It’s a balmy -26℃ outside now at almost 6 pm. The temperature is slowly warming up though this morning Environment Canada still recorded -36℃ and with wind chill, it was -50℃. It was no wonder I couldn’t turn on a dime today. I couldn’t quite get with it and wasted the morning away. I never got lunch made till 1 pm. Now I am sweating the small stuff and writing for day 14 of the Ultimate Blog Challenge.

I just have to listen to my body sometimes. When it doesn’t want to listen to my mind, there’s no pushing. Am I making excuses? Possibly. Some days are like that. More days than I like. I haven’t been totally idle. Sunday is when I go over to my parent’s and do the vacuuming and whatever they let me do. I was suppose to supervise my mother’s bathing, too, to minimize risk of accidents. That lasted only a couple of times. Then she would do it before I got there. Now she’s bathing the day before. Well, what can I do? She is spunky with a mind of her own.

I got another sourdough bread in the making. This time half white flour and half whole wheat with raisins. I will have to pull the dough a few more times and let it sit in the cold oven overnight. Then tomorrow I will prep it to sit in the fridge will Tuesday. Then it will be bake day.

I start my acrylic painting class Friday. I am a little frazzled looking at my material list and gathering everything together. I am not excited yet. Just thinking, Why the hell am I doing this?