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I took Mr. Martini to the train station last night, and told myself I was going to be so productive in the two nights he was away before I leave for my own trip to Florida to see my folks ("the Rents") for Christmas. I had such plans.
Things I should have done last night in preparation for my trip to Florida:
1. Dishes.
2. Laundry.
3. Sweep up apartment.
4. Vacuum rugs and furniture.
5. Figure out why toilet won’t stop running.
6. Put lights on timers.
7. Take out garbage.
8. Call Rents in Florida to confirm weather.
9. Check weather online to confirm what Rents predict.
10. Make list of all items to pack, so as not to forget anything.
11. Make mental list of toiletries to bring.
12. Remove suitcase out of closet then neatly return everything to proper place.
13. Bask in glow of clean apartment and knowledge that I can relax Wednesday night before my big trip.
Things I actually did last night:
1. Ate Baked Caprese from Costello’s while watching Amazing Race on DVR.
2. Thanked lucky stars I have DVR as TAR was on an hour early last night, and I had no idea, but magical new machine recorded it for me anyway, because it loves me.
3. Told myself not to eat any more of the peppermint puffs from Crate & Barrel that I got as a gift from co-worker.
4. Ate more peppermint puffs.
5. Felt sick.
6. E-mailed 2004 PowerPoint Christmas Card to friends and loved ones.
7. Clicked through 2004 PowerPoint Christmas Card to check for typos.
8. Clicked through 2004 PowerPoint Christmas Card to bask in glow of my PhotoShop skills (that sign picture was not easy, people!).
9. Clicked through 2003 PowerPoint Christmas Card.
10. Clicked through 2002 PowerPoint Christmas Card.
11. Repeated items 8-10 at least two more times.
12. Felt silly for amount of time I spent looking at my own pictures.
13. Decided I didn’t care since no one witnessed my obsessive self-centered behavior.
14. Checked Ripway to see if I was over bandwidth for month due to masses of people viewing 2004 PowerPoint Christmas Card online.
15. Calculated and realized I was the one using up my own bandwidth.
16. Surfed blogs.
17. Watched some of Rachael Ray’s "$40 a Day" on FoodTV.
18. Got really annoyed with her persistent chipper giggles.
19. Ate more peppermint puffs.
20. Ate Tums.
21. At 10 p.m., started watching Futurama on Adult Swim.
22. Fell asleep watching Futurama on Adult Swim.
23. Woke up at 11:15 p.m. and put myself to bed.
24. Woke up in panic at 2 a.m. thinking of all the stuff I have to do today.
25. Fell back asleep at 2:15 a.m. after realizing how comfy my down quilt is.
26. Woke up in panic at 3 a.m. realizing that I don’t have a half-day at work on Wednesday as thought, instead must work all day, and have no time to go to laundry.
27. Fell asleep at 3:15 a.m. after deciding to buy underwear at Walgreens and pack laundry to bring half-way across the country to do at the Rents house.
Yes, folks, it was a productive night at SpaceCase’s abode last night. I’m still amazed at the creative solutions I can come up with at 3 a.m. Because buying new underwear? At Walgreens? Yeah, pure genius, that is. [snerk]
