Beginning to rethink

The whole change out of shelves. The metal one is fine where it is: maybe I should put the wooden one in the closet, even though they don't match. It would be less work, and I could always change it later--it doesn't affect the cleanliness of the house. I'm also just too popped to do it.

I was just finishing up library school then...wow

in fact, I went back and took classes on the Web after I graduated, just to keep current.

World Wide Web At 20: 12 Milestones

Home

We found what we were looking for at the store, but one item was broken so I had to go back and exchange it. I mailed the three books for Paperback Swap, stopped by work to pick up the things from my desk (some of my medication was in a locked drawer) and checked about something, went into two different Kroger's, got lunch at McDonald's (not the healthiest, of course, but oh, well), got my rent, but didn't get back in time to give it in to the leasing office, so that will have to be tomorrow, none of which was in the order it happened.

Now I'm home and have quite a bit to do, despite being pretty tired. The plan is to lie down for a 30-45 minute nap and rejuvenate, then tackle the bookshelf stuff. I'm really not that confident at this point that I'll get everything finished by Saturday night.

It occurred to me

that I've been going strong for two hours and haven't actually eaten yet today, so I'm having some cereal. I've gone through the dresser and gotten the Goodwill donation together: five garbage bags full, all filling up my car trunk. I also have a hamper of clothes that weren't suitable for Goodwill and just need, unfortunately, to go to the Dumpster. Next I think I'll shower and get the things to mail together, stop by work, get my rent together, and either go to the post office or to my friend's, depending on my time. I'm supposed to be at his house around noon, and it's 10 now.

Today's agenda:

1. Stop by work--I need something in my desk for the weekend
2. Library--return a book (it was due yesterday; if I drop it off before they open at 9:30, I won't incur a fine)
3. Post Office--Paperback Swap books
4. Bank--rent
5. Leasing office--rent
6. Stores--shopping with friend
7. Fold bedclothes, put away
8. Gather reusable tote bags
9. Go through dresser drawers; weed clothes
10. Gather up additional things for Goodwill; load into car
11. Take books off metal shelf in bedroom; move to closet>
12. Set up new shelf in bedroom, put books on it
13. Make bed
14. Clean bath tub/shower
15. Goodwill--donation
16. Finishing touches to left closet in bedroom
17. Closet in bathroom; organise and clean
18. Take out bag of old towels that got ruined during time off when the bathroom flooded. Twice.
19. Go through papers from left closet in bedroom and hall closet.
20. Take recyclables and trash out.

Tomorrow:

1. Tackle right closet in bedroom. Throw away as much as possible. Transfer some to left closet shelves. Try to get it so clothes will go in it.
2. Dust.
3. Vacuum carpets and mop linoleum floors.
4. Go through and check for any small things still on shelves, etc.
5. Throw away things that can go from the walk-in closet (just a few things).
6. Organise the area under the fish tank.
7. Organise the area under the bathroom sink.
8. Do the game notes.

3:58 am

I guess the question now is whether I get up and work on an ankle that, while still hurting some, is vastly improved now that I've had it elevated for several hours, thereby avoiding losing any more time (I have to get this house cleaning finished by Saturday), but which also puts me in some sort of bizarre schedule (shifting it by four hours earlier), or if I should at least go back to bed till, say, 6 am and work like the dickens. I'm not quite rested ( I've had about five and a half hours of sleep). But I am worried I won't finish in time. Plus I still have to do the game notes. On the other hand, I offered to do an errand tomorrow, and have a few of my own (shoes, post office, bank, leading office). I shouldn't be driving around on little sleep. I suppose I could just hope the adrenaline keeps me up Friday night. :) I like the motivation that this is giving me, but I'm feeling the pressure now. I don't want to miss another Cthulhu game.

See what I mean?

Ouch, I say! And that's after more ice! Granted, it's not as bad as when I actually broke it, but you kind of expect it to settle down after six months. But, I've been told it's strong and that true healing can take at least a year. I think I'll focus on doing a few things here that I can sit down for.

PS: The dark spot on my toenail is from where the car ran over my foot. It was originally in the centre of the nail. Oddly enough, that toe did not break. Rather, I had breaks in the second and third metatarsals (which we allowed to heal naturally), and a fracture of the medial malleolus, which required an open reduction and internal fixation, in which two screws were placed in my ankle at the fracture to stabilise it. I think that latter happened as the car itself (which had my foot trapped under its wheel) hit into my leg. All in all, despite everything, I came out very lucky, for getting hit by a car.

Ouch

So the only way to be somewhat comfortable is to place my entire lower leg on a pillow so it's elevated, with ice on my knee (the ankle got iced earlier at PT). Not sure what I did to really aggravate it. I think tomorrow I'm going to look for some shoes. I have a pair of fake Birkenstock sandals that are very comfortable and don't seem to aggravate and swell my foot, but they are worn to nothing in terms of tread and just normal wear and tear. My Easy Spirits are adjustable, but seem to still constrict too much. Even my New Balances, which aren't sandals, still have issues as my feet swell. :(

Happy Plants

I did get the herbs planted. Each box has a strawberry on each end. One has sage and oregano (pictured), one has thyme and rosemary, and one has dill and basil.

I've been up since 3:30 this morning, have done four loads of laundry, have worked a full day, had physical therapy, and my ankle is swollen to the size of a grapefruit because I've been on it much of the day, a lot of getting up and down. I am very tired. The danger, of course, is that I will fall asleep rather than work on the house. I'm going to take my contacts out and put my foot up for awhile, but I'm going to try not to fall asleep, maybe listen to peppy music or something. Wish me luck!

I was going to put on some music

as despite a slow start [I got distracted by keyboard trays on Amazon], I have the laundry going. But then when I returned to the apartment, a lovely robin started singing, and I can hear him through the open window. Very nice.

The first of the books I mailed out for a requester through Paperback Swap has reached it's destination, so I had a credit to use. While I was waiting for the washers to finish, I went on there and found a book by Andre Norton (an author I like quite a bit and I have several of her books) called Merlin's Mirror. I think I may have read it when I was a teenager, but I don't remember. It's set in Arthurian times, although I gather there's a science fiction component rather than straight-up fantasy involved. I also put a book a friend is looking for on my wish list, as well as the book Not in Front of the Servants, by Frank Dawes. I'm pretty far down on the list for the first, but it's worth a try.

I also took the shelving packaging out and put it with the recycling containers (they're too big to go inside). It's very pleasant outside. Few of my neighbours are up. At first there were a couple of bedroom lights on, then a few living room ones. I've never been one of those people who slowly wakes up and stays in bed reading or otherwise waking up. I've known several who do that. [One, a lady I worked with at the gas station, had a shooting in an apartment next to hers, and a bullet went through her wall and into her bedroom, right where she would normally be sitting up in bed in the morning. Fortunately the timing was off, and she wan't doing that for some reason that day, had to get up at a different time. But it was a bit scary. It was a tenant who shot and killed an on-site maintenance man at the complex. She was quite rattled.]

When it gets lighter, I may go ahead and fix up the window boxes and do some planting. But for now I think I'm going to prop my feet up and wait for the dryers. I felt like I was taking life and limb into my own hands in navigating the laundry room, which apparently had those wet floor signs up because one or more of the washers I used leaked water all over the place. I was in old sandals with no tread, and do not really want to break another bone anytime soon. I got a bit of blanket in the water as I was putting them into the dryer. Hopefully that shouldn't be an issue, but I'll have to be very careful when I go back, both in terms of walking (in different shoes this time) and not getting the dry clothes in the puddle that is right under two of the dryers. Grrr....