Quiet slow day

Fri, Oct. 16, 2020 - ***

Well I just booked myself to get a flu vaccine. This is kinda new for me, but I recognize that I am actually 67 years old (when did THAT happen?) and this move is like "an abundance of caution", as the phrase goes. That phrase, by the way, I never heard before in my life and now it's everywhere - much like this dastardly virus. Anyway, although I have not been known previously to pracrtice an abundance of caution in my usual day-to-day life, I am doing so now. 
I am not actively concerned about dying myself, but I would not want to pass it on to any of my friends, many of whom are older than me and possibly comprimised in some ways. Also, the long term effects of that virus sound dreadful - long term heart problems, lung issues, kidney damage - ugh! I just got my heart fixed - last thing I need is health trouble.
So, I wear my mask when in town, and I wash my hands, and I only really see about 3 people (my bubble, as it were) and I will get a flu shot this year.
On the lost and found Sadie question - I found a delightful little thank you card with a dog drawing on it to send to the lovely Pat and her family who found Sadie and kept her safe until I could get to her. Such kind people! I don't know her last name but I have her address so that will be enough to get it to her/them.
Money has been giving me grief lately. What is with that? I seem to never have any and yet my income remains about the same. How can I be spending money when there is nothing really going on? I think it's mainly for my house and yard, and of course food for myself and the fur kids. Anyway, I am trying to pay better attention but I am a really slack supervisor of myself. I let myself get away with things. I really do.
Same with the weight issue. I know fasting will work but I am having so much difficulty getting re-started. Sigh....I have some lovely clothes that I cannot wear right now because of weight gain. Of course, having no actual places to go means I would only be wearing those clothes at home for my own amusement, which is kinda weird. It just feels like my whole world is on "HOLD". But what am I holding for? Well, seeing family, making theatre with friends, making dinners for friends, hanging out at a pub or the Legion, karaoke, singing with friends, visiting people at their houses, cello lessons, choir rehearsals, shopping at thrift stores - and regular stores, seeing friends in Vancouver and other nearby places, taking a holiday somewhere like Europe or the States, flying anywhere (seems too risky to me now). 
Not on hold is the ability to make some pottery, paint a little, bake some keto things, play piano and cello and ukulele and make and send cards in the mail. Snail mail. My nephew and I have started exchanging handmade cards with each other and I am really enjoying that. I need to expand that idea and start sending to other folks, too. Hmmmm.....now who would really enjoy that, I wonder? And also importantly, who might reciprocate? I must ponder this question deeply.
Now for your amusement - the following was a a digital painting take from a gorgeous photo by Carl Craig. I am thinking of putting onto a canvas photo - Dave Carlson can do it for me. Wouldn't that look fabulous on one of my walls?