The last couple of weeks, I've been watching some DVDs that I own and some I've gotten from Netflix. It's been at least that long, maybe longer, since I've restarted watching The West Wing. Which may be a new world's record for me. But I'm thinking that I'm going to have to start again tomorrow. Unless I get my next Netflix movie in the mail, which is possible. But I'm getting a bit bored with my limited DVD library, so WW may be in the offing very soon.
There's a lot of stuff I could watch from Netflix on my computer, but I just don't want to sit here that long to do that. I'm not supposed to sit that long, in fact, or else I'll hurt my back again. And I almost went into spasm yesterday, after, well, probably overdoing things, including working out and carrying stuff and bending and just not being all that careful. Also, really, I've been sitting too long. So I work in shorter installments and I get less done and I'm not at all happy, but there it is.
Anyway, it's really not that late, but I'm turning into a pumpkin, anyway. Just wanted to get some writing done, even if it's just this little bit.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Procrastination
Actually, I'm writing this so I don't play anymore spider solitaire.
Not that I think this will help, you understand. But I have so much work to do and I waste SO MUCH TIME playing that game and free cell, it's horrible. I need to have Time Management stamped on my forehead or something--but I wouldn't be able to see that unless I was looking in a mirror, so I need something else to get me to be more productive.
Not that I think this will help, you understand. But I have so much work to do and I waste SO MUCH TIME playing that game and free cell, it's horrible. I need to have Time Management stamped on my forehead or something--but I wouldn't be able to see that unless I was looking in a mirror, so I need something else to get me to be more productive.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Odd mood
It's true, I'm in an odd mood. Not wanting to do any more work today--not that I've done a lot up till now as it is. And if I can finish this one small job, then I'll be free and clear to tackle another one over the weekend.
I've been breaking out in hives the last couple of days and my chin is broken out and there's little things going wrong with my body. Some of that could be chalked up to getting older, but the hives and stuff--that's stress.
It's money. I'm worried about money. Or, rather, trying not to worry about money, trying not to think about how much I owe and how long it's going to take me to catch back up. Hoping that nothing happens to my mother or my stepfather that would require me to head to Florida on a moment's notice, because I'd have to borrow money to do that.
It will help to get the insurance money for Spike's emergency surgery. As long as I have enough credit to be able to, well, jump on a plane to Florida on a moment's notice or, heaven forfend, if Spike needs another trip to the vet, then I can breathe easier.
And, of course, I need another vacation. A real one. I've been fantasizing about going on a cruise this year. Maybe combine it with another trip to California around the holidays and then take a cruise from San Diego to Central America, going through the Panama Canal and flying back to NY from Miami.
That's not this year. But someday.
And, there, that little flight of fancy? I feel better just imagining it.
I've been breaking out in hives the last couple of days and my chin is broken out and there's little things going wrong with my body. Some of that could be chalked up to getting older, but the hives and stuff--that's stress.
It's money. I'm worried about money. Or, rather, trying not to worry about money, trying not to think about how much I owe and how long it's going to take me to catch back up. Hoping that nothing happens to my mother or my stepfather that would require me to head to Florida on a moment's notice, because I'd have to borrow money to do that.
It will help to get the insurance money for Spike's emergency surgery. As long as I have enough credit to be able to, well, jump on a plane to Florida on a moment's notice or, heaven forfend, if Spike needs another trip to the vet, then I can breathe easier.
And, of course, I need another vacation. A real one. I've been fantasizing about going on a cruise this year. Maybe combine it with another trip to California around the holidays and then take a cruise from San Diego to Central America, going through the Panama Canal and flying back to NY from Miami.
That's not this year. But someday.
And, there, that little flight of fancy? I feel better just imagining it.
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Groundhog Day
Yes, it's February 2nd and so what have I started watching tonight? Groundhog Day, of course. It's such a light piece of fluffy comedy...and I think it's one of the most important movies ever made. Well, okay, that may be overstating it a bit. Still, it's got a message that a ton of people find resonates with them, although most of them seem to think it has something to do with "God". I don't. I just think that, for all anybody ever says that one's attitude can make the difference between having a good day or a good life, this movie shows us how that can work. And makes us laugh and care about the characters while it has this underlying theme running through it. I love that.
For some completely unrelated reason, I've been thinking about my mother and my stepfather tonight. And money. More to the point, the resentment I have/used to have around how my stepfather could have helped me financially a bunch of years ago and he chose not to. I know I carried that resentment around for a good long while, but I think I've given it up, finally. Carrying around resentments like that is simply no good, quite unhealthy and it's one of those attitudes one can choose to have or to give up and it feels like I've given it up. Except I worry that there's still this little germ of it nestled somewhere in the depths of my gut...it's like I let go of 90, 95% of it, but there's still this little bit left, like a weed that's been pulled up, but I didn't get out all of the roots. And I don't think I can do anything about that--as much energy as it would be to carry around the full resentment, it seems almost more trouble than it's worth to go digging around to pull out the rest. Which may not make sense, but that's how it feels.
For some completely unrelated reason, I've been thinking about my mother and my stepfather tonight. And money. More to the point, the resentment I have/used to have around how my stepfather could have helped me financially a bunch of years ago and he chose not to. I know I carried that resentment around for a good long while, but I think I've given it up, finally. Carrying around resentments like that is simply no good, quite unhealthy and it's one of those attitudes one can choose to have or to give up and it feels like I've given it up. Except I worry that there's still this little germ of it nestled somewhere in the depths of my gut...it's like I let go of 90, 95% of it, but there's still this little bit left, like a weed that's been pulled up, but I didn't get out all of the roots. And I don't think I can do anything about that--as much energy as it would be to carry around the full resentment, it seems almost more trouble than it's worth to go digging around to pull out the rest. Which may not make sense, but that's how it feels.
Monday, February 01, 2010
Odd day
It's been a real Monday. The kind you shoulda stayed in bed with the covers pulled up over your head. Don't want to go into detail, but it involved tax forms and technology. I think I can leave it at that. I mean, it worked out in the end, but it took hours and hours more than it should and I think I got a few more grey hairs out of it.
There's things I should have done today and didn't. Things I shouldn't have and did--including skipping a seminar at Fordham tonight where I could have learned something or perhaps made some good connections. Sigh.
Tonight, I finished watching the last episode of The West Wing. Again. I've lost track, I think this was my seventh time through the DVD set. I think it's offical--I'm a total fanatic about this show. Or, as Josh says, when talking to someone on the show about her wearing a Star Trek pin, it's a fetish.
Anyway, I'm really looking forward to tomorrow. I can make different mistak...I mean, choices tomorrow.
There's things I should have done today and didn't. Things I shouldn't have and did--including skipping a seminar at Fordham tonight where I could have learned something or perhaps made some good connections. Sigh.
Tonight, I finished watching the last episode of The West Wing. Again. I've lost track, I think this was my seventh time through the DVD set. I think it's offical--I'm a total fanatic about this show. Or, as Josh says, when talking to someone on the show about her wearing a Star Trek pin, it's a fetish.
Anyway, I'm really looking forward to tomorrow. I can make different mistak...I mean, choices tomorrow.
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