ToDos and Dones (microwave!)

6:15 am

                My turn to get all kinds of things done 6-7, but it is because it is really 7:15… daylight savings has ended. Nice early starts, but it will be quite miserable this afternoon when it gets dark so quick. I really will need to get the spinning/carding stuff set up inside.

                Lots of household stuff needs to be done today: laundry, dishwasher, bill paying. I had a very long list that I wrote out fri night and I think the only one I managed to do was install the microwave. And I’m not even sure it was actually on the list. The other biggie I must do today is look at the stupid hot water faucet that K has been bugging me about. Of course he wants to just call the plumber. But it seems like a small thing to call the plumber about. Even if I cannot fix it, I would want to think of other things to combine. It may be time to get ourselves a new upstairs toilet since that one has been having trouble.     I don’t even remember the things that I did include on the list. Paying bills I know that one. And starting in on grading the labs the students turned in weeks ago. And later this morning I need to go to a friend’s for a little “send off” for her daughter. Not that she will probably be there. I imagine she will be hiding in some way as she is not exactly happy about going. I am going to pick up some frierhoffers coffee cake to contribute. I did manage to get out to pick up a few things for L which I will pack up today to send Monday.

                K went off to his friend’s to watch a football game last night which was nice. I basically just cooked while he was gone. Seems like we barely spoke all yesterday. Well, I was pissed about how hard it was and how long it took to install the stupid micro (as L said when I mentioned it – “why do you need a microwave?” good question). It took no kidding about 30 minutes just to get these two screws out of the stud. And there were various hassles all along the way, as these things go. And of course K’s reaction was that we could have hired someone so I shouldn’t complain. But it would have cost a good $100 so that was good. I did think about the reality that in many ways it is much smarter to find something you love to do, get paid well for it, and then pay other people to do the tedious annoying things that you don’t have much experience/skill with. The whole specialization thing. But it goes against my NE independent nature. I want to be able to do things for myself. It’s just that if all my time is taken up by doing all these maintenance things then I don’t have time to do the things I like. I did manage, after the micro, to card a bunch more, though I have not yet settled on a combo to card together and spin. The test bits I made are not that inspiring to me. I’ll play more today when I can. After I do buns. And eat. And tidy the kitchen. And pay bills. And get some laundry going.

                Tigger just burped and it reminds me of how worried I was about him last night. He was looking really uncomfortable. I think his belly is bothering him. I hope K will take him in and find out about getting him re-tested for worms.

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