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Placed a Walmart order for delivery. One less errand. The nylons that I ordered from Amazon were too dark, so I added some to the Walmart order. After debating back and forth, I bought some Obsession perfume to wear on the trip.

I got my sandals and nail polish. They look good.

I’m communicating with the swimsuit people. Apparently, I didn’t get a receipt for the order, just the PayPal receipt.

Got my Walmart order.

I’m thinking of skipping swimming today because I have a boatload of stuff to do. I need to clean the house! And drop off my returns.

Bought a AirTag to put in my luggage.

Reading articles about the election and getting depressed. They emphasized that we don’t know what will happen.

I think that I’ll take a shower. I need to take some stuff from the living room to the storage shed outside. I have a singing lesson at 4.

I have a cream-colored polyester blazer that looks like satin. I’m trying to decide whether to bring it on the cruise. It has long sleeves though. Puerto Rico is currently in the 80s at the end of the day. Now I’m thinking a blue-and-white top and navy jeans. I did order an iron from Walmart though.

I tried on the Obsession perfume. It’s kind of Far East amber and patchouli. I like it. A little goes a long way though.

I’m thinking of retiring sooner rather than later. It would be good, though, to wait for Medicare. I don’t know. I’m just tired. I’m just feeling like the last year wore me out.

I had my usual helpful singing lesson. I asked her what I could do to practice while I’m gone, and she suggested listening to recordings of the music on headphones. That would help; the more familiar I am with the music, the better. I’ll also make copies of the music to bring with.

I have a wrap dress that I want to try for the day that we get on the ship. It might be too small though. I had a blue-and-purple dress that I would like to wear, but I’m not sure where it is. Maybe I’ll check Ross out. They have some nice dresses sometimes. No, I don’t have enough money to go to Ross right now.

Oh ack, it's raining. It's supposed to stop at 7:00 PM though, so maybe I'll wait to go out. I was thinking of going out on Tuesday instead, but it's raining then too. Heavier rain, but it's supposed to stop at night.

The Harris campaign wants me to knock on doors in Wisconsin and Michigan. Not. Happening. I need to work.

Well, crud. Kohl’s wouldn’t take the Land’s End return and said that I needed a QR code. (They did take the Amazon return.) I need to investigate that. I could try to return it tomorrow before rehearsal. I can figure it out. Then I think that I want to go to bed and get up early to clean. I’m tired and feeling the time change. I might be starting on Seasonal Affective Disorder too because it was gloomy today.

Okay, I need to return the Land's End items to Staples tomorrow with a QR code.

I can't get Google Keep on my new phone because Google wants the old phone or the phone before that to confirm that it's me logging in. They don't seem to imagine that someone might have their phone stolen. So I won't be able to work on entries throughout the day.

I think that I forgot to mention yesterday that the movers will pack anything that I don't get done. So that's a relief. I'm getting a late start today, but I think that I needed it.

Repacked some boxes. It was about 3 PM when I loaded the old boxes in the car and took them to be recycled. I also needed to get more boxes. I was wondering if I would have enough time to make it back before nightfall, but I was dubious.

I forgot to mention that I wished that I had a dumpster while I was repacking boxes because I want to get rid of a lot of stuff. I mulled over a dumpster for the new place, but there's no good place to put one. Maybe I'll get two garbage cans for a while.

While I was driving back from the recycling place, I was swamped with a wave of sadness for no good reason. That was another reason not to go back.

As it turned out, the first U-Haul place that I went to was closed, and I wound up spending a long time at the second place because something that I was buying was not in their system. Then I went to Meijer to pick up the things that I forgot yesterday (sigh). The grocery clerk was shocked that I was paying cash. I said, "I think that I can still do that," and he said, "Yeah, that still works...for now." :)

Now I think that it's nap time. Couldn't sleep. Read part of the book about the Astors. (I finished the book about the Vanderbilts recently.)

I think that I'll have something to eat and then settle into bed. I might read for a while, but I need to be up early because the movers will be there at 8:30 AM.