Mid-Week Review

[seal_clubber]

Tomorrow, mrs_clubber goes to Norway to start her Christmas visit with her family. I don't fly out to join her until the 21st of December, so for three weeks it's going to be just me and the cats.

Things I hope to accomplish during all this "me" time:

• Play lots of City of Heroes
  
• Organize/clean bedroom walk-in closet (so that you can actually, you know, walk in to it)
  
• Use my Adobe Illustrator tutorial CD to learn how to use the program (more to the point: to learn how to use the program with my swell new graphics tablet)
  
• Christmas shopping for my family (I have some breathing room here: I won't be seeing them to "do" Christmas until January 13th or so)
  
• Christmas shopping for mrs_Clubber
  
• Catch up with friends I have not seen in too long (davesbrain: I'm thinking you, me, and Demo_Monkey should do breakfast)
  
• Watch my My Name Is Earl season one boxed set.
  
• Try out some new recipes
  
• Eat some soups. Mrs. Clubber is not a soup fan, and I have not had a vast array of yummy soups in some time

What I will actually accomplish:

• Play lots of City of Heroes
  
• Eat lots of Kraft Dinner, straight from the pot, in my underwear, on the couch

I mean, it's good to have goals and all, but it's also good to know yourself.

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A summary of my week (longer version):

1. My wife is going far away for three weeks, and no matter how much they spread themselves out, my two cats will not fool me into thinking that she is laying beside me when I go to bed at night.
   
2. Our seven-year wedding anniversary will be spent 6,000 miles apart, with only a brief phone call to "celebrate" the day.
   
3. I have an infection on my gums, which has made the left side of my face swell up like a balloon. I'm currently munching Tylenol 3s to keep the pain at manageable levels, but I can't get to see my doctor (and obtain penicillin) until Friday. My face hurts.

A summary of my week (shorter version):

1. Sucks