a good, nothing day

I was at a dinner recently when someone at the table posed the question, “So, what do you do all day?”  She happens to be a Professor at Columbia and her curiosity was genuine.  If I were honest, and if the question were posed for today, I would truthfully answer, nothing.

Here’s my day.

8:00am: 

    Get up, turn the coffee machine on (the coffee and water were added last night).

    M doesn’t call; she is on a plane to Paris.

9:00am

    See Mike, the handyman, so he can re-teach me how to use my fancy Rosle can opener.  Yesterday, Mike was off and I couldn’t figure out how the can opener works.  I’ve had it about a year.

    Contemplate walking two miles to Costco then reject the idea because I see people walking with umbrellas.

9:30 to 2:00pm

    Answer emails.

    Talk to friends.

    Look online for jobs, then eliminate myself before the reviewer has a chance to.

    Add linkedin connections.

    Have tuna fish for lunch, now that I can open the can.

2:30 to 4:00pm

    Get legs waxed (to be fair to Robert; I am seeing him later).

    Call regarding volunteering; my call is not returned.

    Play WWF’s.  It is my turn in 15 games.  I am a good player; many of my friends are better.

    Order and receive 3 sushi rolls from the $11.50 lunch menu at Ging’s.

    Soak in bubble bath (again, in preparation for Robert), while reading Truth in Advertising, an entertaining novel by John Kenney.

4:30 to 5:30pm

    Go to Val E! Salon and lie on a table while Robert rubs oil all over my body and massages out my stress.

6:00 to 7:00pm

    More phone calls.

    More emails.

    More WWF games.

    Brian Williams.

7:30pm on

    Sushi dinner (3-roll lunch special).

    More John Kenney.

    Some DVR’ed shows.

So yes, today is what I’d call a nothing day.  But I speak to Alexander and he makes me laugh.  I connect with friends and family and they are well.  I live in a city I love.  And I am free and healthy.

So while it may be a nothing day, it’s a good one nonetheless.