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I forgot to mention that I’m trying putting some water in the cats’ wet food as susandennis suggested, and they’re licking the bowls clean! Good because I have two elderly cats.

Well, I kept on hitting snooze. And my cleaner said this morning that she needed to come at 8 today, so we agreed that she would start at 8 on Friday. I want to call the appliance repair people to look at my garbage disposal unit. I'm also thinking of cleaning the refrigerator before Friday.

I'm thinking about my internal clock. When I get a thing to do at work, my internal clock says to hurry, and I need to slow down. I'm not sure what I think will happen if I go slower.

The appliance person is coming out Friday afternoon to look at my garbage disposal. Yay.

I think that the box that I just got is the new-to-me vacuum cleaner. I’ll need to try it out on the kitchen floor. No, it's two doughnut-shaped cat caves that I bought the cats. I need to buy them more toys, but given that they have no concept of Christmas, it doesn't matter when.

Hmm. Someone is selling a nice wall clock with a pendulum. I might get it for the library. The only thing is that I'll have to wind it. Though actually, would the chimes bug me and any fish that I get? Actually, I found one without a pendulum and chimes on eBay that I like. It has roman numerals and is see though. There's also a similar one on Amazon.

Yay. Major accomplishment. I found and made an appointment with a psychiatrist. I have to go to Danville (app. 30 minutes away) for the first appointment, but then I should be able to see her (?) in Urbana.

Now I need to make a dental appointment. Done! The earliest that they could get me in is in February (but that's a good sign).

I think that I'm too wiped out to go to Dial-A-Carol. I checked, and there are a bunch of other people signed up though. I need to get the recycling and garbage out and go to bed early.

Hmm, I need to mail my dad and his wife's Christmas card, so I think that I'll get up early and run to the post office before work. It'll probably still be late, but I tried.

Got the recycling out for pickup tomorrow. I also need to get garbage out, but I missed the pickup, so I’ll do that tomorrow.

I've been looking at Jacuzzi tubs for the warm bathroom, although that is low on my priority list, but it probably would help my back and shoulders. (Something has to happen to the tub because it's the ugliest tub ever. It's orange with bleached out parts of it. And it's shallow.) The one that I would like costs around $2500 plus installation. I'd also need a basement sink to wash litter boxes in because right now, I use the tub.

I'm seriously thinking of going to bed before 8 PM.

I ordered two Kamala for President bumper stickers: one for my car and one for Mom's car. She would approve :) And I ordered another "Cat Ladies for Harris" sticker for my mom's car.

The good news: my scale said that I am down 20 pounds. The bad news: I’ve been dizzy lately, so I wonder if I’ve been eating enough. I had my check-in with Jenny Craig, and we talked about what I can eat in Michigan.

I was feeling dizzy after my shower, so I ate some yogurt. Now I've eaten a Jenny Craig omelet and feel much better.

I mentioned the "Room of Requirement" sign in a meeting, and several people liked it. Now I just need to order one.

I'm dragging my butt because I had problems falling asleep again last night. But I overslept this morning. Overslept my lunchtime nap too. But I'm still tired.

Swimming and diving in the Olympics tomorrow!

I should probably get some work done :) Mimi is snoozing near me and I'm jealous! Now she's up and on my lap, yawning. I told her that she was living a privileged life of a cat. She doesn't think that she's privileged.

I just finished a big project at work, so yay and go me and all that. Now I have a big request for reports from a library.

The trust said that they'd pay my mom's mortgage, so yay. But the City of Southfield sent another nastygram about Mom's car, so I need to call them on Monday.

My favorite t-shirt of the three that I brought back from Italy is the Firenze one. It says “Firenze" and shows the skyline. So of course, that’s the one that I got something on. Marker? I ordered some stain remover, but I was looking at “Firenze” t-shirts on Etsy. Found a few that were okay. Found an annoying number that said “Florence”. I want the right name, damn it! But I found a gorgeous art print of the skyline. I think that the downstairs is for pictures of trips that I’ve taken and the upstairs is aspirational. Speaking of which, I received the Positano and Ravello posters.

Speaking of posters, I got the "Be a Badass with a Good Ass" one.

I had a productive set of errands. I returned my Amazon stuff at Staples. While I was there, I asked about their lamination services, and they can laminate items up to two feet wide. So I should be able to get my Italy map and Italian posters done. I'll go back tomorrow. Then I dropped off my UPS parcel at Michael's, and while I was there, I looked at picture frames, and they have a nice assortment. I checked for a tie down in my car, and couldn't find one, but Home Depot has some. I want to get the dresser this weekend.

Hmm. I want to work on my exercise nook, but I'm also tired. I guess that I'll study Italian and see how I feel when I'm done. I'm done with Italian, and I'm fading fast. I'll go to bed and get up early tomorrow.