A very productive day
Feb. 21st, 2011 04:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vanillafluffyI am absolutely certain that, if I die of natural causes, it'll be between 3:30 and 4:30 in the afternoon. That's the hour when I most want to curl up in a little ball and hibernate, so it follows that The Big Sleep would be the ultimate afternoon nap.
I'm particularly feeling it today, because last night, that goddamned dog next door was barking until 4AM. I swear, I was ready to make a peanut butter sandwich, go over there, feed it to him, and while his mouth was mortared shut, wrap duct tape around his jaws so I could get some sleep.
So, I ended up getting maybe, at a generous guess, five hours of sleep before I romped over to the food bank. I had neither food nor caffeine before charging out the door, Because it was late---they close up shop at 10:30, and it was 9:30 when I zoomed out of here. Worth it---I got some stew beef, and two kinds of cheese, some egg noodles, bagels, canned goods---it's hard to say which is better, getting there early, when there's more choice, or late, when they want to get rid of stuff and give your more. I could've had four bags of bagels, if I'd wanted, but I don't have enough room in the freezer and even I can't consume THAT many bagels.
After that, by prior arrangement, I went over to J's. I have a very steeply sloping driveway, which makes cleaning out my car a major pain in the behind. J has a nice, flat space where I could park and fling...it took an hour for the trunk and another hour for the passenger seat and the passenger side back seat, and that was all I had the energy for. By 2 PM, I was beat.
Got two full black bags into her dumpster (another handy feature of J's place), rounded up a whole bag of cans and inhaled three pieces of pizza at J's invitation (at 2---the rest of the backseat can wait for another day). As usual, there was a certain amount of "That's where that went!", and I could've been more ruthless, but compared to the "Before" condition, when the crap on the passenger side was UP TO the seat, actually more like a 2-inch layer atop the seat---I could actually accomodate a passenger now!
(Honestly, the car shouted "I am a hoarder!", and I was acutely aware of it when that cop shined his flashlight in at me the other night. That was the tipping point, no pun intended.)
This also gives me room to traffic cans to the recycling center. I have the bag of cans from the car, another full bag in the office, and a few partial bags I need to finish filling. I'm missing Kat again---this time her handy-dandy minivan, which held A LOT of cans.
DID remember to drop off library books on the way home, go me!
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I'm particularly feeling it today, because last night, that goddamned dog next door was barking until 4AM. I swear, I was ready to make a peanut butter sandwich, go over there, feed it to him, and while his mouth was mortared shut, wrap duct tape around his jaws so I could get some sleep.
So, I ended up getting maybe, at a generous guess, five hours of sleep before I romped over to the food bank. I had neither food nor caffeine before charging out the door, Because it was late---they close up shop at 10:30, and it was 9:30 when I zoomed out of here. Worth it---I got some stew beef, and two kinds of cheese, some egg noodles, bagels, canned goods---it's hard to say which is better, getting there early, when there's more choice, or late, when they want to get rid of stuff and give your more. I could've had four bags of bagels, if I'd wanted, but I don't have enough room in the freezer and even I can't consume THAT many bagels.
After that, by prior arrangement, I went over to J's. I have a very steeply sloping driveway, which makes cleaning out my car a major pain in the behind. J has a nice, flat space where I could park and fling...it took an hour for the trunk and another hour for the passenger seat and the passenger side back seat, and that was all I had the energy for. By 2 PM, I was beat.
Got two full black bags into her dumpster (another handy feature of J's place), rounded up a whole bag of cans and inhaled three pieces of pizza at J's invitation (at 2---the rest of the backseat can wait for another day). As usual, there was a certain amount of "That's where that went!", and I could've been more ruthless, but compared to the "Before" condition, when the crap on the passenger side was UP TO the seat, actually more like a 2-inch layer atop the seat---I could actually accomodate a passenger now!
(Honestly, the car shouted "I am a hoarder!", and I was acutely aware of it when that cop shined his flashlight in at me the other night. That was the tipping point, no pun intended.)
This also gives me room to traffic cans to the recycling center. I have the bag of cans from the car, another full bag in the office, and a few partial bags I need to finish filling. I'm missing Kat again---this time her handy-dandy minivan, which held A LOT of cans.
DID remember to drop off library books on the way home, go me!
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Date: 2011-02-22 01:51 am (UTC)Made the effort to go to work- did payroll and came back home. I had a refill of antibiotic left so I got it filled as this feels like a respiratory thing. The meds I have are for that so hopefully it will take care of it.
Felt great yesterday and then it crept up on me!
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Date: 2011-02-22 02:48 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-22 05:42 am (UTC)Hope you kick your ick. Let me know if there's anything you need while you're home sick, since I know you're short on minions at the moment.
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Date: 2011-02-22 08:32 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-22 09:07 pm (UTC).
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Date: 2011-02-22 10:00 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-22 10:20 pm (UTC).
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Date: 2011-02-22 02:57 am (UTC)Have you tried calling the cops on the dog? Most communities have a public nuisance or disturbing the peace ordinance.
*sprouts horns*
If you want to try shock treatment, nexttime he's been at it for a couple of hours, blast him with a sound effects CD/DVD of a roaring lion. That should hush hi up for a while.
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Date: 2011-02-22 05:48 am (UTC)I could probably put another hour in on it, but it's progress. Because my car is 20 years old, has 250K+ miles on it, rattles and squeaks continually---I'm concerned that it's going to die on me, and I'd like it be able to grab a few things and walk away, rather than a panic-stricken roadside rummaging....
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Yay!
Date: 2011-02-22 03:44 pm (UTC)Re: Yay!
Date: 2011-02-22 03:57 pm (UTC).
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Date: 2011-02-22 10:43 pm (UTC).
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Date: 2011-02-22 11:06 pm (UTC)Ok, a person from Richmond sent me money via paypal, twice. The first came through just fine, the second got reversed AFTER I withdrew to my credit card and my account was "limited" aka frozen because they wanted more information about my latest "transactions". I sent them explanation that I have never sold anything. Then they wanted a copy of my passport or driver´s license to confirm my identity and a current utility bill for address. Nowhere on their page I could find a place to upload the files, although it was supposed to be there. Today I phoned them, no help. And now they want tracking information for my last 5 transaction plus the previous.
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Date: 2011-02-22 11:57 pm (UTC).
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Date: 2011-02-23 12:14 am (UTC)She could not convince the local WU offices that Estonia is not a terrorist country, thus she could not use that channel.
And now when I googled for ´limited Paypal account´, I found this:
http://www.paypalsucks.com/
This gave me a jolt. Now I am very worried, actually
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Date: 2011-02-23 12:24 am (UTC).
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Date: 2011-02-23 12:39 am (UTC)