Day 16-Monkey Pox is the new pandemic
Errand Day…
8/19/22. Friday. Errand Day.
8:45-9:00-I’m up and so is the dog. We go downstairs and I take her outside to go potty; coffee for me, cheese for her. I go upstairs.
9:00-9:45-Shower and I sit in the shower, drink my coffee, and ice my eyes, all while listening to Organize 365. Lotion. I wear a floral print crop top and jeans but I HATE crop tops and this is a recent purchase. Why the hell did I buy it? Another mistake that I’ll have to jettison in accordance with my Curated Closet project. I wear leopard print flats and accessorize my outfit with a brown belt, gold medallion necklace, and small gold hoop earrings (Garden Society Member)
9:45-10:00-I grab the box of Nordstrom returns and my insulated lunch bag and load both in my car. Then, I drive to my 1-hour therapy session.
10:00-11:00- I like these 1-hour sessions although they’re expensive ($160) BUT I’m terminating my Verizon bill in the near future because I no longer need WiFi for my Ipad-mini as I’m only using it as a master “To-do” list. Eliminating my Verizon bill will make up some of the money I spend for my increased therapy session. My therapist and I talk at length about my planned Santa Barbara mini-vacay that I just experienced and how great it was.
11:00-12:00-I drive to Nordstrom’s to return the six pairs of pants that don’t fit and eat a pear en route. When I get out of the car, my left shoe separates from the sole and falls apart. It stays together just long enough for me to return my pants, and then completely disintegrates by the time I return to the car. A strange green powder resembling sand comes out of the shoe. It’s disgusting and I drive home to swap out shoes.
12:00-1:00 - I go to the mall because I need a new battery for my watch. I have to park at the very end of the parking lot and walk what feels like a mile to the mall entrance and eventually to the watch kiosk. It’s absurd. The mall itself is not that crowded; this parking lot might actually be a park-and-ride for commuters.
-But, before I get out of my car, I have some Korean barbecue for lunch and call Chase because I need them to reverse the $12.99 fine that hits my account every August, because my College No. 1 paycheck is NOT direct-deposited during the summer. None of this is my fault - I do NOT receive a paycheck in August because I’m a teacher, as Chase knows, since I’ve made this very call, every August, for the past 10 years. It’s incredibly irritating.
It must be 100 degrees outside.
-I drive to CVS because I have a 30% coupon. Once there, I purchase Advil, Dr Scholls’ inserts for my deteriorating shoes, two dark chocolate candy bars (coconut and orange infused), and one white chocolate bar (coconut infused). This is my guilty pleasure and fattening as all get out but I only buy this particular bar a couple times a year because it’s white chocolate and the calories hit my belly fat immediately. I start eating the white chocolate bar ASAP.
-I make the executive decision to pass on grocery shopping AND drive home.
1:15-2:30-Home and I put away all of my purchases and water my plants.
2:30-3:00- I have a small bowl of the rigatoni I thawed yesterday and bring it upstairs to eat.
3:00-3:30-bullet journal and I keep falling asleep.
3:30-5:30-I take a nap.
6:00-8:10-I go to work (report to my home office)
-I log into BofA and Zelle L. $143 for the edits she made recently.
-My Target refunds posted. So did the refund for the Kohl’s watering can that I returned.
-I check email at College No. 1 and respond to two students, one of whom is that crazy OSD bitch.
That OSD bitch sent me a stream-of-consciousness email that I’m having difficulty understanding. She cc’d the OSD Dean AND OSD Counselor on this email, but the email is so convoluted, it’s impossible to interpret what she wants or needs. Her paragraph to me is filled with bizarre, run-on sentences, that don’t make sense. The only issue that stands out is the fact that her new laptop isn’t working so I respond and tell her to contact the IT Department, as well as the Canvas Dept., and ask them to repair her laptop. I cc all parties at OSD on this email, and later, the OSD counselor, T., backs my play.
I also instruct this crazy OSD bitch to provide a numbered list for her requests, as neither T. nor myself can figure out what the hell she is talking about.
-I check the Discussion Board for Specialty Class 1B. A few more people signed in so I update Attendance.
-I check personal email; L. emailed me an invoice so I print it out.
-I place an Amazon order for an ice bucket and pick that L can use when she breaks up her bags of ice.
-I review a new exhibit at the Getty and it looks interesting. It’s called Reinventing the Americas and will be running from 8-23-22 to 12-31-22.
-I make a Kohl’s payment.
-My insurance warranty program - First American - alleges that I didn’t pay AC Clinic [recall that this is the asshole who told me to spray my condenser with a garden hose and then ended up replacing it entirely] the $85 consulting fee, which is a complete lie. That asshole never reported to First American that he received the co-pay. I go through my BofA account, find the cashed check, and print it out.
-I check times for BevMo and Home Depot
8:10-8:30-Freshen up and leave
8:30-8:50-I drive to BevMo; then
8:50-9:30-onto Home Depot, where I pick up pink swatches for the sticks that I plan on spray painting.
9:30-10:15-I walk the dog.
10:15-10:30-I talk to L. and show her the pink swatches. She texts them to N. for his approval.
11:00-12:25-Blog post
12:25-12:30-I check the Placerita Nature Center calendar because I thought the Botany Nature hike was tomorrow but it’s next Saturday.
12:50-1:00-I place a Wine.com order.
1:00-1:30-Kitchen duty and I ready my coffee.
1:30-2:00-Nightime routine. Sunless tanning.
2:00-2:30 am - I lie down and put ice on my eyes. Some of the water leaks out of the bag and wakes me up so I get up and put the bag on my bathroom counter. I lie down again… Bed.