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Last Sunday of the Quarter

2019-04-01T13:12:20Z

Here's how my day went:
Woke up at 6 because hubby had to go to work. Woke up again at 8 with message from mum, got up and walked dogs, fed dogs, fish, rats... washed dishes. Made breakfast, ate breakfast then went to work. Got back from work... made lunch, changed sheets on the bed, started laundry, cleaned the rats' cage... work, work, work...

After having a couple of hours then had to go and pick up another dog to stay with us. Worked on a project with hubby, made dinner, ate dinner, and finished project, quick computer time before bed, and then FINALLY got to watch the first episode of the OA!

From just that episode, I can tell the series is going to be awesome!

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Sunny Saturday

2019-04-01T02:03:29Z

There really is SUCH a difference between different establishments within a single religion - and yes, I use that rather than faith. Went to a different church than the one I work at for someone's funeral and ended up feeling like 'Eeep, bring me home!' Not that I even /share/ that faith - just work at the church but still...

Anyway, it was a day of 'farewelling.' A funeral followed by a 'memorial'/celebration of life, and as you're maybe thinking right now, one was just... downright depressing, the other was so crazy and fun that the person we were celebrating would have loved it, if he had been there, but he wasn't and that was why /we/ were there, but I'm damn sure he was watching over us and approved!

After all that, a quiet evening at home, and an early night - yes, on a Saturday.

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Flip Flop Friday

2019-03-31T01:41:58Z

My days was turned on its head again with last minute things cropping up, as they so often do, so I didn't get all the things done, and certainly not any writing done, but such is life. Took my car in to get the lights fixed and they had to keep it overnight too, not that that's an issue either, just one other thing to rearrange things for and Saturday's going to be a busy day as is. Still, I will survive it all.

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A Good Thursday

2019-03-31T01:38:00Z

In spite of the fact that I didn't feel like writing today, or doing very much at all to be honest (exhausted after finally finishing that mind map - it took a lot out of me) I felt pretty chill all day, even knowing that it was T day.

Also for the first time in, well... ever I think, I didn't end up feeling picked on during the evening meeting. I felt it was fair and balanced, and we touched on subjects and issues other than my own or just mine, for once.

It was actually a good Thursday, even with the stress our poor dogs went through, although it was better in the long run that we tried out the other day now, for one night, so that there weren't problems at a later date.

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Map Complete

2019-03-28T21:21:42Z

The title says it all. After two days of not meeting my quota I was DETERMINED to get the Mind Map for Harm finished, and... finally, I did.

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Not the Better Way

2019-03-28T01:33:24Z

So, I decided after yesterday's effort to try and do all my 'chores' in a chunk, get them out of the way first, and then settled down to write.

Most of the day later... I maybe got in a hour of writing.

I'm not feeling very productive.

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Reflecting progress...

2019-03-28T01:29:03Z

Set a modest target. Write for 3 hours in each day of spring break. Monday, maybe 2 hours if I'm lucky, and not all in one chunk as intended. Not even in hour chunks or half hour, nope... tiny bit here, there... lots of chores done though.

Must be a better way!

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Squirrels and Birds

2019-03-26T01:31:46Z

No, it's not some new kind of euphemism for something juicy... it's pretty much the contents of my day... after going to work at church that is, which was the same old same old.

You see, Saturday, since we're having trouble with a squirrel eating all the seed out of the bird feeder, I bought a baffle, only the pole was too skinny so it wouldn't attach to the pole. Instead of taking the baffle back, which I could have done, but that would have left us un-baffled and beset by squirrels, I bought a new pole system. It's one that we could, if we wanted, make really high, but since we want to see the birds out of our window, we didn't use the extension part, anyway...

Got home and installed the new pole, and put the baffle on the pole, used the old pole for wind chimes, thus creating a nice, relaxing garden set up... and at one point in the afternoon, while I was trying ~~not to fall asleep in my chair~~ to write, I had the bubbling of the solar powered fountain in the bird bath, and the wind chimes all drifting in through the window with the bird song. Just perfect!

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Like Samson, Only Better

2019-03-24T20:30:25Z

Got a haircut and realized that it had been far, far, far too long since the last one.

One thing I love about being my is the way I can be very, patient and forgiving... perhaps too much sometimes, but, you know what, no... not too much. Perfect Love and Perfect trust... practice what you preach. Everyone was tired and cranky today, but I wasn't going to let it get the better of me.

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At Last...

2019-03-24T20:22:55Z

FRIDAY!!!! SPRING BREAK!!!

I think that says it all.

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Does It Have A Name?

2019-03-24T20:20:22Z

Relieved and frustrated both at the same time - does that emotion have a name?

I've mentioned before that I spend most of Thursday feeling on edge and anxious and basically looking forward to 8:30 or 9pm when 'it' will all be over and I can chill out with Star Trek: Discovery. Well, that's all well and good when the thing happens, but when it doesn't I feel stressed because of feeling stressed all day for no reason.

Worse still when you ask someone a question, and even though you know they're online and logged into the platform, they don't even 'see' the the message you send, and certainly don't answer it.

Anyway, Discovery was perhaps my favorite episode of season 2 so far... they need to write more like this, but oh, oh no, only 4 episodes left? Then what will I do!

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What the HECK happened!?

2019-03-21T16:12:50Z

Oh, wait... I know what happened... it was a full moon. OMFG. Talk about a totally crazy out of control day where I got nothing done, and kept getting interrupted even at that! Speaking of full moons... leave it to the weather to make it so that there was no chance of actually /seeing/ the last supermoon of 2019.

Annoyance of the day: Someone dumped a load of... well I don't know what they are, but it's trash, on our road, and my dogs keep trying to eat it. I'm /really/ mad about it. I'm going to have to go out and clean it up /before/ I can walk the dogs again, because gods know what it is, and I don't want them getting sick from it. People are just so damned inconsiderate!

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What To Say About Tuesday?

2019-03-21T01:48:22Z

Please excuse me, but as I write this I am exhausted after a day where I was so busy and busier than that, that I couldn't even tell you which was is up right now... but that's today, and I'm talking about Tuesday.

Hey, work was the same, busy as it's always turning out to be, kind of day. Actually it was one of those mornings where I woke up with a headache for the second day in a row and decided there and then that I was going to call out... which for me involves turning no the computer and logging into a website to arrange a substitute. So... turned on the computer, went to the website, logged in... stared at the website and brain goes - "stupid, you can't just call in because you're tired. Get your arse to work!" so I closed the website and went to work... for a very busy day that didn't /end/ until gone eight at night. I got home, made dinner and was in bed an hour or so after I got home - right around nowtime as a matter of fact, and exactly where I will be going once this post and one or two others in places are made.

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Almost Still Light

2019-03-19T19:10:01Z

Where does the day go? One more week until Spring Break and it feels like a mountain to climb. Work was the usual madness... as tough as it was working with the 1:1, being available for everyone, while diverse and rewarding, it also means I end up running around like a chicken with its head cut off.

Then I rushed home to get some jobs done before going out to work again.

Much as I complain about losing the hour of sleep (my sleep is important to me) it was good to have a lighter night, and to leave a bit early so that it was <i>almost</i> still light when I was coming home.

A pleasant evening and an early night... they were much needed.

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Surprise!

2019-03-18T19:25:43Z

Yesterday was a mixed bag. Church shenanigans as usual... I may or may not have mentioned here that the Children's Minister that I technically work 'for' (Although it was the pastor that hired me before she ever came), does not instill in me any kind of feeling of 'spirituality' and I have a hard time with that, so I end up feeling... uncomfortable in many way. Once I got home I had wanted to sit and write for the rest of the day. Didn't work out that way at all... all housework and sorting and cleaning and cooking which, while I don't technically /mind/ that, I do mind being told, "it won't take long" and other less charitable things when I express my feelings on the matter. But it's in the past, and in the end though I didn't get as much done as I wanted to do, I still got something done, (and a lot of cleaning/sorting).

Then, in the evening, a total surprise, I had a friend request from someone I used to be friends with, but had lost touch (for various reasons), with whom I reconnected, and we talked a little bit, and it gave me a sense of of peace and be able to lay a bunch of stuff to rest.

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Seriously? I have muscles there?

2019-03-18T00:07:21Z

What a fabulous day! Mostly... I mean... up early to go and walk in a 5K race might not necessarily be my idea of fun on an intellectual level, but wow, just wow what a great day it truly was. I really pushed myself and slashed a whole minute (slightly more actually) off my time from the last 5K I did back in October... but heavens am I feeling it now!

An afternoon nap swallowed up the rest of the day, and then looking after my guy, who was sick for some reason, came on suddenly. All of that meant I didn't get as much done as I wanted to have done, but...that's what Sunday's for, right?

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Ready For the Week To Be Over

2019-03-17T01:48:45Z

Seriously, some people just beggar belief... whether you're talking about the student that threatens to call the cops just because you ask him to read something in class, or the teacher who refuses to accept an EC child's accommodations, it's been /that/ kind of week, that kind of day.

Awesome shopping trip later though, and no, not retail therapy. Actually went shopping for workout pants for my guy, for a 5K we're doing, and found the perfect workout shirt for me while we were there, and it was half off and just perfectly lovely.

Life has balance... if in strange kinds of ways.

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Taking A Nosedive... Sucks

2019-03-15T18:53:34Z

It was a really tough Thursday... no teacher at school, substitute little better than a warm body in the room - not unusual, but frustrating none the less, but even so, I left work feeling positive, feeling good about the way I handled the day... until evening.

Thursdays... it doesn't really matter that I know that people are trying to help, but does anyone actually 'listen;' take on board what I'm trying to say. Again... thank goodness for Discovery.

Discovery was sad... poor Airiam. A noble sacrifice. Honestly season 2 is just as awesome as season 1, but I still miss Lorca.

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Working Wednesday

2019-03-14T15:44:55Z

I'm running out of alliterations. Really could have done with just going back to bed. Exhausted with no prospect of stopping not even on the weekend. It made me very grumpy. I was accused of being jealous, because Mir came home and had a day of rest, and it's only like I've been trying to get her to do that all week. I was envious, sure, but I didn't mind. But feeling like I do I was a bit short and snappy when I finally did get home. I regret that, and tried hard not to be once it was pointed out to me that I was. We watched more 'Fake Star Trek' as we call the Orville.

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Barely Remember

2019-03-14T14:48:29Z

Hardly remember, even overnight, what all was involved in the day. Staying up late the day before, though worth it, caught up with me and all day long, I was exhausted and 'running on faith' as it were.

Tuesday is one of my late nights too, so I didn't finish working until late, and though I tried not to be I'm pretty sure I was like a bear with a sore head. I don't do well with being tired, and tired and sick together, not a good combination.

You know... when you meet someone for the first time and you get that instant feeling of wariness... had that today with someone at my evening job. I don't like being 'mistrustful' of people. It hurts my sensibilities, but it happened, and I dealt with it and tried to move past it by being approachable and polite, but... was it paranoia or intuition that caused it in the first place?

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Mad and Crazy Monday

2019-03-13T01:35:03Z

Going to work sick sucks, the day went by with a blur toward an evening that was crazy and manic. We had to drop a dog home and get to a show all in a short space of time. We made it just fine and all, but I just feel that it was a lot of stress. One of these days when we go out there will be no sense of feeling rushed or stressed, so that the whole of the evening is enjoyable, not just once we are there.

Speaking of once we are there, can I just say that Puddles Pity Party is awesome. That is all!

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Scribble Scribble...

2019-03-11T18:45:12Z

The main goal I has for the weekend was to get the outline at least started, if not mostly completed for Harm. I managed it... just about.

The day wasn't without its frustrations, but I choose to ignore them over celebrating the task that I've been trying to do since January.

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Saturday

2019-03-10T17:43:22Z

You know how, when you want a lie in on the weekend, and fate transpires otherwise...? That was my Saturday. Dogs got me up at 7am, which admittedly is 2 hours later than on the weekdays, but still, I wanted more. Greedy, aren't I. I don't suppose I would have minded so much if I have been productive after getting up early, but the day seemed to go nowhere.

I suspect I've been 'coming down with something' for a few days now, due to how tired and lethargic I've been. We went to pick up a friend's son from Driver's Ed and take him home, and we decided to hang with him for a while, mostly because we enjoy the company of all the family members in his family, and while my spouse was getting his Minecraft fix in, I just fell asleep on the couch.

Likewise, the evening... I'd intended to make a start in earnest on the outline for Use'Ara: Harm, (which note is a new working title - likely the one I'll use - for the first installment in the Use'Ara series.), instead we spent the evening watching 'fake Star Trek' (or should I say The Orville). Fun, but not exactly what I'd intended.

We lost an hour of sleep last night too - spring forward!

Onwards!

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A Friday Frustration

2019-03-09T17:53:46Z

After a super busy day at work, all I wanted to do was come home and just chill, but that wasn't on the cards not at all. In the morning I had washed the vacuum cleaner filters and such so that I could vacuum the carpet - the cleaner hasn't been sucking all that well, and so I suspected the filters. After work then, I had to come home, reassemble the vacuum and vacuum the carpets. It worked! but it also meant that by the time that was done it was time to go and get the dog that's boarding with us for the weekend, stay with the cats for a hour, bring the dog back home, order pizza to be delivered at Mom's house so that we could then go and pick out her fish. Running, running, running.

So... it should be noted that no one was feeling particularly well so we were all a little bit pissy, though we did our best not to take that out on each other it invariably happens, and even though we understand, we're also argh! Then we get to Mom's and had to harass the pizza delivery company to actually /get/ our pizza... and they forgot the garlic dipping sauce... they always forget something if they're late.

We got the fish - which is beautiful btw, a delightful minty whitish green betta fish - and had to wait for the heater to warm the water... which took FOREVER, and meant we didn't get back home until almost 10:30pm... then we had the rattie playtime and Discovery to watch (always good, and this was no exception), but it meant bed was well after midnight, and of course the dogs won't care in the morning. They'll just want to be up and fed at 7am.

Sounds like I'm moaning a lot more than I actually am, it's just... a little bit frustrating. Especially this weekend, when I wanted to be well rested because of the clock change on Sunday.

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"This Must Be Thursday..."

2019-03-08T18:30:59Z

The above is of course from The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and ends, "...I never could get the hang of Thursdays." That's kind of how I feel about Thursdays.

Doesn't matter how well the actual day went, I just feel that there's a Sword of Damocles hanging over my head the whole day. Then, invariably, something happens and I've been feeling that whole thing for nothing. That was yesterday.

Got some cleaning done. Cleaned the microwave which I've been meaning to do for a long time, but at least it's done now.

That's a phrase that we shouldn't have to use to mitigate the negative to positive, "but at least..."

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