Birthday Month 2023 August 17: Is that you, Thursday? OK then, let's make some progress.

[elisem]

Today's good stuff included a quick online visit with my friend Stefanie, who is of the awesome, and some workbench time that was very satisfying indeed. I hope to get a little more workbench time after writing this and before finishing my paperwork of the day, on which I also worked today and sorted a great many things. Among those things was the Social Security paperwork, which is now in the right place for me to find it, and a lovely poem that my dear Pamela wrote me when we were newly involved. (Love you, Obble. Good poem, that one.)

A friend texted to ask me how my day was. I replied:

I had workbench time and will have more before I sleep. My packages got picked up and are on their way to their people. There is tasty rice and seaweed salad and sardines, and a little durian custard mooncake for dessert. There is paperwork to finish before sleep but I think it's doable. The Bereavement Lady called, and we talked. So mostly OK, I guess, except for the howling existential terror that accompanies living in the belly of this capitalist hellbeast. How's yours?"

Juan is in the kitchen making himself some caffeinated drinkable goodness. I'd like to get more dishes washed before sleep, but that might be more than I can manage. So dishes and sweepage and similar housecleaning may fall onto the next to-do list along with certain floor-moppage that is quite overdue, but that's how it's gone lately. Ten pounds of chores, five pound time sack.

Today's perfume: BPAL's Black Opal, which is not in my top tier but is pleasant in a quiet way.

Is there something that's been falling off your to-do list for a while, or a similar case of ten pounds of chores, five pound time sack?

Comments

[madgastronomer]

I've been trying to get myself to put this desk together, which is lying in pieces all over the floor, but it has been Too Darn Hot.

[athenais]

I suppose my to-do list that isn't getting done is all the medical appointments which are tiresome to contemplate and not much fun to get done, but really ought to be take care of before it's actually autumn. I will try to get myself to schedule that pap smear, now six weeks overdue, on Monday. Bleh. But aside from that sort of thing, no, I'm getting my housework done on time and gradually tidying up this and that. No big projects started or even in the offing right now. It's not especially hot here, but I'm trying to give myself the whole month of August to simply transition from working to retirement. And I don't miss having a lot to do. I absolutely revel in all the bullshit of work just falling away. Not that cat care was hard or bullshit, but driving and managing clients sure was.

It's good to hear that you got some important stuff sorted out!