Everything Under the Sun

Man, my primary physician tested me for everything under the sun. I don't think that I've been tested for hepatitis before (negative). That explains all the vials of blood.

I need to set priorities for the estate sale money. I need to get someone to look at the tree in back as soon as I get back from Michigan. Also the leaky pipe in the kitchen. And take the cats to the vet. And I need to stash some money away for the Italy trip (paid for, but I'll need spending money) and property taxes. I guess the remainder is for bookcases.

Had my meeting with my programming professor. She thought that my redone exam was basically okay with a few tweaks. Now I need to study for my math (algorithms) test over lunch.

I did pretty well on the math (algorithms) test. This is a test that I bombed out on last year, so I'm pleased. The exam mean was a 74, and I got an 80. Now I just need to get my grade up in my programming class.

I think that going up and down the stairs from my home office several times a day is strengthening my legs. Good.

Napped and overslept. Remembered my Daily Look box and swore. Tried on clothes and kept some of it. I really should cancel it because I have too many clothes, but I could use some more blazers and pants. At least they don't send me dresses.

Remembered something that I forgot to do at work. Swore again.

Got the garbage out. After asking for another can, I didn't fill it this time. That reminds me that I need to pay bills. (Done. Crap, my energy bill is high. But it's been cold out. I need to look at insulating the windows. Looked into an energy audit, but they're all in the Chicago or St. Louis areas. Asked on Next Door, but I'm not hopeful.) I also have branches in the leaf bags that I filled, and I need to get them out of there according to my friend/colleague. She told me about a place where I can get a mix of dirt and compost for my raised beds though.

I should package up my Daily Look returns and bring them to the UPS Store tomorrow along with the CPAP. Booked my hotel in Michigan for next week.

Mimi is being extra-cuddly today. Oops, I need to feed them.

Yoga and Tai Chi!

I ordered the gardening books that I wanted. A little pricey, but I also ordered a “stud finder”. Oh, and I ordered a home repair book. And a label maker.

Man, that earthquake in Taiwan was brutal. I feel for them.

I’m pleased at how well the cats are settling in. Zara knows to come upstairs to let me know that she’s hungry. Mimi has staked out the guest room as her spot, although they both enjoy the window to the back yard. I thought that they would like to look out the front window, so I put a rocking chair with cushions on it in the front window. Being cats, they totally ignore it :) I think that the birds in the trees out the back window are the draw.

It’s a sleepy, gloomy morning. Mimi is snoozing on the guest room futon. I'm jealous.

Drat. I make too much money to qualify for a home energy audit from the electric company. They have a program in which you get a discount for insulation though. There also are rebates on energy-efficient appliances.

I ordered the quote magnets that I wanted. One of them says something like, "When it looks like everything is falling apart, things are falling into place". That's true of the house.

I saw a mug on Facebook that I like. It says "Like father, like daughter...Oh crap." I'd have to bring it to Nevada though. I suppose that I could get it and send a picture of it.

My one meeting today went well.

And it's raining. I should run errands today or tomorrow so that I'll have Friday evening free to rake. (I hope that things will dry out by then.) I need to submit a grocery order, but I could have it delivered late. I have a study session from 7:30 - 8:30 PM. I also have library books to pick up. But I have a lot of recycling to put out for pickup, so maybe I should go tomorrow. I think that I'll take the library books with me to Michigan. (They're all garden design books.)

Woke up from my nap during lunch feeling ice cold.

The house has swallowed up some cat dishes, so I ordered more. (What do they do with them?)

I placed a grocery delivery order for tonight.

Oh hot damn! Early bird registration at the Urbana Park District is happening now, and I enrolled in Yoga and Tai Chi for the summer! I need to make a space upstairs for a yoga and tai chi studio. A standing mirror would help.

I ordered the "Paris is always a good idea" poster to go at the foot of the stairs upstairs. I think that I'll just order one poster at a time.

I filled out my petition to extend my studies for the programming certificate into the fall. We'll see what happens.

I looked at used Kitchen Aid mixers, but I don’t really need one right now. Maybe when I’m more settled.

Got the recycling out. I need to haul the bins to the street and put boxes out there, but I’ll do that after my study session. Wow. Our study session was three-and-a-half hours. Very helpful. I want to study more, but my brain is fried, so I'm going to go to sleep and get up early. And I didn't get the bins out, but I'll get them in the morning. I also need to figure out how to set my cell phone up for proctoring my test.

Note to self: Tulip poplar trees are pretty and safe for dogs and cats.