Walking Down a Different Street

[Not Quitting]

I think she's cracking - in a good way. But, she's leading this dance. Sometimes I think I'm still cleaning the dance floor. LOL.

Well, whatever you’re doing seems to be working. Keep it up, but remember not to rush things. Those baby steps are still needed here .

On the GAL front, I just finished an all-nighter (I did have a supreme nap in preparation) getting my office put back together after I set off that declutter bomb in it. I had to get my work and home PCs sorted out. Working at the kitchen table and doing my DB forum activity on work PC or iPad all the time was starting to suck.

The cats are helping me be more minimalist - I can't have a pen cup - the little one will knock it over and empty it out every single day. I can't use the shelf behind my monitors on one section of my desk because the larger cat has claimed that space for lounging. Makes it easy to keep a neat and tidy desk.

It's so nice to have the speakers hooked up to my PC for the first time in over a year. Get sick or wearing ear buds to listen to music. Now I can fire up iTunes while I work for some good concentration/mood music.

Still have a ton of junk I shoved over to the other side of the room while the desk dragging/repositioning/cursing escapades where going on. I have another desk (a non-computer secretary type desk) and wooden file cabinet to bring in here, too. Going for a juxtaposition of old and new.

You’re putting TTD and I to shame again with this decluttering spree of yours. Although I do have the excuse that it was Thanksgiving weekend and I had no intention of working all weekend – and I did still manage to get a little bit done.
I’m going to have to invest in new speakers as ours are dying a slow death – there’s more static than sound coming out of them. I’m also going to have to investigate why the games on the computer have sound, but why YouTube and other videos don’t .

On the downside, I almost made a terrible mistake tonight. Was very tired and not paying attention and almost used the dosage for my slow-acting insulin with my fast acting insulin pen. I started depressing it when I noticed - lucky I have an obsessive habit of counting off the clicks. I happened to notice it was the orange pen, not the blue one. Luckily I just got a few more units that expected so I got to eat a candy bar instead of take an ambulance ride! I must be more careful. I read a letter from a reader in Readers' Digest who made the same mistake with much worse results.

That would not have been fun. Yes, you really do have to be careful with your meds. And maybe a bit more sleep would help .