Last weekend was Mother’s day and on the following Monday I headed out to visit the Ladies of New York. The younger and her son (my former room-mater) are “intermittently estranged” and I didn’t want Mother’s day to pass her by without a card. I stopped over after work had cards for both of them. We talked for a bit, I bragged on my nieces, and they both commented on how gray I was getting.<\/p>\n
Sigh. At least they didn’t call me fat like last time. They really have no filters.<\/p>\n
On the bright side, they both appreciated the visit and the cards. \u00a0So, good deed done.<\/p>\n
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I’m proceeding with the decrapification of my house and got some old electronics cleared out. Most went to the Akron Computer Recycling Center – which involved multiple phone calls, two trips to Barberton, and a shop that looked like a Radio Shack had exploded. But, they wouldn’t take the TV.<\/p>\n
I had heard that Best Buy had a recycling program – but with a catch. They would only take TV’s off your hands if you paid a recycling fee of $25.<\/p>\n
Sigh. So, I took it in and then went to the service desk and paid the fee. Something about EPA regulations, I guess. It was annoying, but worth it to make a little more progress.<\/p>\n
Today, I’ve been cleaning out closets and getting a few more bags ready to recycle.<\/p>\n
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And I’ve needed the mental clearing as well. The past week of work was kinda rough. Felt like a losing battle – everything was more difficult than it needed to be and more complicated than it should have been. By Wednesday, I had reached a ‘weapons-grade irritability”<\/p>\n
And then things… got a little better. Thursday morning, a few things went right and got less complicated. Friday was a quiet day and I got a lot done. I had to stay and close up the switchboard, but even that – while kind of annoying – wasn’t that bad.<\/p>\n
The weekend has been quiet as well – lots of reading, movies, and video games. This afternoon, got a birthday party to go to that should be fun.<\/p>\n
Still, I need to take some time off. Maybe find a few days here and there and just chill out. And later in the summer, I need to find a beach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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