Busy Looking Out Of The Window?

Um, on one hand, I'm so busy that I don't know whether I've come or gone. On the other hand, I often find myself peering into space, trying to decide the minutiae of the moment.

Today, I:
- woke at 7
- made a Keurig coffee - yum!
- toasted a seventh-month-old Lender's frozen bagel - yum, again.
- used the commode
- scraped me whiskers
- thought again about an entertainment plan, with my child in mind, for tonight
- visited eBay and bought a battery and car charger for my "new" used phone. I'm such a cheapskate, but then, I have more money than you, so . . .
- made another coffee
- smoked (!) and regretted it not only because it's f-ing cold outside, but because I shoulda nota dun it. Do over!
- thought about how late it was getting
- scratched my ear
- assembled my daughter's gift (my old pro camera, a Fuji S2.) New memory card, strap, batteries (expensive ones at two for ten bucks). Let's see if she's a photographer.
- checked e-mail. No surprises, just junk, mailing lists, blah blah, blah
- peed
- wrote this

Now I have to:
- get yams, cookie dough, flour, other sh*t
- start cooking the ham
- run over to Marshall's to see about additional "budget" gifts for people I simply missed.
- cook the yams
- wrap
- put pictures up to be printed

I dunno, a lot of stuff, okay? I'm going now. Let's see what gets done.

Still Cleaning, But At Least It Matters

I'm still doing a lot of housework, but at least now it makes a difference and it feels like it matters.

Yesterday:
- Stopped at Pathmark, bought three bananas, two tomatoes, an Iceberg lettuce, two cans of Progresso soup, which was on sale for HALF PRICE at $1.33, a loaf of pseudo-pumpernickel and a Vidalia onion.
- Stopped to get some Leinenkugel's Berry (Loganberrie) beer and waited for a bit behind a woman who was setting up a kegger for $205, to pick up on Friday. The store overcharges for premium beer - $9.99 for six. I don't think I'll go back there.
- Came home, made the soup.
- Drank some of one beer.
- Put away the stuff that wasn't being used for dinner.
- Put away the last load of dishes.
- Petted the bird and, no, this isn't a euphemism for anything.
- Ate dinner.
- Put the dishes in the sink.
- Made up my daughter's room which had towels all over the place, a razor blade laying on the desky-thing, deoderant on the floor, clothes crumpled, including new clothes and clothes tags all over the place. Time for a chit-chat, I think.
- Took care of some private business.
- Transferred pics from my camera to my laptop for editing and upload. That done, I went to sleep. It was 11 or so.
Today:
- Had coffee.
- Shaved, brushed my remaining teeth, took care of private business again. Geez.
- Organized the bedroom and put up a curtain - no more free shows for the neighbors.
- Piled all the clothes for washing into the washing basket, but stopped short of running a load.
- Had more coffee. Contemplated making a bagel with cream cheese and realized that I didn't have time.
- Organized the bathroom upstairs and down.
- Replaced the toilet paper.
- Cleaned off the papers that were on the counter in the kitchen.
- Loaded the dishwasher.
- Put some pots in the oven.
- Collected and pocketed miscellaneous change from all around the house.
- Contemplated putting shoes away, but didn't.
- Put up the missing closet door in the master BR.
- Gather my stuff - wallet, lighter, etc., and jammed it all in my bag.
- Took a shower.
- Got dressed (thank you, Mr. Klein!)
- Rushed to the car, shutting off every light on the way and checking the heat.
- I had a flat, soo . . . paged my boss and put air in the tire with my electric pump.
- Squeeged the windows to the car.
- Drove the heck away.

I sat in traffic for TWO HOURS. Oh, well. The day's not over.