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Nov. 22nd, 2003
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Nov. 22nd, 2003 10:47 amIt's actually been a nice relaxed couple of days... and I feel guilty about that! I guess I get that from Dad, mister 'idle-hands-are-the-Devil's-tools' who always thought if we weren't doing something productive, he needed to find something for us; usually something tedious and unpleasant.
Wednesday I did a lot of nothing- I did finish my book and meet with a potential student. On Thursday I made a half-hearted attempt to clean the pool- it's developed a leak somewhere and the pool repair guy said he'd find it a lot quicker (which would be nice for me since they're paid by the hour) if it was cleaned, and it being autumn and all, there's a metric assload of leaves in it. He also suggested it'd go even faster if I could find the leak myself. But mosquitoes bit me and made me cry and run inside. We tried to hot tub later that night, but were frustrated because the heater seemed to have quit. I was sort of glad we'd noticed it before having the pool guy come out- at least we'd be able to have him do both jobs at once.
I had to go in to work yesterday, because my boss called me sounding all panicked stating that I had to get my timesheet in early or else I wouldn't get paid. Of course all the memos were sent out after the last day of my work week, but it was no biggie- I went in and did the time sheet, and got ready for our new computers which required a bit of file-moving and crap-clearing. And I got an hour extra of paid time for it, what the heck. The time-keeper laughed when I mentioned my panicking boss, and referred to it as a scare tactic. Ah, well- they're still paying me.
Then I hit the bank, bought a few groceries and some booze (I want to make coffee liqueur; did you know you can get a liter of vodka for $6?!), and went for a candle run. Running a Wiccan group means buying lots of candles, and there's a nice place outside of town that sells plenty. Anyway, so I got home and tackled the pool again. I realized that things would go a lot better if I actually got in the pool.
I thought it'd maybe come up above my knees, but I can't judge these things too well, obviously, because it came up past my crotch. Cold!!! Oh well, it needed to be done- and I got every effing leaf out of that pool, too. I looked and looked for where the leak was, but could not find it. I called the pool guy to schedule the job, and he said they'd find it. I also mentioned the heater for the spa, and he suggested that 90% of the non-functioning heaters are a result of dirty filters- and he was right! Hub pulled the thing out and sure enough, it was really dirty. Really, really dirty! Oops. So he hosed that off, put it back in, and the heater came right on. Nice! It makes me happy when repair guys suggest simple solutions to fix things when they could just gank us.
Last night we had our New Moon event- it was basically 'come over and relax, there will be nothing planned, you'll get enough of that crap during the upcoming holiday season.' I cleaned house, lit some incense and candles, made a chocolate pie and set out herbal teas, and just sat around and talked. People seemed to have a good time, and we sent the last one home after 11. There was a bit of a Q&A element- ask the High Priestess about random stuff, which I enjoyed indulging. I want to be like our head HPS in Atlanta when I grow up, and I do the same thing whenever I visit her (and half the time when I call her too) and I hope it doesn't bug her.
Today we're making a major grocery run- hub wants to see if we can get all the stuff for Thanksgiving.
Tomorrow, I took off half a day to go to the Empty Bowl event. I try to make that every year, and this year is no exception.
Wednesday I did a lot of nothing- I did finish my book and meet with a potential student. On Thursday I made a half-hearted attempt to clean the pool- it's developed a leak somewhere and the pool repair guy said he'd find it a lot quicker (which would be nice for me since they're paid by the hour) if it was cleaned, and it being autumn and all, there's a metric assload of leaves in it. He also suggested it'd go even faster if I could find the leak myself. But mosquitoes bit me and made me cry and run inside. We tried to hot tub later that night, but were frustrated because the heater seemed to have quit. I was sort of glad we'd noticed it before having the pool guy come out- at least we'd be able to have him do both jobs at once.
I had to go in to work yesterday, because my boss called me sounding all panicked stating that I had to get my timesheet in early or else I wouldn't get paid. Of course all the memos were sent out after the last day of my work week, but it was no biggie- I went in and did the time sheet, and got ready for our new computers which required a bit of file-moving and crap-clearing. And I got an hour extra of paid time for it, what the heck. The time-keeper laughed when I mentioned my panicking boss, and referred to it as a scare tactic. Ah, well- they're still paying me.
Then I hit the bank, bought a few groceries and some booze (I want to make coffee liqueur; did you know you can get a liter of vodka for $6?!), and went for a candle run. Running a Wiccan group means buying lots of candles, and there's a nice place outside of town that sells plenty. Anyway, so I got home and tackled the pool again. I realized that things would go a lot better if I actually got in the pool.
I thought it'd maybe come up above my knees, but I can't judge these things too well, obviously, because it came up past my crotch. Cold!!! Oh well, it needed to be done- and I got every effing leaf out of that pool, too. I looked and looked for where the leak was, but could not find it. I called the pool guy to schedule the job, and he said they'd find it. I also mentioned the heater for the spa, and he suggested that 90% of the non-functioning heaters are a result of dirty filters- and he was right! Hub pulled the thing out and sure enough, it was really dirty. Really, really dirty! Oops. So he hosed that off, put it back in, and the heater came right on. Nice! It makes me happy when repair guys suggest simple solutions to fix things when they could just gank us.
Last night we had our New Moon event- it was basically 'come over and relax, there will be nothing planned, you'll get enough of that crap during the upcoming holiday season.' I cleaned house, lit some incense and candles, made a chocolate pie and set out herbal teas, and just sat around and talked. People seemed to have a good time, and we sent the last one home after 11. There was a bit of a Q&A element- ask the High Priestess about random stuff, which I enjoyed indulging. I want to be like our head HPS in Atlanta when I grow up, and I do the same thing whenever I visit her (and half the time when I call her too) and I hope it doesn't bug her.
Today we're making a major grocery run- hub wants to see if we can get all the stuff for Thanksgiving.
Tomorrow, I took off half a day to go to the Empty Bowl event. I try to make that every year, and this year is no exception.
