Too much?

I now have Google Calendar, a small purse-size 4" x 6" planner, a matching 8" x 9" paper planner for my backpack, a desk pad calendar, a wall calendar, and a Kindle planner that is hyperlinked between month, week, and day, all synchronised.

On the one hand, I feel very organised. On the other hand, it's a bit much. The main one is the one in my purse. After all, I can jot down appointments in the MD's office, etc. and then transfer them, because I suck at getting my phone to come up well when people are working and waiting on me. But I acknowledge things can go wrong. So every couple of days I do a sort of inventory. But still..it is a lot.

When I get a job, the calendars will separate a bit. The desk calendar will be at work; the planners will be with me. The wall calendar is on the door of my bedroom, and of course Google Calendar is on my phone and computer. I can also get to it on my Kindle Scribe. It would be nice if I could get the book to link to that, but I don't think it can. But it does go through 2027, so that's nice.

Something men just won't ever understand

So it's 11:15 at night. You suddenly realise that your period is about to start. Yes, calendars can help, but are not perfect, especially when you are in the throes of perimenopause. (My app, which analyses my periods as I put them in, says I start in six days, and it's usually pretty close). Do I have any feminine products in the house? I do a quick search and find three pads. Enough so I don't have to rush out to the store and buy them tonight. This is also why women squirrel tampons and pads in their purses, their work desks, etc. Whew!

Or we could be like Sheldon.

Good for them!

These Rad Retirees Recreate Their Favorite Movie Scenes For An Epic Calendar

Back in January, there was a retirement community called The Contilia Retirement Group in Essen, Germany that made one of the coolest calendars I had ever seen. The premise? Recreate iconic movie scenes, ranging from Rocky to Titanic.

. You can view several others calendar shots here, and download it if you'd like.

:)

12 Gifts For The End Of The World

Some believe the world will end on December 21, 2012; NASA insists it won't. We've assembled a list of a few useful tools for any outcome.

THE Ultimate Apocalypse Playlist

In anticipation of this week’s Mayan apocalypse foofaraw, many people have made apocalypse playlists. But no one has made this one. Enjoy it in the days remaining.

It kind of peeves me

that so many people seem to think the world is going to end on my holiday, Yule, the Winter Solstice (Summer Solstice in the southern hemisphere). Personally, I plan on enjoying the long night and short day because the world is not going to end. The sheer amount of lunacy and panic I've seen in the news of late regarding this is amazing. Just wanted to be on record for saying there are going to be some people with egg on their face come December 22nd.

I've been organising things on my tablet

Putting icons into folders, etc., and came across a widget I have that counts down the days until an event. So some might put it for Christmas or for December 21st, the supposed Mayan apocalypse date, but since that's hooey, I did something much more important. I don't have a return to work date, or even a firm on my feet date, but the next doctor's appointment I should have that information. So, it's twelve days until then. I am so looking forward to being on both feet, even if it's slow at first, and almost as importantly, being able to bathe. Today marks the 50th day since the accident. (No, I didn't use an application for that, I just counted.)

I'm up in the middle of the night but it's not really insomnia. I got about four hours of sleep and felt like getting up for awhile. I really need to start getting into a routine that closely approximates work, but hey, it's not a work night anyway.

It's hard to believe it's already December. Don't forget, it's World AIDS day as well. I guess I should change my calendars in the morning.

Still, I suppose I should try to get some more sleep in the meantime. Hope you have a good weekend.

Brandon called me to assure me

that he was, indeed, the 'normal' friend. Of course, he then reiterated that had the plastic (and granted, unused) commode pot been metal, it would be the perfect size for a batch of chili.

Um hmm.

I also had a call from A, who admitted that he was not quite the norm but more normal than YKWIA, of which we can all agree (and that brand of abnormality is something I value in him), and as we were talking I thought I heard the doorbell. Given the false alarm the other day and the fact that I was on the phone and in bed, the furthest from the door I could be, I let it go, and it didn't ring again. Turns out my aunt sent a parcel, which is now over at the post office. I think I'll send Brandon in for it when we're out on Tuesday rather than play cat and mouse with the mail carrier. I'm sorry I missed it, though. It would have been a nice break from bills, although I also got a get-well card from a co-worker, which I put up on my door. I now have eleven of them. :)

Apparently the calendar is the same this year for March and November, as I haven't erased March from my dry erase board calendar and the numbers are all in the right place. That's convenient. (I do have other calendars in the house. It occurs to me they're all on October still.)

I'm up, I've eaten, I'm tired again. Maybe some reading would help. I should go check out the November Kindle books for $3.99 or less.

A unique calendar for 2012

Men of the Stacks not only features male librarians who buck the stereotypes, all of the proceeds of sale go to the It Gets Better project.

Thanks to Sarah Houghton, the Librarian in Black, for the link.

Strange Christian thing of the day

Okay, I have trouble remembering when Easter is, since it's not one of my holidays, but for a wonder I remembered not only that Easter is Sunday, but today was Good Friday. But even so, I was not prepared for what I found as I was cruising down Chinoe this afternoon. I looked in my rear-view mirror and the woman in the car behind me is holding a large (10-12 inch) crucifix out of her window. My first reaction is that she somehow recognised the Hekate figure on my car and was calling upon God to smite the evil idol-worshipper. (Not that I worship idols, but that's another topic). My second thought was that she was just going along with a literal 'Jesus is my co-pilot' thing. Weird, but there are weirder things in the world. She turned at Gainesway and kept it out, so it wasn't aimed at me. Let's face it, 9.5 out of 10 Christians would not recognise Hekate even if She were blatantly shown. So, later I realised that this might be some sort of cognate to the pilgrims who go to Jerusalem and carry life-sized crosses (or some other places where they go through mini-crucifixions) along the path Jesus was reported to have done so they can better understand what he did for mankind. I could see where driving a similar route could at least make you more mindful of your Saviour's trevails, but I don't see where toting a 2 lb cross whilst behind the wheel is really going to get you into the mindset of the suffering he reportedly endured. You just look silly. And what if you drop it and some car runs over it? Or worse, what if you're in an accident? That's got to be pretty distracting, especially if you're praying as well. People, this is something you do whilst *walking*.

Just my musings. I hope I haven't offended anyone. I don't mind if you believe that Jesus was the son of God (there were many in the ancient world...my favourite was the whole Zeus appearing as a shower of gold story). I don't mind if you believe he resurrected (again, several cases reported). But the whole one-hand-on-the-wheel-one-hand-on-the-cross is a little creepy. Next time, just put it on your grille like people do wreaths at Christmastime.

Anyway, for those who are sane who are merely marking this important holiday of your faith, happy Easter. And for those of you who have thrown this sadness followed by joy thing to the wind and just gone with the very pagan theme of coloured eggs and chocolate bunnies, happy Easter too.

(I didn't say Happy Spring (my holiday, known as Ostara to some, Alban Eilir to others)--Eilir being rather recognisable to readers of this blog as it is my middle name and means spring, rebirth, or (as a different but related word), butterfly. Anyway, Happy Spring!)

Also, the full moon tonight is very pretty. That's why Easter is as early as it is. It has to fall on the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring (note the word 'after'--if the full moon is on the first Sunday after the vernal equinox, then Easter is the next Sunday. Got it?) Passover, meanwhile, begins on the 15th of Nisan (at sunset, as the Jewish day goes from sunset to sunset, the month from new moon to new moon). This year it's much later than Easter, beginning at sunset April 19th this year. (Note: In Israel and amongst Reform Jews, the holiday is seven days long...amongst the Orthodox and Conservatives outside Israel, it is eight, to be on the safe side and make sure the whole period is commemorated, as days are based on the moon and not on some clock.)

Okay, there's my splurge into spring holiday lore.

Interested in celebrating the ancient Greek festivals?

Hellenion has published a calendar (PDF file) to help you along. For example, tonight is the night of Hekate's Deipnon, where food is left at a crossroads (or donated to a charity these days). I can't donate any food at the moment, but I'd like to get into the habit of doing so in Her name. I did give a libation tonight in Her honour. (Like Judaism, the day begins at sunset the night before, by the way--and the new moon starts the month.)