Dalila Agtani Poet Light Verse

1st Monday After Retirement

Things to do:

AM: 
Don’t wake up early!
Spend an hour for breakfast, sip coffee , savor the flavor
Open the TV, look for TFC   (The Filipino Channel)
Inspect Tori  (my dog)  for any fleas.
Haul neighbor’s free wood for winter’s heat.
Clean up the garden  of drying dead daisies.
Organize closet,  set aside old clothing
Call services for the blind for donation pick up
Plan on organizing  picture albums.
Open poetry soup .com  

PM:
Don’t cook! Buy a ready-made lunch! 
After lunch, nap.  Put the carbohydrates to work.
Wake up, blink, repeat!
Stare at the clock on the mantle
Plan on hitting the shopping mall
Hit  Ross,  browse, don’t buy ( tight in budget now)
Hit the thrift store , browse, don’t buy ( space is saturated)
Hit the high end store, don’t buy  (too expensive)

Evening:  
Plan A:  text my  available friend until I run out of topic
Plan B:  Watch TFC:  Walang Hanggan  (Till Eternity) , A Tagalog drama series in TFC

I wonder if the routine is worth  repeating the following day!! EEEK help me!

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Andrea Dietrich August 22, 2012 at 5:07 PM Dalila, you and I are very different then. I wish I COULD do free verse. I very rarely do it right. It comes out looking like narrative. On the other hand, I adore forms. Oh, on my Black Diamond night. The stars make it into a diamond night!!

Robert Pettit August 21, 2012 at 10:49 PM If you are now retired, play life by ear. Regimentation is no longer necessary (at least it shouldn't be). Relax and enjoy.

Andrea Dietrich August 20, 2012 at 11:36 PM WAs peeking on here before bed and saw your funny reply to me. Gosh,I can hardly believe you are retired. Lucky lady. I would NOT be bored if I ever got to retire. Honestly, I never am able to do all the things I want to do before the day is finished. And you say you are looking for un GUAPO, well, that is another thing you can be doing instead of looking in thrift shops at old clothes. haha. (I used to go to thrift shops when I had money, they were fun!) Donald's advice here is very nice!!!

Andrea Dietrich August 20, 2012 at 8:49 PM Forget all that texting and get some good cable channels with more variety to watch!!!!

Andrea Dietrich August 20, 2012 at 8:48 PM oh boy, I love MY life so much more than yours. hahaha. Sorry, but I would die if I did all this stuff that you do. My schedule is SO easy: work in a.m, but it's fun work!! then in the afternoon, lie in the sun with a magazine or write a poem/ then in evening, eat a wonderful meal, exercise, watch tv, and do Soup! (never more than an hour a day on chores or errands, just online or enjoying my life!!)

Joy Wellington August 20, 2012 at 10:35 AM Dalila, you had me giggling on this one...sounds like someone is ORED!!...not putting the B on, as I know you don't want to deal with the B word. Look at it this way, now you have all the time in the world to do the things you love to do...some consolation eh? Sweet and clear expressions here. One love. Joy Wells