Clean All The Things

[eternaleponine]

Today I cleaned All The Things, or very nearly. Cleaned off the shelves next to my side of the couch, cleaned off the chair where I dump all of my crap, vacuumed my room, changed the sheets, made the bed, cleaned the desk, filed the papers, cleaned the bathroom, vacuumed my room again.

Fifteen minutes on, fifteen minutes off really seems to work pretty well, because I will actually focus on the cleaning for the fifteen minutes, instead of just setting about tackling the room without planning a break and getting distracted somewhere in the middle and losing track of what I'm meant to be doing.

I went to the library and picked up my book on hold (and two others). They're due the day I go on vacation, so I need to make sure I finish them before then, obviously.

I'm skipping taekwondo tonight, in part because I'm tired and in part because, while the cramps seem to have finally subsided, I just started my period today, that plus a white uniform is really just asking for trouble. I'll likely go tomorrow; after a day back at work I'll probably want to kick things.

I almost never post anything anymore, and I probably should start, or make some kind of effort of some kind. It's not as if I don't have things going on in my life. Work sucks, and seems to get worse on a near-daily basis, but in this economy, I'm not exactly about to go hunting for another job. Better the devil you know, or something like that. Plus I just hit my 5 year anniversary and got an extra 40 hours paid time off.

I used one day of it yesterday (although really, that's the day I carried over from last year, because I'd been holding it in reserve against the possibility of snow that never manifested itself) because my schedule has become so screwy that I only get two days off together every other week. It makes it even more draining, and the worst part is, there is very little likelihood that that will ever change or improve. We should doing the shift bid for the second quarter within the next few weeks, so we'll see.

Over the last few months I have been spending way too much time at the dentist. Two root canals, followed by a visit for them to fix the jagged bits they'd left, followed by a post and core filling, followed by a crown. Most recently, the second tooth which I was waiting 'til the new year (and therefore new round of insurance) broke off before I could get in to have the work finished off, so that was a visit yesterday. The post and core will be done next Thursday, and two weeks after the crown and hopefully that will be the last of it for a little bit.

Well, until they start doing the other things that need doing, anyway. *headdesk*

I guess that's enough to be getting on with for the moment. I'll probably do a few more posts, either tonight or in the next few days, about other things.