Day 313 - PTO

 Today is the 5th day of the 45th week, the 9th day of the 11th month, the 313th day of 2023. and:

• British Pudding Day
• Carl Sagan Day
• Got to an Art Museum Today Day
• Independence Day - Cambodia from France in 1953
• International Tempranillo Day
• Kristallnacht
• National Chaos Never Dies Day
• National Child Safety Council Day
• National Fried Chicken Sandwich Day
• National Greek Yogurt Day
• National Microtia Awareness Day
• National Scrapple Day
• World Adoption Day
• World Freedom Day
• World Quality Day
• World Usability Day
• and Voyager 1 is 22h 29m 54s of light travel time from Earth

Quote of the day:

"If it is true for you, it is true for someone else, and you are no longer alone."

~  Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys

So I took today off.  It was a lovely fall day, on the warm side so only a light sweater was quite enough, and smelled of leaves.  So, what did I do?  Set my alarm for 6:30 AM and left the apartment a little after 9AM:

1. had a bladder and kidney ultra sound - a process that involved drinking 1 1/2 quarts of water and took over an hour
2. went to have blood drawn for tests [still fasting] and donated three vials plus filled a urine cup
3. took care of the biannual emissions testing on the car, which apparently I have now had for two years
4. stopped at the jeweler's, picked up one watch, had a battery replaced, then had to leave another for repair
5. got my RSV vaccination [noticed the western skies were filled with black clouds while driving there]
6. sat in a traffic jam where emergency equipment closed three lines of a highway going east and two lanes going west

On the plus side?  between 2 and 3, I stopped at IHOP and treated myself to brunch.  I got home around 3PM, beating the rain by about a half hour.

You know, at some point, I really need to take time off that doesn't involved running around all day doing errands....