Finished listening to The Forgotten Daughter by Joanna Goodman. I broke my rule and listened to back-to-back stories by the same author, because I liked the first book so much and this was a sequel. I liked this one too, mostly because it has a happy ending despite everything.

Stressful dream last night. I was at a camp for "exceptionally bright young women" [lol] but at the camp I held the same job as I do in real life. One person on my team had started an early maternity leave and I was trying to explain to people that we needed temporary help to fill in the gap while she was out. I kept telling anyone who would listen but also kept being ignored. One person on my team was a person in real life that I went to school with for 12 years. She was doing the job, but she never asked any questions which was unusual because she was new to the job. But we brushed it off though because she, like the rest of us, was exceptionally bright haha! At the end of the dream, there was some upcoming event and honey showed up in a light gray suit and tie to escort me. I was in jeans and a sweatshirt. It was then that I looked around and realized all the young women were in gowns and even honey, who thinks dressing up is putting on a shirt with buttons, knew it was a formal occasion and I didn't. I ran back to my dorm to change, but I didnt have anything to wear. I was putting clothes on, taking them off. But it was the same four outfits and none of them were formal enough. At some point, honey's sister came in the room to tell me I couldn't wear her daughter's prom gown. Subconsciously I decided this dream was too stressful so i forced myself to wake up. It was time to get up anyway, but I arose feeling discombobulated and angry, and I have a headache now. I absolutely hate getting dressed up. Hate it hate it hate it.

Dog and I walked 3 miles yesterday. Passing by the lake I saw some birds I hadn't seen before, I believe they are called Lesser Scaup. (There's also a Greater Scaup but again, I didn't have binoculars to identify it for certain. ) They're diving ducks. They don't breed here, so they must be migrating through.

The lake is almost ice-free, the wind on Saturday broke it up really well. But don't celebrate just yet. Even though it was 70F yesterday, I'm hearing snow reports for Wednesday/Thursday.

I got the bike brakes adjusted and cleaned and lubed the chain. But when I took it for a ride, the chain went loose if I coasted. And the pedals turn if I push the bike forward or backward. A web search tells me it is the free hub not turning, which would require a bike shop to fix. I told honey about it last night and he said that may not be the problem. Apparently when he rolled the bike out of the barn, the rim strip from the flat tire wound around the gear between the plastic guard, so I should take a narrow knife and see if there is more wrapped around it. He thought he had pulled it all off, but he said there might still be more stuck that is preventing the free hub to spin so I'll check it later today.

Now, my biggest issue ​is a bike helmet. I don't want to wear one. I tried on a few cheap ones at the store and I just don't like that weight on my head. And I have very small head, so there is more helmet than head. It just looks dumb and gives me a headache. I don't want to spend a lot of $ on something I don't want to wear. I could wear a child-size helmet, but really don't want unicorns on it.

Started watching 3 different movies over the weekend. But they were all so bad I couldn't finish any of them.

I haven't read the comic strips for a week and now I feel I am too far behind to catch up.

Dinner this week is chicken fajita salad. I wish there was a pill I could take designed just for me and my dietary needs instead of having to eat food. I am tired of trying to meet all the nutritional requirements--it is too much food as far as I am concerned. I just don't want to have to eat anymore.