days_unfolding

I woke up at around 7:30, did my morning routine, and now I'm going to take a nap, after petting Mimi as her rightful due :) Had a nice nap.

Sigh. Mimi is picking on Zara. I'm getting a headache.

Barb wants to come over and look at my Mom's books. I told her that I would be gone next week but would be here after that.

I had a bite of lunch and a cannoli. I might go back to the restaurant to get more of the cannolis. They are really good.

I'm going to lie down for a little while to get rid of my headache. But I need to go to Ace Hardware to get a key cut for the pet sitter.

Hmm. Mom has a coffee table in the TV room that I kind of like. (If you saw this place, you'd know why I keep "discovering" things; it's like a curiosity shop.) I might take it.

Had another nap. I'm thinking that I'll go get the key cut tomorrow after Italian and stay here. I looked for my mom's personal key but didn't find it.

Mimi is walking around grumbling.

My voice teacher is so great. She's really taking apart my singing and working on the elements of it. (I don't know if that makes sense, but she listens critically and points a lot of things out.)

I'm still crazy tired. I'm thinking of going to sleep early and getting up early to clean. Plus, I'm getting a headache again.

Barb is a friend of my mom's from a spiritual group that she and my mom were in called Point of Vision. She and I met last December when my mom got out of the hospital and I came to help. She and I kind of clicked, and she asked my mom for my contact info. Well both of us were busy (she's a college professor at Wayne State), so the first time that I talked to her after that was when she was concerned because my mom was confused. Actually we had a text conversation, which included our academic plans.

Honestly, I'm starting to think that this woman is my soulmate. She might be the only person who understands why I want to get a master's degree in Data Science that I probably will never use because I think that it's cool. She thought that was a good reason. And tonight I learned that she sings. She's a contemporary of me, not my mom.

The kicker? She's a lesbian and I am bi. I'd like to spend more time with her while I'm here and get to know her better.

It's snowing. I need to get ready quickly so that I can drive at a reasonable pace.

I got out early. I stopped at Circle K on the way out and realized that I left my purse at home, so back I went. I'm glad that I realized it in Urbana because if I had gotten to Lincoln without it, I would have been really upset.

Now I'm waiting for the junk hauler. They called and said that they were leaving, so this might actually happen.

I've stopped trying to pack until the haulers get here because I need to load stuff in the car. Now I'm just waiting. There was a cute cat outside my place looking quizzically at me.

The futon and washer are gone. So, yay. Now I'm at Steak and Shake for lunch.

I'm feeling dangerously tired, so I'm going to nap a little on an air mattress. Woke up freezing. Oh, I figured out why I was freezing. I smelled gas earlier, apparently I knocked a knob on the stove slightly, and turned off the heat and opened the front door. The heat is now back on.

Okay, I've got the bathroom done except some stuff that I need to hand carry and a couple of items for the thrift store. I'm calling it good because I need to do homework when I get home, and I'll be back to pick up stuff on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday nights. Plus I think that I'll need to take Wednesday and Friday afternoon off of work. Oh hell, must remember to finish sweeping out the storage space.

A friend of my mom's called me to chat. I texted her that I was cleaning out my old place and will try to call her on Tuesday night. My head kind of exploded with the extra task.

Okay, back home, and fed the ravening hordes. I think that it's soup time for me. Oh, I am wiped out. I think that I'll have the soup and crash, and get up early to work on homework.

I've decided to try the Cat Clinic of Central Illinois when the girls need their checkup. I'm hoping that they will do a good job of handling Zara.

Whoops, I got distracted by exchanging texts with my mom's friend and forgot to post. I'm in bed now, so no. I'll post this tomorrow.