Forging on

It is a true geek who pins up her french braid with a spare Palm stylus on her desk.

I'm not sure where I got the bee in my bonnet, but I've been getting things done lately. I made up a list of things to do during the week on Sunday, and I'm slowly ticking them off. I went back to the gym Monday for the first time in a long while, and Monday and Tuesday I spent cleaning up around my condo. Last night I tossed/donated 3 bags of clothes, the cheap roller blades I never learned how to use, and the broken microwave. This morning I started balancing my checkbook for the first time... also in months, in point of fact, just before I headed off for NY to take care of my grandparents.

In retrospect, that was a real hammer to my equanimity. And it didn't stop once I got home. My uncle and my grandmother died in quick succession, and it just... stole a little light from every day.

More forging, only like sweeping

I had to go turn on my bed! Whee!

One of the things I picked up last night while I was out (besides the socks. Not just dress socks, but socks for sock puppets... more on that later) was an electric heated mattress pad. It's been getting colder, and baseboard heat pretty much sucks. There's only so much you can wear to bed, and chilly sheets suck too. What am I talking about? Why am I justifying this? It was warm, dammit! Snuggly, oh my god, why aren't the cats killing me for not doing this sooner warm!

So. Warm sheets. It's not a harem boy, but...

Today was my day off for getting things done - I even got a couple more months reconciled in Quicken, but I'd planned for the dragon raid, so it's all good. Tomorrow I intend to weed through my books (the ancient gaming stuff has *got* to go) and put some summer clothing in storage.

I'm eyeing the futon couch with an idea of getting rid of it - currently it's mostly flat surface for storing knitting projects, and I don't need that. Maybe a chair, but I may just leave the space free. The bookshelves don't exactly lend themselves to an illusion of roominess in here.

Bed's gotta be warm by now. More thoughts (including the sock puppet saga!) tomorrow.