Can't really say I've managed anti-procrastination day, but I've done things that were completely forgotten about until today. Well, one thing --
While at S*bway for dgs, I opened the console in the Tahoe, and there was the envelope with my allergy serums! Oh my... they've been in the car AT LEAST since Monday. EEEK! They are supposed to be refrigerated. Sigh. I called the allergy doctor, and his nurse told me they MIGHT not be as effective, but they wouldn't hurt me. Seemed like she kinda wanted to send me a new package, but that will cost me $200 -- I didn't ask, but I bet that insurance would not cover two packages in such a short time. The vials are supposed to last for at least 10 weeks. So we talked and I told her I was really feeling like I might wean myself off these, but other nurse had discouraged me about that. She said she thought as long as I had been on these, I could try to wean off, and if I wanted to, I should take them every other week. LOL -- I told her since I had totally forgotten this week, I was already on 10 days, so I thought I'd try that for awhile, and I'll take the ones that have been sitting hot in the car for 5 weeks and see if I notice any change in symptoms. She thought that sounded sensible.
Wow... that was a skippable nothing story, wasn't it?
I have changed a lightbulb in a difficult ceiling fixture, and dusted the fixture... did another load of laundry... went to church. (This was our last night for adult Bible study until school starts back in the fall. We've been watching the streaming series, House of David. It was good, but some of us kept pointing out, "That's not in the book," (the Bible). Twins, there are some story lines that apparently are supported by Jewish historical writings which are not included in the Protestant Bible. For instance, the series makes much of David being born out of wedlock and a shame to his family. I had never heard that before. There were other small things that we noticed, but I think we all enjoyed it. This series started with Samuel anointing David, and ends with David killing Goliath. There is supposed to be a second series which will follow him into his reign as king, I guess.
Kitchen sink is empty, no dirty dishes. I did my 15 minute walking.
There is a load of towels waiting to be folded. It's just after midnight and I think I will call it a night.
DGS went to sleep around 9:00 p.m. He was awake at 4:30 a.m. Y'all. Nope. This ain't gonna work. He came into my bedroom, just talking... I don't even know what he was talking about -- something happening in the Middle East? I don't know. I told him I was NOT getting up at that point and he went to the computer. He was back around 9:00, hungry... These children are always hungry.
So we went to Subway and he ate a footlong AND half of another. And took the last half home with him. Tomorrow, I will pick up dgd around 3:30, take her to gymnastics, and get dgs' birth certificate to his coach at the rec center. DS, DDIL, and DGS are going to Illinois for a funeral (ddil's aunt) They'll be home Friday night.
I've been listening to a couple of podcasts. One was about adjusting to times of transition and I started it, thinking I'm in a time of transition because of adjusting to being alone. But then I realized, I have to figure out a way to deal with having dgrands here a lot of the time. Remember how I was so nervous when dh died, afraid I'd be "boring" to them and they wouldn't want to be here so much. Nope. They seem determined that I am not alone too much. And I am grateful, although I do need some "alone" time.
But DS said he was thinking DGD might want to spend M-W nights with me because dgs will have early morning workouts for football, and dgd won't want to stay home alone, nor watch football practice with DS. That might be okay -- she'll probably be ready to go home when DGS gets through at 10:00, and I'll probably get her around supper time in the evenings. Maybe we can all eat supper together one night at least. And in July, I'll need to take her to church activity and probably stick around to help chaperone.
This means DGS will want 3 nights also, LOL. Maybe he can have F, Sat, Sun? Then Thursday night can be my quiet night. Whew. Summer is not very relaxing around here. They are also going to be begging me to take them to the swimming pool at least once a week. SMH. It might have been better when ddil worked all weekend nights!
I'm sorry you lost those plants, too, Harriet! They probably thought they were doing a good deed.
I hope your neighbor is okay, Nancy.
Twins, you have been BUSY today! You go, girl!
You too, JoanThursday! I need to do some serious closet work.
Heck, I need to do some serious everything work. The other podcast I was listening to was about making a to-do list that works for you, not one that makes you feel worse. You all know these things but I will share anyway.
-- Some of the main points -- (apologies to Harriet, our local list hater)
* If you are low on energy and/or motivation, just list a few things you can do in the next 10 minutes. This "Jump Start" list will help you get started and give you a few things you can see results and have the satisfaction of checking off.
* Don't confuse TO DO LISTS with WISH LISTS. A to-do list should be short, no more than 5 items, which are non-negotiable, MUST DO things for the day.
When you go to bed, you should have a sense of accomplishment, knowing you did the most important things for the day.
A WISH LIST is made up of things you'd LIKE to do, but if they don't get done today, you aren't going to beat yourself up about it.
* Don't put PROJECTS on the TO DO list. If you are having trouble getting started on something, it may be that you are looking at the entire project when you would do better to break it into pieces. If something can be broken down into smaller steps, put the small steps on your list.
* A BRAIN DUMP list is useful to help you organize the things that are nagging at you and get those things into WISH LISTS, TO DO LISTS, and PROJECT LISTS.
I know painting my patio furniture is a project. I need to break that down into steps. This is my June project, BTW. After having a few high expenses in May, I decided to buy nothing that was non-essential this month. June will probably bring more unexpected things, but surely I can get ahead a little bit.
Buy paint & wire brush.
Clean furniture with brush and water hose.
Put furniture on cardboard (or driveway).
Paint.
Cathy, I know what you mean about the funerals. I am 63, and I've had two classmates die in the last year or so. And it seems like I have gone to more funerals in the past year than I have in the last five! Mostly older people, older than me, I mean, but it has really been unusual. We've lost quite a few church members in the last year, beginning just before dh passed.
Waving to everyone!