Things done today:

1. Gave blood \o/

2. Bought groceries.

3. Took an afternoon nap, which was lovely.

4. Zoom book club meeting via my church. This is specifically a book club for reading and discussing books related to social justice, which I joined a couple weeks ago. This month's book was Defund Fear: Safety Without Policing, Prisons, and Punishment ( Read more... )

Things done today:

1. Another day of the "Ye gods and little fishes can you maybe please ask for leases one at a time? deluge." *flops exhaustedly*

2. Last night I potted my peppers (is it just me or does that sound vaguely dirty? I think it's the alliteration), and this evening I moved them outside. I also sprinkled more detergent on the moss that ( Read more... )

Today I got all the 2020-21 lease end notifications mailed out. Next week, I get to construct and double-check yet another spreadsheet, and then have fun with mail merge to create a bunch of physical move-out instruction sheets and key return envelope labels. That will be just oodles of fun. *headdesk*

In Collegetown, we generally print a key ( Read more... )

1. In the event, I have NOT been slathering my new carpal tunnel surgery scar with anti-itch cream. This is because I have instead been slathering it with antibiotic ointment and wrapping it back up. See, I think I pulled one of my stitches a little -- not enough for it to come loose, but enough that one end of the incision did not close up 100% ( Read more... )

I unexpectedly had a new tax client this afternoon, whose return itself was pretty simple (once we sorted out the filing status) but getting one of their W2 forms took an incredible runaround due partly to their generally being a non-techy person but also partly to corporate WTFery.

In summary, one store they worked at had closed, and their W2 was ( Read more... )

Things I have done today:

1. Printed a copy of my health insurance bill (at work) so I can make my January payment. Apparently Excellus sent me a paper bill on December 29, but has it arrived at my apartment? No. No it has not. And have they attached my new plan to my account on their website so I can make an electronic payment? No. That has not ( Read more... )

Well this has sure been a week.

As I said to my mom on Wednesday: Happy birthday! Your present is the Democrats winning the Georgia Senate races, but also an attempted putsch. Is there a return option on the second part?

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Anyway, I have been kind of brain-fried all of this week and most of last week too, on account of winter apartment inspections, ( Read more... )

Things I have done today:

1. Long phone chat with Susan from noon to not-quite-2pm. It was good to catch up!

2. Changed linens. Also rotated my mattress, which I think will help my sleep quality. I try to do that every time I swap my summer blankets for my comforter and vice versa, but I forgot to do that in October and the dents in the mattress were ( Read more... )

There is a continuous string of honking cars (many with screaming people leaning out the windows or standing up through the sun-roofs -- driving around and around the Ithaca Commons right now. They've been at it for about two hours now, with a steadily increasing number of participants. People have now arrived with speakers and are blasting loud ( Read more... )

Real question here: I am thinking of maybe opening up the NY Times homepage and reading some non-local news.

Is it worth it? Or will I just drown in stress and get no sleep tonight? If you want to comment on this post, you can do so over here on Dreamwidth, where there are currently (
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