 1. (Actually, she's only in bed with me because she decided she wasn't ready to get up when my mother did, so she changed rooms.)



Next, check email. Also start working on various other computer-related tasks, including figuring out what managed to install itself on my computer when I wasn't looking. Apparently it's some sort of Windows 8 menu replacement? Except I don't have Windows 8.



Then, laundry! Followed by some quality time with my mp3 player and the treadmill.



Leftover apple and cranberry salad for lunch, and then a shower in my tiny-but-blessedly-private bathroom.



My dog has long since decided that as soon as I finish showering, it's time for her walk. Whatever time of the day that happens to be. She's very insistent about it--and is quite willing to stand beside me and bark until I comply--so off we went.



We used to cut through the park, but that's under construction right now, so we have to take another route. We did, however, stop to get the mail.



And then home again, where I dropped the dog and the mail off, grabbed my purse, and headed down the street to the post office.



This intersection is the only thing (apart from more houses) closer than a fifteen or twenty minute walk away. I love that the gas station on the corner has its own Tim Hortons, despite the fact that there's a full-sized Tim Hortons across the street.



What I'm actually after, however, is the Shoppers Drug Mart and its Canada Post outlet.



Home again for a snack, and more computer time. Mostly transcribing interviews.



Supper! Maple-Dijon salmon, Brussels sprouts, and rice pilaf, eaten with my family by the warm glow of the TV. (No photos of the cooking process, but I'm the one who usually cooks on weeknights if I'm home.)



And then dishes, followed by dessert (a butter tart--which is apparently Canadian?--and Chai tea) and Sleepy Hollow. And then, a few hours later, bed. (Yes, I stay up late. So does my whole family, actually. Come by at 1am on a Saturday and chances are you'll find everyone still up.)

Comments

[timetobegin]

eeeeeeeee this was super exciting.

are all your mail boxes like that?? aka is it common in canada to have a postbox down the road? we all have postboxes at our gates (although maybe more postboxes in rural areas maybe)

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Such a boring day, though!

I think the community mailbox thing is fairly recent. Or at least I don't remember seeing them anywhere when I was a kid. Some neighbourhoods still have door-to-door service, the lucky bastards. I'm not really sure how they decide which neighbourhood gets door-to-door and which gets community boxes, though.

The one thing I do like about the community mailboxes is that they include a couple of large package boxes. If you get a big package, they put it in the package box and leave the key in your mailbox. Then once you get your package, you drop the key back in the mail slot. so that's convenient.

[(Anonymous)]

I am the information fairy! Except my information is very spotty and potentially unreliable. According to my mother, houses older than 30 years have door-side boxes, and houses newer have community boxes. That MAY be reversed but I believe my house is 28 years old and has a community box.

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The house I grew up in was built around thirty years ago, and our current house is just under thirty years old, so that could be!

[sid]

Neat! I love posts like these. :-)

I totally envy you your laundry area. Beats a hundred year old basement, I can tell you.

I've never had Tim Horton's, or a butter tart, so when I stop by at 1 a.m. Saturday, make sure to have both on hand!

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:D

Main-floor laundry is a wonderful thing!

LOL...Tim Hortons is 24-hours, so we can definitely get that at 1am. The butter tarts, though...you'll have to give me some warning if you want those.

[laisserais]

This is awesome! Your puppy looks adorable. :) Now I wish I had a butter tart!

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The dog's cute when she's not barking at me to take her for a walk! ;)

Butter tarts are tasty! If you like sweet.

[colls]

Looks like it was a beautiful day!!!

TIM HORTONS! The Canadian Dunkin Donuts. ;)

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LOL! We used to have Dunkin Donuts up here, then Tim Hortons ran them out of business. (The franchise owners in Quebec actually sued the corporate office--successfully!-- for not heeding their warnings about the threat posed by Tim Hortons.)

[brisus]

Looks like a wonderful day!

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It was!