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Dec. 31st, 2012
Planning for the worst
Dec. 31st, 2012 09:09 amI often assume the worst will happen because I am much more capable of handling surprise delight than surprise disappointment.
I am going to the pool today. I assume it will be, once again, too crowded and I will give up in disgust after 20-30 mins. If I get more, great! If I don't, it's what I expected so no biggie.
In a more important scenario, I'm wondering if my brother is going to bail on the CES trip to Las Vegas. I know his business is at a critical time and if he felt like taking four days off was too much to sacrifice, I wouldn't be surprised. I went to CES by myself last year and it was ok. This year, I've decided that if he can't come, I will have fun. The hotel has a pool that will be open. I have a plan for the show and for me. It will be fine. I do hope to be surprised with delight if he does come but I'm ready.
Today is also bear delivery day. The Baby Corner moved this year to a place that is oh so conveniently located right on my way to the pool. That was so nice of them.
Those are really my only plans for today - oh, I will go get my last $2 Subway lunch. The promotion ends today. Sigh.
I killed HBO and Netflix. HBO was instant and I have a couple of weeks left of Netflix. I'm honestly glad to get rid of both. Neither is terribly expensive except I so rarely use them. And when you combine them it's more than $200 a year.
Tonight is my annual New Year's Eve tradition of doing nothing to observe the passing of the year. I'll go to bed at the usual time - long before midnight - and wake up tomorrow writing down 2012 for the next month, when I have to note the date by hand, which is way less often than it used to be.
I have no plans for Wednesday. Chef Anita comes Thursday. And then next Monday I leave for Las Vegas.
Meanwhile it's dry and cold here. A little moisture would bring some sweet snow but, alas, it's not going to happen. Oh well.
I hope LJ is working on LJ today. It was up and down all day yesterday and today I can't get to any profile - my own included. Poop.
I am going to the pool today. I assume it will be, once again, too crowded and I will give up in disgust after 20-30 mins. If I get more, great! If I don't, it's what I expected so no biggie.
In a more important scenario, I'm wondering if my brother is going to bail on the CES trip to Las Vegas. I know his business is at a critical time and if he felt like taking four days off was too much to sacrifice, I wouldn't be surprised. I went to CES by myself last year and it was ok. This year, I've decided that if he can't come, I will have fun. The hotel has a pool that will be open. I have a plan for the show and for me. It will be fine. I do hope to be surprised with delight if he does come but I'm ready.
Today is also bear delivery day. The Baby Corner moved this year to a place that is oh so conveniently located right on my way to the pool. That was so nice of them.
Those are really my only plans for today - oh, I will go get my last $2 Subway lunch. The promotion ends today. Sigh.
I killed HBO and Netflix. HBO was instant and I have a couple of weeks left of Netflix. I'm honestly glad to get rid of both. Neither is terribly expensive except I so rarely use them. And when you combine them it's more than $200 a year.
Tonight is my annual New Year's Eve tradition of doing nothing to observe the passing of the year. I'll go to bed at the usual time - long before midnight - and wake up tomorrow writing down 2012 for the next month, when I have to note the date by hand, which is way less often than it used to be.
I have no plans for Wednesday. Chef Anita comes Thursday. And then next Monday I leave for Las Vegas.
Meanwhile it's dry and cold here. A little moisture would bring some sweet snow but, alas, it's not going to happen. Oh well.
I hope LJ is working on LJ today. It was up and down all day yesterday and today I can't get to any profile - my own included. Poop.
Done and done and done
Dec. 31st, 2012 03:04 pmI'm not big on resolutions or year end review but I will say that I have been thinking all day about my breathing. There was a time, last year, when I figured I was minutes away from 24/7 oxygen and hoping for the end. Today, thanks to some pricey drugs, I am breathing better and better. There were several months when walking from my living room to the front door was a struggle. I went to bed at night hoping I would not wake up wheezing and gasping. It has now been nearly a year since I've had either problem. It's heaven to go through whole days without even thinking about breathing.
And today I forgot to suck down the inhaler I use for exercise before I went swimming and I was fine. Just fine. And the fools who were there crowding the joint last Monday were gone today. It was just me and Yuli and Bin in a three people lane. Perfect.
This is my pool on Monday's when I get there. It does not open until 11 and I try to be on the side ready to pop in by 10:59.
After I got home and lunched, I did a load of laundry, folded it and put it away. I remembered to put sunglasses with my CES stuff. I recharged my swimming mp3 player. And I took the trash and garage down to their respective dumpsters. Oh and I filled out my proxy for Ann and Ron to vote for me at the home owners association annual meeting.
I'm ready to take the day off.
I still have half a track lighting fixture without bulbs. Two of the LED bulbs were bad and had to be replaced which turned out to be a thing. I suspect that half of the problem is the bulb guy not placing the order and the other half is Sheri, the designer, not riding his ass to see that he did. She told me on December 14 that the bulbs were being shipped that day from New York. I finally wrote her today asking if they were shipped on the backs of turtles... She hadn't even followed up to see if they came in. Sigh. She's going to do that Wednesday and deliver them if they are there. Then I'll have to drag ass that gynormous ladder up here and wait for someone to come spot me and put them in. (I am not going up a 10 foot ladder with no one here - it's not high enough to for a fall to kill me.)
She did say that she will be here on Wednesday because she's meeting with Sherry and Lee (my neighbors downstairs). Curious. Wonder what they are having done. Last time I saw their place it was petty darned nice as it was.
I think I'm going to take the rest of the day off. I'm going to put my feet up and do some bear knittin'.
Oh the bear placement center was closed today. So the bears are all huddled together in the back of my car until Wednesday or Thursday. Poor things. Hope they know how to hibernate.
And today I forgot to suck down the inhaler I use for exercise before I went swimming and I was fine. Just fine. And the fools who were there crowding the joint last Monday were gone today. It was just me and Yuli and Bin in a three people lane. Perfect.
This is my pool on Monday's when I get there. It does not open until 11 and I try to be on the side ready to pop in by 10:59.
After I got home and lunched, I did a load of laundry, folded it and put it away. I remembered to put sunglasses with my CES stuff. I recharged my swimming mp3 player. And I took the trash and garage down to their respective dumpsters. Oh and I filled out my proxy for Ann and Ron to vote for me at the home owners association annual meeting.
I'm ready to take the day off.
I still have half a track lighting fixture without bulbs. Two of the LED bulbs were bad and had to be replaced which turned out to be a thing. I suspect that half of the problem is the bulb guy not placing the order and the other half is Sheri, the designer, not riding his ass to see that he did. She told me on December 14 that the bulbs were being shipped that day from New York. I finally wrote her today asking if they were shipped on the backs of turtles... She hadn't even followed up to see if they came in. Sigh. She's going to do that Wednesday and deliver them if they are there. Then I'll have to drag ass that gynormous ladder up here and wait for someone to come spot me and put them in. (I am not going up a 10 foot ladder with no one here - it's not high enough to for a fall to kill me.)
She did say that she will be here on Wednesday because she's meeting with Sherry and Lee (my neighbors downstairs). Curious. Wonder what they are having done. Last time I saw their place it was petty darned nice as it was.
I think I'm going to take the rest of the day off. I'm going to put my feet up and do some bear knittin'.
Oh the bear placement center was closed today. So the bears are all huddled together in the back of my car until Wednesday or Thursday. Poor things. Hope they know how to hibernate.