What was I thinking? I had Joe wake me at 5:30AM. What a ridiculous hour, made even more ridiculous by the fact that I didn't get to sleep for an hour after I went to bed. After some coffee, I'll be all right, but for now I hate the world!
So the plan is to go to the office this morning and try to do some catch up work. I have to wait til I'm awake though. At this point, I couldn't even make a decision on what sweatshirt to wear. I'll stay at the office as long as possible without getting in Matt's way. He promises that with the next infusion of cash he is going to buy another computer. What a relief that will be. Then, I guess I'll head to Jen's. I may get there early and be in the way there too. Who knows? I'll do my babysitting thing til about 1:30-2:00 and then comes another "lull". The big question is whether I spend half an hour driving home just to spend another half an hour driving back an hour later....... Maybe I can rent a bed at her house and just take a nap???? Then, I'm on with the kids again from about 4:15 til maybe 6:30PM--whatever time Jason gets home. Today is a day I really wish I owned a laptop. I'm closing hard on having all the papers done for the Haiti kit and I know I could finish them up in the spare minutes today. I've often thought of dragging my EHD with me, but they don't have any form of Photoshop on their computer so what good would it do me? I guess I could unzip files. That would be something good, right? I'll have to think about that after some more coffee.
Joe had the forethought to make a pot of coffee before he woke me. Wise man. Otherwise, I'd be trying to drink cold coffee from Monday........yuck!
Well, it rained here off and on all day yesterday. And there is the potential for rain in the forecast through Friday. I learned one lesson (again) last night. I will not be washing the floors til it dries out around here. Given the state of my back and 12 puppy paws that drag in mud, it just isn't worth it. So, if you stop by my house in the next few days, just close your eyes at the state of the floors, please. I actually DID wash the kitchen floor last night--twice. Once, before the puppy invasion, to wash up all of the coffee spills. Then again after the puppy invasion to wash up all the mud............
I've had a dilemma the last few days. Overstock has the most amazing clearance sale going on in their linen department. I found a wonderful down comforter for around $65. It's got a 500 thread count cover, is baffle box constructed, is oversized and is filled with 700 fill power down--really now, what more could you want????? I know it won't be long til I need a new comforter. Joe has this obsession about the dogs sleeping in our bed. Which means I wash and wash and wash the comforter (yes, I DO wash them, even though they're supposed to be dry clean only--who could afford THAT MUCH dry cleaning?) Each time I wash it, we lose at least one handful, maybe 2 of down. I've run the seams with my hands and there are no tears, so the down has to be coming out through the cover. I'm sure that one of these days all we'll have left is a cover with no down in it, simply because I've cleaned all of the down, over time, out of the dryer's lint trap. Yet, for the moment, it is still comfortable. So, do I spent $65 for a spare, now, while there is an amazing sale, or wait til I REALLY need a new comforter. Of course, it would be wonderful to have one to drop on the bed while the other is washing and drying......... Many's the night I've gone to bed under a damp comforter. I try to position the damp spots where Punky and Parker sleep--they're like little furnaces--all heat throwing muscle. Poor Max is all bone......can't seem to fatten him up even a little no matter how hard we try. I don't want him "fat"--I know that would be unhealthy for him. But he's so skinny....... When I started writing this, my thought was that it was wiser to wait on the comforter; however, that bit about having a dry comforter to replace the one that is washing and drying is pretty invited. What to do????
Well, for the moment, the thing to do is to go find clothes to wear and try to remember not to put them on backwards............ And, with the wet cold, to try to remember to layer up on the shirts so I don't freeze out there. I don't usually wear a coat. It takes only about 1/2 mile for the heater in the car to start throwing heat. And, I park right outside the office door. But yesterday, at the office, I noticed that even with the heater on high, I was cold. Yup, gotta layer up. Hope you have a great day!
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