various miscellaneous whatnot
Mar. 11th, 2006 03:10 pmI did okay on my cataloging test-- at least I'm satisfied. Mother did one of those things that indicated that a B wasn't really my best, but if I was happy, she was happy, at least out loud. I was surprised that I did less well on the definitions than I expected, but maybe better on the actual cataloging part. And it was a high-ish B, too. I'm good with that.
Today's been another weird one. I was originally planning to go to KY this weekend and come back on Tuesday, but realized that the migraine I had all last week (I'm still fighting off the dregs) had left me exhausted, plus I need to work on a paper for one of my classes, and driving up there would cost me two full days. Not such a good plan, so I called Mother and said I'd come up when school is out, which is only a little over a month from now. With that out of the way, I was more comfortable going out for sushi last night, and yum! It was good. I'm delighted to find out about half-price sushi, especially when it's good stuff. Heh, I tell you. Last night I went hog wild and got so much that I had more left over than I wanted to eat for lunch today. Wow. But I tried a bunch of new things, so now I won't stick with the same old, same old every time. (Now I'll wind up with a NEW same old, same old, probably.)
The only remotely time-sensitive thing I was looking forward to in KY was getting Daddy to make me a bed/lap-table/tray thingie so I can work in bed more comfortably. (How do you like that for a precise description?) Mother got a kick out of my telling her how the antique four-poster bed makes me feel all secure, too. (I was trying to explain what I have in mind for the table, and wound up explaining why I want to study in bed.) I don't want to send drawings and have him make something before I get there-- he has a tendency to "improve" things in unexpected ways. Of course, if I'm standing beside him in the shop and he tells me how he could "improve" it, I'm not sure I'll be able to say no, anyway. He gets so excited I can't bear to hurt his feelings. Anyway, the only reason that was time sensitive was that it'd be nice to have it while I'm working on this paper.
Anyway, I did a bunch of practical things this morning. I actually got up all excited about working on the paper, and started doing some reading. Then something I read reminded me of a book I got via ILL and I realized I hadn't seen it for several days, and where was it? So I turned on the laptop to make notes when I started reading again, and went looking for the book. Then I found bills that had to be paid, and realized that I hadn't sent in my taxes, and I needed to do that... When I looked at the laptop again it hadn't booted up right, so I fiddled around with that for awhile, and for an hour or so thought I would be buying a new laptop after all. Technology has not been my friend lately, or at least it's been a very cranky friend. PMS, maybe.
When I got back to the taxes, I was surprised again.... for some reason I thought that if I took the standard deduction, I couldn't claim business losses, but the Turbo Tax did that. Both of those things, I mean. Is that right, or is it going to get me audited? Lord knows we don't want that.
Miss Molly has even been feeling teh weird this AM. She was sitting there, looking all matronly, and all of a sudden attacked my backpack, rolling around fighting with the strap ends, and finally curling up on top of it to sleep. Awwww....
Okay, now I have the laptop going fine, and the taxes done, and the bills paid, and lunch eaten, so I guess I need to get back to the paper. Again.
Today's been another weird one. I was originally planning to go to KY this weekend and come back on Tuesday, but realized that the migraine I had all last week (I'm still fighting off the dregs) had left me exhausted, plus I need to work on a paper for one of my classes, and driving up there would cost me two full days. Not such a good plan, so I called Mother and said I'd come up when school is out, which is only a little over a month from now. With that out of the way, I was more comfortable going out for sushi last night, and yum! It was good. I'm delighted to find out about half-price sushi, especially when it's good stuff. Heh, I tell you. Last night I went hog wild and got so much that I had more left over than I wanted to eat for lunch today. Wow. But I tried a bunch of new things, so now I won't stick with the same old, same old every time. (Now I'll wind up with a NEW same old, same old, probably.)
The only remotely time-sensitive thing I was looking forward to in KY was getting Daddy to make me a bed/lap-table/tray thingie so I can work in bed more comfortably. (How do you like that for a precise description?) Mother got a kick out of my telling her how the antique four-poster bed makes me feel all secure, too. (I was trying to explain what I have in mind for the table, and wound up explaining why I want to study in bed.) I don't want to send drawings and have him make something before I get there-- he has a tendency to "improve" things in unexpected ways. Of course, if I'm standing beside him in the shop and he tells me how he could "improve" it, I'm not sure I'll be able to say no, anyway. He gets so excited I can't bear to hurt his feelings. Anyway, the only reason that was time sensitive was that it'd be nice to have it while I'm working on this paper.
Anyway, I did a bunch of practical things this morning. I actually got up all excited about working on the paper, and started doing some reading. Then something I read reminded me of a book I got via ILL and I realized I hadn't seen it for several days, and where was it? So I turned on the laptop to make notes when I started reading again, and went looking for the book. Then I found bills that had to be paid, and realized that I hadn't sent in my taxes, and I needed to do that... When I looked at the laptop again it hadn't booted up right, so I fiddled around with that for awhile, and for an hour or so thought I would be buying a new laptop after all. Technology has not been my friend lately, or at least it's been a very cranky friend. PMS, maybe.
When I got back to the taxes, I was surprised again.... for some reason I thought that if I took the standard deduction, I couldn't claim business losses, but the Turbo Tax did that. Both of those things, I mean. Is that right, or is it going to get me audited? Lord knows we don't want that.
Miss Molly has even been feeling teh weird this AM. She was sitting there, looking all matronly, and all of a sudden attacked my backpack, rolling around fighting with the strap ends, and finally curling up on top of it to sleep. Awwww....
Okay, now I have the laptop going fine, and the taxes done, and the bills paid, and lunch eaten, so I guess I need to get back to the paper. Again.