I finished my productive Friday by sweeping and vacuuming, doing the laundry and making dinner (Pollo Asado with rice and avocado) for me and Matilda. Then we watched The Maltese Falcon together.

I spent half the afternoon writing up the short piece (on The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd) that's been overdue, and it's half done.

So I made up for all my slackitude on Thursday.

Saturday's productivity this morning has been limited to making and drinking coffee. I really need to nail down my Thanksgiving menu. Emmett has turned into a good cook so I can assign some stuff to him. Also, I have him and Matilda make Jacqueline's spanikopita so she's present with us.

In exciting news, the weather is going to drop this weekend getting down to the low 50s and high 40s. And that means I can bust out my scarf collection. Woo!

I went to the website there was a reminder that RealID goes into effect this May.

I guess it's a good thing I'm getting my passport now, so I can do that as well.

Productivity today as well! Did 2 loads of laundry. Packed for heading to my sister's later today. Took the dog to the park. Coffeed and fed myself. Ordered stuff needed for house. Printed out the gym class schedule for THREE gyms on sister's side of state and downloaded my Silver Sneakers card. And did all my NYT and MS games to in theory feed my brain.

Now I really should finish packing and get on the road.

I am 100% unproductive today because I woke up in the middle of the night and threw up. Was it the greasy Chinese food? I don't know. I still feel like hell and haven't eaten anything yet today and might just go back to bed.

But last night's fruitcake (guys) and pedicure (gals) and Chinese food (everyone) extravaganza was great. My toenails are blue again, which is my One True Pedicure Color.

Productivity today as well! Did 2 loads of laundry. Packed for heading to my sister's later today. Took the dog to the park. Coffeed and fed myself. Ordered stuff needed for house. Printed out the gym class schedule for THREE gyms on sister's side of state and downloaded my Silver Sneakers card. And did all my NYT and MS games to in theory feed my brain.

Well done!

But last night's fruitcake (guys) and pedicure (gals) and Chinese food (everyone) extravaganza was great.

That part sounded great. NSM the barfing and crapulence.

I did not run this morning, but did get up instead of faffing around in bed. Made myself an omelette and just did a long phone call with a friend, planning for her to come out to visit in the new year.

It's good to have near term things to look forward to.

Now my day is open, but I'm going to run the dryer one more time and unload the dishwasher (a weird sticking point that has developed, sort of like folding clothes and not putting them away). My nails need a touch-up. That might be my indulgence.

reminder that RealID goes into effect this May

I could renew my DL online if I didn't bother with the RealID. I do need to renew my passport though. It doesn't expire until 2026, but I don't want to wait.

I was supposed to host my parents for Thanksgiving, but it turns out I'll be on my own. My mom had surgery yesterday to remove a kidney, so they won't be traveling for a while.

Neo-Nazi Rally in Columbus Ohio: [link]

Yesterday was a lot of goodbyes. My book group threw me a farewell lunch, which was lovely. Then my geek neighbors came over for one last Saturday of food, booze, chatting and media. I’m going to miss all of this.

Today I’m planning to pack the good glassware, the last of the office random crap, the less used electronics, and the good dishes. The good dishes are already largely packed—I just need to get their storage boxes into sturdier moving boxes.

I’m already over this move, and there’s still a week to go. Definitely looking forward to having moved, though.

I’m already over this move, and there’s still a week to go. Definitely looking forward to having moved, though.

This is when your life needs to go into movie montage mode so that the last of the packing and then the moving can just happen all at once, with a nice filter on it and some uplifting background music.

Happiest birthday wishes to Atropa! May the day include plenty of treats and my the year to come be all you hope for and more.

Move~ma, Calli!