random truths - Day 1,982 (Wednesday) - chilling and not

The hint of fall that slipped in on Tuesday was full force today. It was chilly. Gray. I needed long pants, a long sleeve sweater, and socks. A blanket was added to the bed because I wasn't quite warm overnight and I'm not dealing with that again tonight.

The rain on the skylight.

As I sipped freshly brewed coffee in the living room, there were noises in the kitchen and something pinging at the back of the house. It was (much needed) rain playing percussion on the skylight and the metal oil tank enclosure. 

I popped over to Mom's with my cup of coffee and we chatted a bit before I returned home with the intention of taking a day to relax and not deal with any of the 10,000 details from moving. 

Every day there is an account that turns up needing an address change, including some that make no sense. For example, when I talked with the National Grid teams in mid-July about cancelling the gas account and transferring the electric account, they were provided with the new address. I thought the final bills would come to me at the new address, but they did not. 

My plan for an R&R day didn't pan out and there were rounds of calls to each National Grid division in attempts to get the final billing amounts and due dates. I couldn't access the gas account online because it was closed. There isn't much I love more than begging companies to let me pay them. And it takes forever. 

The rejection letters to job applications are rolling in, which is definitely preferable to hearing nothing. The day had more job posting reviews which, no joke, take forever to decode and decipher. It seems there is some HR rule mandating corporate jargon and banning plain language in a job posting. There are jobs I might have applied for, but I couldn't understand what the heck they were.

A sliver of the day was spent studying product descriptions for combination microwave, air fryer, toaster oven units (yes, all in one!!). And magnetic mini blinds for the back door. And a new curtain panel for the bathroom. The online cart is full but nothing was ordered. 

I really miss the days when it was possible to visit three or four stores in a town (like Bradlees, KMart, Sears, etc.) and see and touch curtains and go home with something. Now it's online or nothing, and sometimes my eyes feel like they will bleed from the screen fatigue. 

Soup!

The chilly day led to the first soup of the season/ new house/ new chapter, made with cabbage, broccoli, tomato, carrots, and mixed frozen vegetables. Later, I wanted to make a quiche, but the cheese reserves where chucked before the move and grocery store run was needed. When I returned with cheese and spinach, the urge to bake was gone. Maybe tomorrow. 

The chill made me skip walking today even though I knew it would warm me up to walk really fast. I stopped at the mailbox on the way back from the store and then parked the car under the carport and myself in the house with just procured cookies and butter pecan ice cream. No matter how chilly, it's always ice cream weather in New England.