A Big To-Do

Oh yeah, my to-do list seems to be multiplying exponentially. I’m so freaking busy lately that nothing ever seems to get done anymore. That’s got to stop. I mean, I love having the social life I’ve had lately, and I have no intention of stopping. But so much as fallen off the wagon, so to speak, that I feel really out of control of my life.

I got paid today and paid my bills (just about done that now). I finally entered the pile of credit card receipts into Quicken that I had from my trip, which was a month ago now. I noticed a discrepancy with my rental car charges, so I filled out that paperwork and got it ready to send off. As I was taking care of my books, I managed to find the surface of my desk. There’s still lots more organizing to do on and around the desk, but it’s a start, and it makes me feel better that I did the bit that I did.

Even though I feel better about getting my bills paid and desk clean, I did come home tonite to another frickin notice that my rent is overdue. Um, no it isn’t. I paid it in person on Saturday the 2nd. I handed it to the manager. Personally handed it to her. How in the heck can they think I haven’t paid it yet? I’m really pissed off about this, because they obviously don’t have their act together in the office. I’m gonna have to be late to work to take care of it, but I will take care of this in the morning. I mean, I made special arrangements to get it paid on time by borrowing money from F and taking out a cash advance on my credit card (I know, big no-no). But I went to humiliating and extreme measures because I never pay anything late. Never. So for me to go to such effort and have them pull this shit just, just – ok, breathe. Save it for the right people.

I got one holiday present out of the way. I decided to make a mix CD of silly and child-friendly holiday music for my little bro, Boo. There’s some Muppets Christmas songs on there, since he totally loves Elmo, and a funny surprise that will amuse Boo when it makes milk come out of Mommy’s nose.

I was over VegasRic’s house the other night, and I noticed that he has taken to writing to-do lists on his bathroom mirror. I looked at it and thought, hey, dry erase markers work on mirrors. So I did the same thing and put my list where it can’t get buried. Hopefully it works. I’m at the point where I have to really make an effort to get shit done around here because it’s really bugging me that I’ve had absolutely no motivation to get it done. Now I want to get it done and stop being so lazy in the little time I have to myself at home when I’m actually awake.

And the oversleeping thing. Well, this morning I was on time, but not without great effort and annoyance. But I wasn’t as annoyed as I am when I oversleep. Monday I was a half hour late for a Monday Meeting. Not good. Tomorrow I will be late to keep from getting evicted from Incompetent Estates. That one will be worth it.

Anyhoo, since it’s 1:30am and way past my bedtime, I really ought to get going to pay a couple more bills online and get my butt to bed. I’ll catch up on other stuff later.

Learning to Photo

Sis has been true to her word and took some photos of Mia. She’s still learning the digital camera, so some of the pics are a bit blurry, but you can still see them. She got her internet turned back on and sent me pics. Mia is getting bigger – she’s 4 1/2 pounds now and is starting to feed without the tube. Once she can do that, she’s ready to go home.

Isn’t she cute? I wish I could go visit her and hold her. Ah well, that’s life. The rest of the pics of Mia are on my photo page, just click the link on the right.

Holiday Song Tag

Macoosh tagged me with this Christmas song meme. Since it’s in the Christmas spirit, here goes:

1. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Lou Rawls. Classic, just classic.

2. Christmastime is Here by the Charlie Brown Kids (aka Vince Guaraldi). Always gets me in the holiday spirit, just like the tv special.

3. Jingle Bells by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters. My favorite version of this song. It’s the same version that’s played on the radio during the Christmas morning scene in the movie “A Christmas Story.”

4. Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Bruce Springsteen. One of the most fun holiday songs I can think of.

5. When My Heart Finds Christmas by Harry Connick, Jr. Can I just say that I love this man’s music? His holiday songs are instant classics and easily fit in with the rest of my holiday collection.

I must add, of course I love all the traditional Christmas hymns that we sing in church, from O Come O Come Emmanuel (usually sung on the first Sunday of Advent) to Silent Night, which closes our Christmas Eve candlelight service. There’s nothing like celebrating the birth of Christ to really get me in the mood. After all, Jesus is the reason for the season.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to upload my entire holiday CD collection to iTunes. And I don’t really feel like tagging anyone right now. It took me over an hour to compose this post because I had to drag out all my holiday music.

Just a Few Things…

1. I have pictures of Mia, since Sis finally got the internet turned back on. But, the way she sent them I can’t just right-click and save them. She needs to figure a different way to do that so I can just save pictures of my niece. Sis is decidedly not computer savvy. Word to the wise: don’t use Kodak picture-sharing service if you can at all avoid it. Just because you have one of their cameras does NOT mean that you must use their online photo album too.

2. When I wake up I have a bunch of stuff to do:

  • Pay the rent!
  • Find my desk under piles of paper
  • Put laundry away
  • Do something about the large unread pile of magazines
  • Clean up the mess by my window and take shit to storage unit
  • Water and trim plants

I know there’s more, but the sun’s coming up and I haven’t been to bed yet. I’ll chat more later.