The Tree is down

For now, it's in its box in the garage closet, and a reminder set to call the trash haulers about their rules for disposal of a pre-wired artificial tree that is past its prime.  I know the lights recyclers won't take it.  Will I keep it for another year?  We shall see?

Once it was down, I vacuumed the fallen needles and put away the tree skirt.  The only evidence of the holidays past is Frosty.  Since he's a snowman and not tied to Christmas, but to winter, he can stay for a while, with his tummy empty of treats!

Sunday was a reading day.  I made progress in all three of the currently reading books, and I started updating over on Goodreads, again.  I checked the statistics over there and discovered that I hadn't been tracking for a couple of years.  But a cousin's daughter kind of joggled my elbow when she joined, and with my decision that 2023 is the year to restart what was once a good habit of reading for pleasure... it's a good time to start doing that.

Monday the reading continued, and in particular I was reading about the color sense of the various animals in An Immense World.  What I learned today is that most animals that can sense color, can sense ultraviolet (which most humans cannot).  Some humans can, it said, and that got me thinking about some of the most unique stories that JEANKNEE told about her own senses... perhaps she is one of those humans who can see wavelengths that most of us cannot! 

Another thing I noted in my reading in this book was how recently some of this color vision research and findings were.  Some studies that are referenced are from the 1980's and 1990's which I supposed to current generations coming up seems like a while ago, but it's all after I got out of college!

Anyway, that's about it from this corner of the world for January 2nd.  It's drippy and gray outside, so I did my stepping inside the house to videos.  

Then I had one of those weak days, in terms of food.  I felt hungry, and being on the IF protocol, I allowed myself to eat, because I was within the feeding window.  How much of this was post-holiday let-down or boredom, I am not sure.  I do know that I did not make the best "choices" to my diet-minded thinking, choosing to do a bit of "search and destroy" of leftover Christmas treats.  BUT, being full by 2 p.m., I closed the feeding window and began my fast, so I'm following the "rules" as far as the fast is concerned.  Tomorrow will be a fresh new day. 

I know I shall let myself get good and hungry before I have breakfast and it might be a slightly longer fast because of the chocolate covered peanut clusters and the cookies, etc.  Guess this is the "feast" side of things, which is the next section of THAT book to delve into.  

Here's hoping all are well and smoothly settling in to 2023!  

Remember to breathe, hydrate, be moderately active, and at the end of the day, let it all go... today was enough for today.  Life is good.  Spark on.

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