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I'm officially on vacation, as of Friday night. And wow, do I need it. It's been a grueling fall. So far, I've been sleeping in, trying to get my energy back up.
My mom and I are going to go to Chicago for Christmas. I had a mini-crisis in which I never received the package with my aunt's gift. (I hope that one of my neighbors didn't take it. I would have been in a Mary Kay box, which might have been tempting.) I'm going to run out tonight and get my aunt some nice candles. (Crisis averted.) I'm planning to wrap presents tonight and start packing for Chicago. My mom is driving down here tomorrow, and we'll leave on Wednesday after dropping the cats at the vet to be boarded. (Not a Merry Christmas for Harlee and Zara, but I'll make it up to them.)
I've been doing a "reverse Advent" in which I've been buying food to donate at the local food bank, so I need to get up early tomorrow and drop off my donations.
Other than that, I've been cleaning and organizing the kitchen, and have made progress. I also want to get the guest room ("Harlee's room") together. I also want to make it a meditation room. I bought a blanket with cats on it, which I'll throw over the futon. I want to get an inexpensive seagrass rug that I can use as a meditation mat. I want to store my meditation cushions under the futon. I want to build the end table to go next to the futon. And I want to put some Goddess statues that I have on the bookcase across from the futon, and put spiritually-inclined books on that bookshelf. And hang some pictures that I've considered serene. I hope that I can get this done over break. It would give me (and my home) a lift.
This is the blanket that I bought. I decided to get it instead of the paw print blanket.
Harlee is calling me, so I need to finish my coffee and go appease her.
My mom and I are going to go to Chicago for Christmas. I had a mini-crisis in which I never received the package with my aunt's gift. (I hope that one of my neighbors didn't take it. I would have been in a Mary Kay box, which might have been tempting.) I'm going to run out tonight and get my aunt some nice candles. (Crisis averted.) I'm planning to wrap presents tonight and start packing for Chicago. My mom is driving down here tomorrow, and we'll leave on Wednesday after dropping the cats at the vet to be boarded. (Not a Merry Christmas for Harlee and Zara, but I'll make it up to them.)
I've been doing a "reverse Advent" in which I've been buying food to donate at the local food bank, so I need to get up early tomorrow and drop off my donations.
Other than that, I've been cleaning and organizing the kitchen, and have made progress. I also want to get the guest room ("Harlee's room") together. I also want to make it a meditation room. I bought a blanket with cats on it, which I'll throw over the futon. I want to get an inexpensive seagrass rug that I can use as a meditation mat. I want to store my meditation cushions under the futon. I want to build the end table to go next to the futon. And I want to put some Goddess statues that I have on the bookcase across from the futon, and put spiritually-inclined books on that bookshelf. And hang some pictures that I've considered serene. I hope that I can get this done over break. It would give me (and my home) a lift.
This is the blanket that I bought. I decided to get it instead of the paw print blanket.
Harlee is calling me, so I need to finish my coffee and go appease her.
