hibernating
Dec. 5th, 2013 01:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_siobhanI have been feeling the need to distract myself from my own brain lately. So far that has taken the form of organizing things. I finally got around to painting the window upstairs and I've started dragging more boxes out of the storage room. Holy crap do I ever have a lot of bones stashed away - mostly deer, but I also have a young racoon skull and a couple of pelvic bones from turtles. And some massive leg bones that I think are probably from a pig. I have no idea I'm going to do with them all.
I'm debating doing some painting in the stairwell this weekend, but there may be cat-fetching going on, so we'll see how that pans out.
I also have more photos to scan. My family keeps uncovering new stashes. I should really get that album sorted out so I can get rid of the hard copies which are currently in a big pile of boxes in front of the bookcase.
Last weekend was kind of a flop because I developed one of those killer sinus headaches that always seem to accompany fluctuating pressure systems. I was invited to both a party and a gig on Saturday night and end up blowing off both of them. I'm still feeling kind of crap - I seem to have also picked up a cold - but not terribly dizzy so I am tentatively optimistic. I'm still going ahead with the balance testing. Which just happens to be scheduled for my birthday. So no getting drunk until afterwards.
I am really really needing a freaking break from work. Fortunately I have a bunch of unused vacation around Christmas so I'll get some time off. New guy is working out pretty well except that it takes for-freaking-ever to get system access in this place so he can't really just go off and do tasks on his own yet. (I bitched about that to Axel, who responded with, "If he put the requests in correctly he should have everything in two weeks." I laughed and laughed. Such a comedian that Axel.)
I have to admit I was kind of hoping I could ignore Christmas this year. But Dee is coming home for a couple of weeks, so there will be family gatherings. Dee has already said that at some point she wants to grab a couple of flasks and go tobogganing just to get out of the house. So there may be an epic quest in search of snow. And you know, toboggans.
I guess the party is coming up soon too. I need to look up recipes for hot apple cider and mulled wine.
I'm debating doing some painting in the stairwell this weekend, but there may be cat-fetching going on, so we'll see how that pans out.
I also have more photos to scan. My family keeps uncovering new stashes. I should really get that album sorted out so I can get rid of the hard copies which are currently in a big pile of boxes in front of the bookcase.
Last weekend was kind of a flop because I developed one of those killer sinus headaches that always seem to accompany fluctuating pressure systems. I was invited to both a party and a gig on Saturday night and end up blowing off both of them. I'm still feeling kind of crap - I seem to have also picked up a cold - but not terribly dizzy so I am tentatively optimistic. I'm still going ahead with the balance testing. Which just happens to be scheduled for my birthday. So no getting drunk until afterwards.
I am really really needing a freaking break from work. Fortunately I have a bunch of unused vacation around Christmas so I'll get some time off. New guy is working out pretty well except that it takes for-freaking-ever to get system access in this place so he can't really just go off and do tasks on his own yet. (I bitched about that to Axel, who responded with, "If he put the requests in correctly he should have everything in two weeks." I laughed and laughed. Such a comedian that Axel.)
I have to admit I was kind of hoping I could ignore Christmas this year. But Dee is coming home for a couple of weeks, so there will be family gatherings. Dee has already said that at some point she wants to grab a couple of flasks and go tobogganing just to get out of the house. So there may be an epic quest in search of snow. And you know, toboggans.
I guess the party is coming up soon too. I need to look up recipes for hot apple cider and mulled wine.