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I have the day off! I think this is the first time I've ever had Sunday off during Buy Weekend, usually we're working the whole weekend trying to get everything in. Me and a lady from another department entered so fast our fingers nearly caught fire.

Last night I played Tetris for about an hour across the internet with nathew. It was pretty obvious when I started getting tired because I went from winning almost all of them to losing almost all of them. The blocks, they were not going where I wanted them to, and my thumbs were not cooperating!

I slept in, until Hawking jumped on my bladder. I swear she does that on purpose on mornings when I'm trying to sleep in, because that's the ONLY time she does that. There is a reason her nickname is "Rotten Little Monster."

I have Things To Do today! I'm making a list here so I can feel accomplished as I cross them off:
- Run Dishwasher
- Empty vacuum canister and put vacuum in car Okay, so it turns out my vacuum was not broken, but waiting for me to empty the canister. Really glad I tried turning it on before sending it to be fixed. I feel S-M-R-T now. At least I can vacuum now?
- Bring in boxes from car
- Clean out closet and pack up everything in there
- Transfer AT&T service to new apartment Turns out AT&T LIES, and you can't do this online. I'll have to call tomorrow.
- Clean out fridge
- Clean bathroom till it sparkles
- Clean catbox
- Take out trash
- Visit Home Depot for paint and ask about blinds
- Email dad and ask when his flight to Michigan is so I can maybe get the same flight
- Also ask dad about getting that neat roll-top desk from their house to my new apartment.
- Go to grocery store for milk and... uh, I forgot what else. See, this is why lists are good! Once again, I left my grocery list at home, and forgot the most important thing. I'll be going back to the store tomorrow, because I refuse to go back again today just for TP, because I'm just shy enough to feel judged when they recognize me.

Tomorrow, I need to:
- Call movers and give them my new apartment number, and ask if I need to take stuff out of my desk and dresser drawers
- Call current apartment office and ask if they really think I'm going to pay a "final water bill" that is sooooooo obviously wrong. They obviously saw that it's twice the usual amount, they have had to revise water bills before, and yet they expect me to pay it? Nuh-uh.
- Stop by the post office and get an address change packet
- Call AT&T about moving my service, since their website can't handle such an outrageous request unless I'm buying a more expensive bundle. AT&T, you can't see me, but I'm making a very rude gesture at you.

In one week, I will be putting my key and forwarding address in the drop box here, and leaving this place for good. Then I will go to my new apartment and party. And by "party", I mean "unpack".

Whew. Okay. I need to get going on this stuff I guess.

I like lists! Here is my To-Do list for the day:

• Clean Kitchen


• Clean out fridge


• Run dishwasher with dishes reclaimed from fridge


• Sweep kitchen


• Pick up all the junk mail I've been letting the cats play with


• Catbox.


• Take out trash


• Vacuum


• Move stuff from my room into my closet


• Rearrange bedroom a bit


• Clean off desk


• Clean out desk


• Hit up the grocery store for foods


• Cook that lasagna that's been taking up space in my freezer


• Watch that DVD I got from Netflix and send it back


• Hook up the converter box for my TV finally

We have the day off! No, we have the WEEKEND off! This was completely unexpected. BossLady said she was trying to get us a weekend off yesterday, and we were hoping, but we didn't really know for sure until she didn't call us in this morning. Woo!

I have Big Plans for this weekend. Cooking, cleaning, knitting, reading, Animal Crossing, and lots of SLEEP. Oh, and lots of cuddling my cats. They aren't quite sure what to do with me home all day. I think they missed me. Hawking slept on/with me all night, which she usually doesn't do, and now Tesla refuses to leave my lap for anything.

Let's make a list!
- Open windows!
- Clean kitchen & run dishwasher
- Clean catbox
- Clean bedroom
- Clean closet
- Go through all the junk that's accumulated and trash it.
- Hopefully find coupon for the converter box so my TV will work after they switch to digital
- Take out trash
- Make nontraditional feijoada in my crockpot with venison
- Make rice in my new rice maker (that Brandy gave me last night) (*glee*)
- Consume delicious feijoada & rice
- Watch Indiana Jones movies lent to me by coworker
- Knit swatches!
- Begin knitting Rogue with awesome colored cables
- Read new George MacDonald book I got from paperbackswap.com
- Play Animal Crossing
- Upload last two days' pictures for Project 365

This list makes me happy. I will probably do most of it today, and spend tomorrow being wonderfully lazy. I am going to revel in this weekend off.

PS: I LOVE PAPERBACKSWAP.COM SO MUCH. I'm mailing off books that are just collecting dust on my shelf, and getting GEORGE MACDONALD in return! I got my first book last night, and I have another already winging it's way to me. My fangirly heart is very pleased by this.

PPS: Tesla is laying on my left arm, from elbow to wrist. I think she's trying to tell me something.

Things I need to do today:
- Clean the cat box
- Take out the trash
- Clean my kitchen
- Cook something
- Post the pictures I took of Hawking and Tiger


Things I need to do in the indeterminate future:
- Clean my apartment
- Get rid of all the random junk in my closet
- Get a switch box and hook up my DVD player
- *super secret thing I don't even want to talk about*
- Take a picture of my magnetic poetry calendar so I can reset it


Games I need to finish:
- Professor Layton
- Phantom Hourglass
- Twilight Princess
- Super Mario Galaxy
- Super Paper Mario


What I want to do:
- Read
- Play Animal Crossing
- Listen to the new podiobook I downloaded
- Be ridiculously lazy while magical gnomes clean my apartment for me

Tesla was sitting here at my feet, looking up at me, contemplating jumping up on my lap. Then I sneezed, and she bolted to the bathroom. She peeked out at me, then walked back over like nothing had happened, tail primly in the air. Now she is sitting on my desk giving me the "pet me now" eye. My cat provides me with endless amusement.

THINGS TO DO:
Clean kitchen
Clean off junk table
Clean litter box
Take out trash
Cook something for lunches this week (fried rice + pineapple + meat?)

I am not allowed to play the Sims until I get stuff done. That Free Time expansion pack is evil in it's time-warping abilities.

Also at some point I need to sit down and figure out Drupal and how to make it work for JoyToyKid.org. I want to have it all switched over by May 27, for the release of the new JE album (which looks completely awesome). It is scary, though. I know I can do it, but it's a big task. Yeep!

Also also, I need to listen to the rest of Hell and Earth so I can start WASTELAND. Apparently all the episodes of Wasteland are up now! Podiobooks says it's complete, anyways, and it's 11 episodes which is about right. OMG. ALSO. JESS. LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU GET TO EPISODE NINE OF HELL. IT IS AMAZING AND FULL OF OMG. Don't listen to that one at work. TRUST ME.

Right. Now for lunch. Or breakfast. Whatever.

To do this weekend:

• Laundry


• Dishes


• GO to the store!
  
  1. Light Bulbs
  
  
  2. DP
  
  
  3. Garlic Salt
  
  
  4. Carpet Cleaning stuff
  
  
  5. Strawberry stuff


• Clean!
  
  1. Desk
  
  
  2. Floor
  
  
  3. Tub


• Shelves!


• Hide & Seek, Sunday @ 2pm. rescheduled!


• Put new sheets I got last weekend on bed, finally


• Tell Dreamhost to stop charging my card that is dead now.

I better get moving!

My head feels better after a nap. I got home, took off my shoes, and laid down on my couch. I woke up at about 8:15. It was much needed. I'm probably going to go to bed soon, and then sleep the heck in tomorrow.

Plans for tomorrow:

• LAUNDRY. Man, so overdue.
  
• Clean the kitchen. Also well overdue.
  
• Firefly! We watched Serenity this last Sunday when I went out for my dad's birthday. It got me jonesing for Firefly.
  
• Shelves?

I was eying my shelves and thinking that I am running our of room for books. That is an old picture. Now, I've got a couple cubes with books stacked in front of the shelved books, and I want to reorganize them. I actually want to take everything off the shelves, move them forward about 2 inches, and then put everything back on them. The shelves are juuuuuust blocking an outlet I'd like to use, you see. I've been wanting to do this for over a year, but never had the motivation... I think tomorrow might be the day! I'm actually thinking I might give CS Lewis his own cube this time, like George MacDonald.

Also, I need lightbulbs, butter, and Dr Pepper. And garlic salt. I think that's it.

Anyone want a decrepit old stereo? The CD player skips wildly, and the tape player squeaks. The radio is really all that works. I never use it, it just takes up space. I wonder if someone on craigslist would want it.

To Do tonight:

Dishes
Bake chicken for tomorrow? ehhhhh, not gonna happen. I will thaw meat though.
Edit at least 10 pages of Jess' novel Page 15!
Budget with actual paycheck I need to look at it again tomorrow when stuff has cleared.
Go through Kroger ad, actually PLAN my trip. I went through my cabinets and planned a couple cooking sessions that should yield a few meals each. Mostly healthy, too! I'm pretty proud. I'm PLANNING, and I might be able to swing a new saucepan, too!

I'm currently waiting for the dishwasher to finish so I can have a clean fork to eat the food I just made. HUNGER.

After I finish everything on my list, I can start reading Mathematicians in Love.

OH OH OH OH. I have to glee for a bit.

I LOVE ARLINGTON LIBRARIES. Fo' reals. I requested this book to be sent to my branch on Thursday, got a call Friday that it was there, and I forgot to get it until tonight. Tonight I walked in, was pointed at a shelf where all the reservations were sitting, and at a self-checkout. So, basically, I ordered it through the book search computer, picked it up and checked it out myself, and never had to wait in line. SWEET. And? Their self-checkout system is really fun. I like it a lot. It dings at you!