Walking Down a Different Street

[Not Quitting]

I can't believe that I forgot I'm starting my 2nd week of vacation. I had a week off (plus a couple extra days) a week on, then another week off (don't ask - I have to schedule around on-call and other people's vacations). Sadly, I noticed this when I was working in the wee hrs on a Sat morning trying to tie up some loose ends on a problem that cropped up when I was away, and trying to get my time recording done. I had a nap this afternoon.... still not on a good sleep schedule (hence this 5 am post). Anyway, now I have to scramble to get an estimate done and send notifications, set my out of office reminder in email, etc. etc. So much work to take time off work.

I'm trying to figure out how someone can forget they have a week's vacation - not like a week off is important now LOL . Your blood sugar must really be out of whack to forget something like that.

And slow down on the decluttering - unless you're just trying to get it finished so that you can come and do some of ours for us LOL

[TryingToDo180]

lol NQ, that's what he must be doing Hurry up the MH and then you can come and do ours Enjoy your vacation, but don't forget to have some FUN as well as decluttering, lol

[MileHigh]

Lol. You are all a riot. Cheered me right up. Linda is pushing it though. And to think, I didn't even joke about the dating site I saw on a commercial that turned out to be exclusively for finding Russian Tramps! OK, RL, we're even. All in good fun!
Isn't that nuts about the car? They really can act like they want it both ways. It must be weird for them, living on the edge, unable to jump either way.

Blood sugar good, but I had another bought of exhaustion. Need to get off my butt and on my feet! I really wanted to take up hiking, since I love to walk, and it's low-impact. But now it'll have to be snow shoes or cross country skis. I can hike the mall, but they have too many goodies!

Yep, I need to get this place ship shape so I can sell it and get the downtown apt and be the urban hipster I've been playing on Tuesday nights. (Can I be a hipster at my age?!)

Then I'll kick off the multi-country dejunking tour. Let's see... long Island, Ontario, UK. Was Pud signed up? Not sure HWA needs my help, but I'd be willing to discuss shrimp(s) vs prawns and strange Australian creatures over some pints of Fosters.

[RosaLinda]

DMR, I saw that commercial too. anastasia, right? sexy man's voice saying he never felt closer to anyone as this slutty looking woman who lives over 3,000 miles away and wants a green card? yes, that's the one I was going to say RT calls me anastasia, but no, it's svetlana. Russian slang for c-ck teasing bitch. Nice huh?

You shouldn't be feeling exhausted DMR. Have you seen your doctor lately? And I don't know how old you are, but am sure you are not older than I and I'm a hipster! Very big hips in fact. Oh isn't that what you meant?

[Not Quitting]

You shouldn't be feeling exhausted DMR. Have you seen your doctor lately? And I don't know how old you are, but am sure you are not older than I and I'm a hipster! Very big hips in fact. Oh isn't that what you meant?

Hopefully it's just because our MH is doing way too much decluttering, and not enough sleeping. Not to mention sitting in the pumpkin patch all night waiting for the Great Pumpkin and posting at 5am - that's gonna catch up with you at any age.

I'm a big hipster as well RL - you're not alone in that one

[TryingToDo180]

I agree with NQ here MH catch up with your sleep, you've got a lot of places to visit and a lot of decluttering to do, lol. I like to think I'm a bit of a hipster as well, though over here that's a bit like something an oldie would say I've also got a big bottom as well as big hips, lol.

[MileHigh]

First off - the dishes are here!

The principle of Nike - Just Do It - worked well for me today. I was so sick of eating off of disposable dishes, I got a plate out of the box, and ended up not stopping until I had completed the great shelf project. All of the stuff W left here is now on shelves in the back room! And I put down the rugs that were rolled up. I even swept the floor and vacuumed the rugs! That includes the dirt I swept under the entryway rug in the front room weeks ago when W was coming over after having said I wasn't keeping the place clean.

There's a lot of emotions associated with stuff. First of all was the sadness/anger over having to unpack stuff that was packed up to go to our new home, together. Then there's stuff that it kind of makes me angry to see that she rejected, and brought back here, or left behind in the first place. Of course, that works both ways. I got to take those things that I never liked and either shelve them, or slip them in with stuff she was taking over to the house.

Other stuff I'm glad she left, like the mementos and ashes of our beloved "poor sick kitty" who made it 17 yrs with tender loving care through a heart condition most cats don't survive for more than a few years.

The Silverware Incident: here's a funny little tale. We had two sets of dishes (there's a funny story behind that, too, but one at a time here.... I'm easily distracted). ;-) So, anyway, those dishes - I figured she could bring me one set and keep the other, which she promptly did after 3 wks or so... But I figured there's no need to split up a matching set of silverware. I decided to just grab a handful from the thrift store to use for the duration. Yesterday, on our usual Saturday date/get together/whatever we went to the Goodwill store. She saw me going through the silverware and sidled up to me and said she could find the silverware at the house soon. I said it was no big deal and that I didn't want to split up the set. She seemed slightly upset about it. I'm wondering if that was an "act of service" kind of thing for her to find and bring over some silverware.

[TryingToDo180]

I take it you've been reading the love languages There's a book that you've probably heard of and I think it's suitable for you at this moment in time. It's called "love dares" and every day you get a different love dare. I was reading a testimonial of a couple who recently got back together and she'd been reading that.
It's hard not to get emotional over stuff that belongs to both of you. I decided today to do some sewing, but I can't find my sewing kit I would say I decluttered under the stairs cupboard, but I just shoved it all back in I did find H's art stuff in there that he shoved in, so there's another bag for H to collect next time he's round
Anyway well done for your continued decluttering So your W moans that you're not cleaning the house properly as well, does she? lol they are funny these WAS's

[MileHigh]

Well, you know TTD, you've been warned about your sloppy housekeeping. LOL. Please don't hurt me.

And you should see how W keeps house!

Forgot to mention, today's craziness really started when I went out to check the mail (from yesterday) and decided to rake my giant leaf piles away from the front of the wood sheds because I probably won't get around to hauling them to the compost heap until Spring. And I'm not even worried about it. The lawn has survived much worse.

[MileHigh]

I can't express how good it feels having all that stuff up on shelves, out of site and out of my way. It's very good for my PMA.

I lived for too long surrounded by boxes packed for a move that didn't happen.

Now, to tackle the junk in the front room.... ugh.