Damn. I have...gotten out of bed at noon (I couldn't fall asleep until after 3:00), eaten some granola, thrown laundry in the washer, and e-mailed my mom a picture of a package of frozen polenta. (No, really -- it's the Polenta Provencale that TJs sells, and she can't find it when she shops there. Why she can't just ask someone who works there where the polenta is, I have no idea.)

Now I am going to throw laundry in the dryer, throw more laundry in the washer, and make crockpot granola. And possibly clean the bathroom.

Go, smonster, go!

Go smonster go!

This morning I was up super early (for me) and have proceeded to dither the entire extra time away by jacking around with astrid and producteev. Classic Liese, wasting time by playing with productivity tools. Ooh, I also need to waste time by setting up expensify better. But when I do, then I can divest myself of the boxes of receipts! After going through them for receipts over $50, of course. Hmm. Maybe that's counter productive. I should maybe just file the existing ones and only retain above $50 going forward.

Okay. The problem with getting up early is that I'm hungry again early. So I shall refortify, and recommence productiveness, and it will be fine, because it will be like I slept to a normal hour.

Been there, done that, couldn't afford the t-shirt.

Oh, yeah.

Still haven't found what I'm looking for (sorry for the earworm!!) but I did find my car title (which I think I need to register my car here) and my extra car keys.

Time for lunch.

After going through them for receipts over $50, of course. Hmm. Maybe that's counter productive. I should maybe just file the existing ones and only retain above $50 going forward.

Maybe save them for sorting while watching tv or other mindless activity time?

Steph, I'm kind of alternating productive and non-productive days.

Steph, I'm kind of alternating productive and non-productive days.

Yeah, I suspect tomorrow is going to be another Saturday full of attacking the weeds in the backyard, so I don't feel too guilty about my sloth today. And I *am* doing stuff, just not with any real energy or commitment. (I'm also full of benadryl [goddamn pollen count], so I'm exceptionally non-energetic.)

Shit, if I were full of benedryl, I'd be drooling on my keyboard.

Mmm, Annie's cheddar mac with tuna and creole seasoning.

Maybe save them for sorting while watching tv or other mindless activity time?

That's a good idea.

Okay, lunch for me too. Whole wheat noodles with venison spaghetti sauce. And probably a vegetable. I suppose I should eat a vegetable of some sort.

I am eating cole slaw right now. And it's darn good, too.

I'm remembering why I dislike some cleaning activities so much. Today I cleaned my bike and inflated the tires so I could ride it, took 3 months worth of cardboard out of the spare bedroom and put it and 6 years worth of phone books from under a table into the car, hauled them to the recycling center, recycled them, came back and removed all the unrecognizable things from the fridge, trashed them, took out the trash, and feel like I've gotten a ton done. Then I look around my living room and it's pretty much he same pit it was yesterday. After all that cleaning related work I feel like every non-upholstered surface should throw cartoon sparkles and emit a soft chime when I look at them.

Le sigh.

Go smonster! May you find all the relevant paper you seek, soon.

FUCK YEAH GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT! The HR guy called me with the offer for the other writer gig they want me for. I start on April 16th.