things and stuff
Jul. 29th, 2018 10:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
edenfallingThings I meant to do today: MANY
Things I actually succeeded in doing: some of that
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Also I took a 2.5 hour nap, which was two hours longer than I intended. Apparently I needed the sleep. *wry*
Hmm. In other news, I wasn't entirely sure whether my kidney stone had passed, since the piece I managed to catch in the strainer was much smaller than the 2mm-3mm size estimate the hospital and urology clinic gave me, and I was still having some background abdominal achiness, but it turns out that those were preliminary menstrual cramps rather than continuing kidney stone pains, so. Thank you, body. That was very helpful and not at all confusing. *headdesk*
I bought a couple pairs of socks specifically to wear with my fancy stompy boots. They arrived yesterday, I washed them today, and I may try one pair out tomorrow.
I repotted my variegated hoya carnosa since it needed both better drainage and a more sturdy trellis than I could fit into its old pot. In other houseplant news, I have acquired a nice large pot to hold Castor, my baby-mad spider plant. My hope is that if I give it more space to stretch its roots, it may stop sending up flower stalks every four to six months, because seriously this is ridiculous.
I knocked off another continuing education tax course. Just four credit-hours left to go -- plus the ethics course, obviously, but the ethics course for 2019 isn't available yet, so whatever.
Upstairs Neighbors E and T, and Mini Upstairs Neighbor C have moved out, though they haven't entirely finished cleaning up the apartment and clearing out all their miscellaneous stuff. I am mostly waiting for their houseguest to finally move his car out of my driveway, because I will need the driveway myself starting in mid-August. (Yay temporary car! Someday I hope to have a permanent car, but that must wait for either a better-paying job or a significantly cheaper apartment.)
I worked intake for my church's recycling sale on Wednesday evening, and made off with a few items: the aforementioned nice flowerpot, a set of 5lb hand weights, some small polished rocks for improving houseplant drainage, and an interesting carved-rock votive candleholder. I left an IOU in the box, obviously, but it's nice to get first dibs on stuff as it comes in. :) The sale itself will be August 18-20, and I've volunteered to work on Sunday.
This morning was my hospitality team's first Sunday in our four-week shift, so I brought in a bag of pretzels for coffee hour snacks and then worked clean-up during and after coffee hour. Those are my staple volunteer positions, because they are easy and give me a defined way to contribute without standing around in a crowd feeling awkward and out of place. I also made off with some used coffee grounds, which I am drying out in preparation for use as fertilizer (mixed with my leftover store of crushed eggshells). So that's nice.
And now I think I will go to bed, so I don't lose all the benefit of my midday nap. :)
Things I actually succeeded in doing: some of that
...
Also I took a 2.5 hour nap, which was two hours longer than I intended. Apparently I needed the sleep. *wry*
Hmm. In other news, I wasn't entirely sure whether my kidney stone had passed, since the piece I managed to catch in the strainer was much smaller than the 2mm-3mm size estimate the hospital and urology clinic gave me, and I was still having some background abdominal achiness, but it turns out that those were preliminary menstrual cramps rather than continuing kidney stone pains, so. Thank you, body. That was very helpful and not at all confusing. *headdesk*
I bought a couple pairs of socks specifically to wear with my fancy stompy boots. They arrived yesterday, I washed them today, and I may try one pair out tomorrow.
I repotted my variegated hoya carnosa since it needed both better drainage and a more sturdy trellis than I could fit into its old pot. In other houseplant news, I have acquired a nice large pot to hold Castor, my baby-mad spider plant. My hope is that if I give it more space to stretch its roots, it may stop sending up flower stalks every four to six months, because seriously this is ridiculous.
I knocked off another continuing education tax course. Just four credit-hours left to go -- plus the ethics course, obviously, but the ethics course for 2019 isn't available yet, so whatever.
Upstairs Neighbors E and T, and Mini Upstairs Neighbor C have moved out, though they haven't entirely finished cleaning up the apartment and clearing out all their miscellaneous stuff. I am mostly waiting for their houseguest to finally move his car out of my driveway, because I will need the driveway myself starting in mid-August. (Yay temporary car! Someday I hope to have a permanent car, but that must wait for either a better-paying job or a significantly cheaper apartment.)
I worked intake for my church's recycling sale on Wednesday evening, and made off with a few items: the aforementioned nice flowerpot, a set of 5lb hand weights, some small polished rocks for improving houseplant drainage, and an interesting carved-rock votive candleholder. I left an IOU in the box, obviously, but it's nice to get first dibs on stuff as it comes in. :) The sale itself will be August 18-20, and I've volunteered to work on Sunday.
This morning was my hospitality team's first Sunday in our four-week shift, so I brought in a bag of pretzels for coffee hour snacks and then worked clean-up during and after coffee hour. Those are my staple volunteer positions, because they are easy and give me a defined way to contribute without standing around in a crowd feeling awkward and out of place. I also made off with some used coffee grounds, which I am drying out in preparation for use as fertilizer (mixed with my leftover store of crushed eggshells). So that's nice.
And now I think I will go to bed, so I don't lose all the benefit of my midday nap. :)
