I should be asleep. I wasn't which is a good thing because there was a burning smell and the socket in the bathroom was blackening a bit.

I unplugged stuff. The circuit is tied to the bedroom and hall light so I can't really shut it off without losing all light source. Now I'm a little scared to go to sleep.

Sounds like it's a good thing you're moving, askye. Does your landlord have an emergency number? Electrical fires probably qualify.

There wasnt an actual fire more a blackening of the outlet.

I contacted them.

There is also another mouse. The mouse issue only happened after the oil tank and new furnace were put in so I think they got in then or there is a small hole. U said something about that.

I'm probably a terrible person but I don't want to deal with it right now and Penny seems to be doing better with hunting so I'm just...ignoring the issue. I actually saw the mouse as it ran behind something and I just don't have the patience to try and extract it while being careful with my knee.

Penny successfully killed the mouse and left its non mangled body out for me to see. Which meant it was easy to dispose of.

Vet appointment for her - done. They sell Feliway and also give out towels sprayed with feliway to put in the carriers for trips to the vet so I need to go by there and get that.

Habitat for Humanity called - they are picking up most stuff except mattress and box spring on the 12th at 9 am. I should have called them sooner but whatever.

Way to cat, Penny!

askye, I know it's a lot of work, but do your best to get receipts. I was able to write off $1500 in one year.

I'll try but at this point even though I'm not working I'm still feel like I'm running out of spoons for everything.

It's like my medical stuff became a full time job this year and moving has become a part time job over that. I feel .... crappy... feeling that way when people don't have the luxury I've had but it is what is.

Penny gets kuods for catting! I realize now she's a pounce-and-kill type she's much more the enjoy-her-prey's-fear type.

Things done so far:

Scheduled Habitat for Humanity pick up

Scheduled vet

another load of laundry done

more clothes sorted

books repacked -realized I need MORE SMALL boxes.

canned goods out of pantry and ready to go to donation (I won't eat them) I think I did that last night but after midnight so it counts

Put address change in with post office website

Still left:

Go by vet's to pick up feliway stuff

Go to Goodwill

Go to grocery store to drop off food & redeem some of diet coke cans

Get more small boxes from Home Depot.

Get gas

All of that is together except the vet which is in the opposite direction.

askye, moving is a lot of work. But it sounds like you're almost there.

My place is in such disarray and I keep finding trash or books in weird places. I have an area with a cardtable and I'm going to take itdown and start stacking boxes to move there (currently they are just anywhere semi out of the way.

I have caught a few lucky breaks - the oil tank had enough kerosene in it I didn't have to buy that. And when I went about my phone I was told there would be a charge to replace it (standard) only there wasn't . There still might be but I'm hoping there won't be. And yeah my car is...salvage at this point...but the repair bill was so high it was easy to make the decision rather than trying to agonize over fixing it or not.

I did mess up a work related thing - we get points for doing things or completing tasks and I was just going to be greedy and redeem them all of store rewards certificates but then I decided to get a Visa Gift Card. Only after I ordered it I realized it can't go to a PO Box. I contacted them and they are trying to figure it out. I did get the certificates I ordered and they expire in Jan so if I lose out on these I lose out (which would suck because it's like $500 worth of certificates). I can't use them to buy Visa gift cards, but I can use them to buy Netflix gift cards to pay my subscription for the year and I think the store sells Targert gift cards so I can turn them into gift cards I can use to buy Xmas presents and stuff.

It's like my medical stuff became a full time job this year and moving has become a part time job over that.

It IS. You're doing great, really. Even though I know you feel spoonless, you're getting the stuff done, and it's hard and you deserve kudos.

Kudos also to Penny for catting super well.

I wonder if my cats would cat that well if we got a mouse in the house. Leo goes after flying things; he totally caught a cicada that got in the house once. He was very proud of himself. I think Murray the former stray might take care of a mouse problem. Percy the Emo Cat would stare as it ran by and ponder its grim existence.