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12 January 2008

What should I do with the next three hours? →[More:] I went to my friend's memorial service (local version 1.3) today. Packed church, it was really very nice. If I had a quibble, it would be when the Very Southern Minister read some letters written by the East Harlem 4th grade class he left behind, and used, um, a bit of an accent to give them some flavor.

Anyway, I'm sort of emotionally drained, but my house is a wreck. I've managed to vacuum and do some dusting, laundry is running but there is folding to do, and I just came upstairs to fix the printer. Fixed. Whoops, now I'm on metachat.

Until the football games starts, should I:

Continue with housework?
Read until napping?
Other?

Suggestions welcome.

post by: rainbaby at: 13:42 | 14 comments

Perhaps you could help me figure out what's rattling in my dishwasher, because it's driving me INSANE.

posted by occhiblu 12 January | 13:44

Sorry, occhiblu, I'm not mechanically inclined, and I'm not feeling Socratic or detective-y at the mo, although I am usually pretty trixy. Maybe somebody else visiting here can help you out.

posted by rainbaby 12 January | 13:50

I think the read until napping sounds good. If you've had a draining day emotionally, some physical rest might be what you need.

posted by essexjan 12 January | 13:55

I vote for the read until napping as well. Lately I've been doing what I think my body needs rather than what I should be doing.

posted by eekacat 12 January | 14:10

I agree with the e's. Off to rest! No more bother here, unless anybody has an idea about the dishwasher.

posted by rainbaby 12 January | 14:18

Masturbate.

posted by Orange Swan 12 January | 14:18

I think I've googled up a plan of action for the dishwasher, so go nap in good conscience. :-)

I'm sorry your day has been so rough. Definitely go take care of yourself.

posted by occhiblu 12 January | 14:28

I'm sorry about your friend. I'm glad you got to go to the memorial service (despite the unnecessary "flavor" added to the letters). Do you have a cat to nap with? I could send you my cat for a few hours -- he's pretty great for naps.

posted by Claudia_SF 12 January | 14:36

Masturbate.

Yes, proceed...

posted by Ceiling Cat is watching you masturbate 12 January | 14:37

Mmm...a kitty nap. Failing that, just a nap, in a cool dark room, for no more than 45 minutes. Maybe a little cry before-hand, if you feel like it (I find that the best naps come after a random crying jag).

Then you can get the folding done. Alternately, you can come over to my house to sort out the recycling (usually, i don't bother, but my friend is an amateur brewer and wants to steal all my dark glass bottles).

posted by muddgirl 12 January | 14:42

Napping.
If i wasn't in the middle of laundry with a bare bed, i'd be napping. So achy and tired.

We had a moment in the sun to rest but that's all.

Woke up too early and immediately started with the endless task of dusting by trying to just kinda rinse out instead of wash the pillows in the living room, so they're in the dryer. Then might as well do as much laundry as possibly, including the new mattress pad. Then made myself flip the mattress as i've never done that and it really need doing (a freaking comedy routine without explanation). Intersperse dusting, book and magazine organizing, a wash of this a wipe of that, and i was achy and tired before all that.
Just pulled my head out of two dryers, looking for a pair of leggings that shouldn't be in there, and now i've got the sweaty steam facial that makes me not want to look any more. Are they with five nice single socks somewhere?
To top it all off, The Bees has been on top of the never dusted cabinet tops again because she has mastered the full vertical leap, which begs me to clean them before she decides to anoint every newly cleaned cloth, many of which just got chucked in the wash for the sake of being around in the dusting (trying to be through).

The windows are open and there's nothing ready to eat.
Must
unload
dryerzzzzzz

posted by ethylene 12 January | 14:59

Sing.

posted by jason's_planet 12 January | 19:00

(((rainbaby))) sleep well. :)

posted by chewatadistance 12 January | 19:56

Perhaps you could help me figure out what's rattling in my dishwasher,

Satan. You must do a load of dishes with Holy Water. If it spews pea soup, do not be alarmed.

posted by jonmc 12 January | 19:58

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