Out of all the channels available to us on our satellite TV – more than 300, and not counting the special links to other material, Ed and I alternate among maybe 10 at most.

Now that I have an ipod, and my friend, Nadine, gave me a tutorial, I am presumably able to look at videos (on a teensy, tiny screen), choose between any of the CDs I have downloaded on to it containing mostly classical piano music, and radio podcasts Nadine turned me onto on the itune website. But I don’t usually choose the interview programs or other podcasts that are presumably of interest because when I walk, I space out. Music is best for that.

Although I am more techie than some, I am way below the curve and am still really only sampling the edges. If I don’t refresh my memory soon, I will also forget most of what Nadine taught me.

Lately I haven’t been reading as much. The books I’ve gotten from the library haven’t been involving. I start, and then I don’t like the writing, or where I think the plot is going and I put it out on the chest in the hallway for return. I don’t know if I am choosing badly or if my attention span has gone belly-up. But today I did get a Robert Ludlum that is catching my interest.

I think Ed and I need a break as in going on a small road trip of some sort. We’ve thought about taking a look at Tarpon Springs or St. Augustine. But we are devoted to the kitties and worry about them, so we keep putting off the arrangements we would need to make to get them cared for. Boarding is out. They have both been rescued and putting them in cages would not be a good thing. We’d have to get a qualified person (has to know how to give medication) to come in twice a day or house sit.

Tomorrow Ed and I are driving to Sarasota for RRB’s memorial service. That too is weighing on me. Too much sorrow going around. Pardon me for moping.

xx, Teal