Categories: uncategorized
Tags: house, lists, accomplishments
Date: 08 September 2006 02:43:35
where did the day go? i did not sleep well last night... was up at 4 (went down around 1)... did some stuff... here's how i succeeded in getting to now starting from then:
1) went to hardware store to exchange wood for right size (for my bed slats... it all works now, and i feel like a grown up in a four post bed... after 4 long years i finally have a real bed)
2) returned metal bed slats to the bedroom store... there was only one salesperson, i had to wait about 15 minutes while he worked with another customer. instead of being irritated, i giggled and laughed out loud at one point... the customers were charaters, and it was highly entertaining for me to observe him trying to conduct a 3-ring circus. ...btw, my transaction took approximately 2 minutes...
3) returned chainsaw to another hardware store... exchanged, really... it was leaking oil. i blamed my brother (silently) for the oil spills... but came to realize the new chainsaw had a slow leak... i apologized to him (again, silently... if i were to speak this apology, it would lead rise to explaining the whole story...sometimes it's ok to not explain)
4) went through the drive-thru pharmacy to pick up an inhaler... i've been wheezing a lot... asthma. it was kind of odd to pick up my drugs from a drive thru... "Patient's name?...Ok, and do you want fries with that?"
5) washed dishes - to make myself happy and think there's a dish-washing fairy...it's always a surprise to find clean dishes... now i need to find the fairy who puts them up in the cupboard..."Oh fairrrrrrrrrrrry...!"
6) took a nap (to help heal, recoup, reenergize) on my newly assembled bed... i felt like a princess... in a fairytale... sleeping in a high, warm, post bed.
7) someone called yesterday to see my condo (hooray!!!!!!) we had an appointment for today at 5pm. Terrific. I went over earlier to turn on the air conditioning, check stuff out, make sure things were in order...did more errands, went home. I got dressed up in nice professional clothes, then i got there at 4:45 to turn on lights and get the brochure ready... then went down to meet the man at the entrance...
he never showed. ...i called at 5:20, left a message that i'd stay until 5:30 unless i heard from him...very nice and breezy... no call. Rats. I was bummed... really would love to sell the place and move forward with other things. It's 8:37pm now, and still no call. Rats-rats. Hope Sunday's 1st advertised "open house" goes well. wish me luck.
8) changed into my pajamas... watched some television... checked a few email messages... and am ready to crawl into bed. yes, perhaps that's the nicest, quickest ending to a rather unusual but somewhat productive & quazi-rejuvenating day.
i must admit, overall, i was able to clear my head a bit... tomorrow seems less daunting. i can make lists now (see above) so i can jot down all the things i didn't get to today... or things i may have thought of today... much improved. things are much improved. i'd rate this as an 8 on a 10 pt scale of 'effective use of sick-time.'
hope all of your wish lists come true...