Done yesterday (20091005)

[mdlbear]

1005 Mo
  * up 6:33; W=196.4; drugs, nose, teeth; coffee
  * pj: good, useful session
  * take property tax bill in to Ann at the bank and find out what to do
    about it. Probably has to do with the refinance.  Colleen claims this
    isn't the first time.  No, it's just the county being stupid.  Should have
    been sent in electronically.  Verify payment after Nov. 1 when it's due.
    * Ann sends her regards to Colleen
  " (11:48:21) me@y: I just realized that I ran an errand this morning that
      involved talking to someone at the bank, and didn't procrastinate it.
      That hasn't happened for a while.
    (11:50:38) me@y: It may sound silly, but I hereby give myself permission
      to feel pleased about that.
  "
  & no walk because I wanted to get more work done
  * 2:30 Caregiver's group
  * bought theracane, inflatable cervical pillow
  * bought one package of panties for Colleen - must stop calling them "briefs"
  * put dishes away.  Dressed salad, made rice, put chicken in oven.
  * verified that the big update on Barnard went through.
  * verified that I paid the mortgage on time this month.
  * found AG Edwards stmt from Dec 2008 with stock sale info
    Colleen's interest is probably minimal.
    ! feeling rather accomplished.  Also relieved, because the boost to income
      is only $18K and I think I can absorb that.
  * Bed a little after 10; happy snuggle until ~11:30.

A pretty good day, in spite of the fact that I didn't walk because I had an appointment early in the afternoon and wanted to get some work done.

It started with a good, useful, long session in my private journal -- I'm probably not going to say much about my private journaling much in the future, but any River post tagged "pj" is based on one or more entries in it.

Then I took my unexpected property tax bill in to the bank to make sure they had received a copy and were going to pay it out of the impound account. Trust, but verify -- the county has been pretty screwed up lately. I realized afterwards that I had run an errand that involved talking to someone, and hadn't procrastinated it... and gave myself permission to feel pleased about it. That's rare.

Went to the caregiver's support group at Kaiser; the woman who runs it was on vacation last month, and is retiring in December. I realized that, while it's been useful, I won't be devastated if it doesn't continue. I've gotten a lot out of it, but don't need it nearly as much as I once did. That's not to say that I'm taking as good care of myself as I need to, but at least I know I need to, and I'm learning. The group isn't teaching me much at this point.

On the way home I stopped at the other Kaiser building and bought a Thera Cane (one of my coworkers has one, and it looked like just what I need for my back and shoulders) and an inflatable neck roll pillow, mainly for travel.

I did quite a lot in the evening: dishes, dinner, sorting, and found the piece of paper I needed to document a merger-related stock sale. There was, as I had feared, some stock in there as well as the cash that I already knew about, but I think I can absorb the extra income in my (usually pretty excessive) withholding, so I won't have to pay a penalty.

Ended the day with an early bedtime and over an hour of happy, comfortable, loving snuggle. I've added hugs and snuggles to the list of things that make me happy. Also whimsy. Getting there.

So, yeah, a good day.

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[septemberlilac.livejournal.com]

The Thera Cane is wonderful. I had never heard of them until two years ago when I saw Kathleen's at ConChord and inquired as to what it was called and where to get one. Now I don't know how I ever got along without it.