Still having focus issues. About half an hour of Diablo IV and about 10 minutes of Mass Effect tonight. Four or five bouts of knitting for about 10 minutes each throughout the day.

Had a medical appointment today, my quarterly checkup. Got blood drawn for labs. Got my second shingles vaccine, and my arm hurts like a mother. They offered the new COVID booster, but I have things going on tomorrow, and every other injection has kicked my ass for 24 hours. I’ll find a Friday afternoon when I don’t have anything on Saturday and get it then.

And then…. the butt camera. My nurse practitioner is sending me for a colonoscopy. Yuck. Evidently, there is a prep treatment other than Golytely (the biggest lie in the world, according to everyone who has dealt with it). I’m so not looking forward to it. Yuck.

Finished Sex Education today. Decent ending, I think. I’m sad that it’s done. I didn’t have nearly enough time with Adam’s storyline or Maeve’s new storyline or Aimee’s success or even Dave’s reaction. Still, overall very satisfying.

I have 8 minutes left of A Most Excellent Midlife Crisis by Robyn Peterman, read by Jessica Almasy. It’s such a great series, and I’m super happy that October turned our little book club onto it. We’ve been sharing audiobook recommendations for a while, and it’s always so much fun to talk about these. Thankfully, some of these series are many books and while we’re all getting caught up, it gives us something to listen to while we’re waiting for the next books in our favorites. The next one in the Burning Witch series by Delemhach is due out on January 30, but Aftermath (the next book in the Expeditionary Force series) by Craig Alanson (read by the incomparable RC Bray) is due out on December 12! Needless to say, they’ve both been pre-ordered, and I need them NOW. I’ve got the latest Jim Butcher novella in the Cinder Spires series ready, too, but I’ve also got 6 more books in the Good to the Last Death series ready to go, too.

Started thinking about next year’s garden. I’m going to do all herbs, and I’m starting to decide which ones I want. I’ll probably start a few of them in my Aerogardens in February or March and transplant them into the buckets for the garden. I’m going to try for 12 herbs next year, with nothing else. We don’t eat enough veggies and we don’t have the space for anything else. Plus herbs can be used for cooking, for the apothecary, for incenses, and for spellwork. I need to start incorporating more in my world. Hedgewitch doesn’t just happen.

I’m exhausted for no real reason. Time to take my pills and go to bed like the old man I am.