A Little of This, A Little of That
@just4him (306118)
Green Bay, Wisconsin
November 15, 2017 3:41pm CST
My day so far has been a busy long one. First, I got a good night's sleep last night. The nasal spray worked great! I was also up at 3 and in the pool by 5.
It's payday for me and I needed to get to Wal-Mart, but not without my son's help. I called him to find out what he was up to, seeing as he's not supposed to work due to all the trouble he put his body through. He really messed up his back. He said he would be over in a minute. Now, he lives 15 minutes away, so I figured I had at least that much time. No, it was literally a minute. He was close to my place when I called him.
We went to Wal-Mart where I picked up 8 folding chairs and a humidifier. I'm hosting the brunch next month and need the chairs. The last two months both brunches were attended by at least 16 women, including the host. Now, I have all the chairs I need. I also have the humidifier plugged in, here in the office.
While my son was here, I discussed with him about changing the office around. He and his girlfriend did that for me, and you can see the table is no longer in front of the window. I thought I wouldn't like this set-up but a mere turn of my head works well for what is going on outside, which today is rain. I also find the desk is better where it's at. I can get at it easier than I did before.
Now, notifications are done and I need to get some writing done. I didn't do an update yesterday like I planned to do after each 7 days. I got a lot done yesterday, and the plot problem I thought I had, is coming into focus, which is good. I also have 38,304 words so far. I will be over 40K today, which means I only have 10K to go to win the challenge, but I also have another little challenge of my own going and there is goal trackers to keep track of that. My personal goal is 80K, of which I need to be at 40K today, and will be without a problem. That is if I don't post this and get over to working on it. Need to see what my characters are up to today.
How is your day going? Thanks for reading.
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@NJChicaa (115992)
• United States
15 Nov 17
You are doing so well with your writing! I noticed the humidifier in the picture right away. I used to have one in my bedroom during the winter due to my asthma. Now I sleep with a CPAP machine and that has a built-in humidifier so I don't have to run the one for the whole room any longer.
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@just4him (306118)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
17 Nov 17
Thanks, yes, I really like it. I'm thinking about moving it to my room, but I don't know where I would put it. The top of my dresser is to high for me to lift a full humidifier, and the small end table beside my bed already has what I need on it, so there's no room for it.
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@NJChicaa (115992)
• United States
17 Nov 17
@just4him well, it isn't going to do your whole apartment. You'll need to have one for where you spend most of your time which I assume is your office and then one for your bedroom. These small models only do single rooms and only when you keep the doors to them closed to allow the humidity to them to build up.
You could probably put it in your bedroom on the floor on a towel or something, not that I expect it to leak.
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
16 Nov 17
I have plans for the same thing, but I have to clean the room before I can move the computer. I want to have mine facing the room rather than the window. I've tried it on all three walls and didn't like any for very long but for different reasons.
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@just4him (306118)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
17 Nov 17
@MarshaMusselman I hope you find a place for it that you will like.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
16 Nov 17
I think I would like the computer table where it is now so I could look out the window from the side and not be blinded or distracted.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
17 Nov 17
@just4him .....That's good. We had high winds and some showers. Snow in the mountains.
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
16 Nov 17
Your computer room looks great. I wouldn't be able to show mine; it's a mess. I did a little cleaning today but not as much as I wanted as one of my feet is swollen.
Your story sounds exciting too.
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
17 Nov 17
@just4him Only one foot is swollen, the other is normal. It could be related to a sore I have below my ankle bone and for which I've been wearing an Unna Boot again so it can heal from the inside out. The PA says the sore doesn't look like it's got an infection and that the swollen foot doesn't make sense, but she ordered an antibiotic just to be safe. I should have picked it up yesterday, but just got it at noon today. I'm hoping my foot will be closer to normal size by the time I have to cashier tomorrow.
I knew my toes were swollen but didn't realize my whole foot was the same way until the dressings were taken off and reapplied. I did find out I can go in more often to get it reapplied rather than doing it only weekly as I had been doing. That way we can monitor things more closely. I'm also hoping it will make it more manageable for me.
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@just4him (306118)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
17 Nov 17
@MarshaMusselman I hope the medication works to bring the swelling down. Good idea going in more often to have the bandages changed.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
15 Nov 17
Glad your son and his girlfriend could help you do that table and desk change. Also glad your notifications are done. I have cleared mine at least four times now. But I don't get more than 20-30 at a time.
Any good stories for today?
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
16 Nov 17
sounds like you did great today. hope you are resting by now. mine was same as usual. quite boring and trying to take care of myself
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good for you
@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
16 Nov 17
My day has been ok. I was worried this morning about my husband's new job but the problem has been resolved. Sounds as if you have been extremely busy. Do you put the eucalyptus drops in your humidifier? I find that I love the smell of them.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
17 Nov 17
@just4him With ours the drops go in a small divot on top and not directly into the water.
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@just4him (306118)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
18 Nov 17
@Shellyann36 I don't have that.
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@kobesbuddy (74553)
• East Tawas, Michigan
15 Nov 17
Hey, I love the way your office is arranged, very neat and everything is where you can easily reach it. You will reach your goals, that's obvious to see:)
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@kobesbuddy (74553)
• East Tawas, Michigan
17 Nov 17
@just4him Your office is lovely!:)
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@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
17 Nov 17
You sure stay busy. Today was house work, since I was off from actual work.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
17 Nov 17
@just4him that's true too
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@Elizaby (6902)
• Pensacola, Florida
16 Nov 17
Spent some time with a friend shopping at a discount store (Rose's Express) and found some women's fleece pants with good pocks for under 7 dollars (pockets are a must for me and most women fleece pants like Fruit of the Loom and Hnaes no longer have pockets) Only drawback is that I will have to cut some off and hem since they did not have petite sizes. But that is typical for me
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I'm glad you were able to find them with pockets. Sorry they weren't in petite.
@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
16 Nov 17
Not sure what's going on today. we had a bit of a family emergency yesterday so I'm waiting to see how that is turning out.
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@Hannihar (129458)
• Israel
17 Dec 17
I love the room. I remember I was not good at fixing up the room where the computer, couch and TV are. My neighbor that lives on the top floor fixed it for me. I love what he did. Your room looks very cheery and they did a great job. I hope you had fun with your writing. It is still early Sunday morning here in Jerusalem and I will go throw out the garbage. It is till dark out there. Take care.
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@just4him (306118)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
17 Dec 17
Thank you. I do love it better this way than the way I had it, with the computer table in front of the window. I can still see out the window with a turn of my head.
Early here too, Daylight is still a couple hours away on this early Sunday morning.
