The ways I procrastinate on packing and such...

[tommygirl]

Let's start with happiest birthday wishes to lostt1, jenadamson, and mkitty3! Each of you is a wonderful person and I'm so glad to have gotten to know you through livejournal. I hope your days are fabulous and full of pampering. I was going to mail Jared Padalecki to y'all, but I got distracted...er...

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Yesterday was basically a waste of a day for me. I have so much I need to get done before we move into the house at the end of the August. Alas, I woke up with the sinus headache of doom. I used my neti pot like three times, sat with a warm compress over my eyes, and then slept all but about five hours of my day away. Yeah, I accomplished a lot.

Today has been better. I have a slight residual headache, but nothing I can't work through. So I've gotten some laundry done, did the dishes, and started going through my clothes. I'm a fiend, my friends. I buy so many things and still wear about like 1/4 of my entire wardrobe. But this simplifying thing is really hard. I keep coming up with excuses to keep everything. "I could need this!" or "If I lose 10lbs this will fit again!" And I am trying to lose weight again - back on the Weight Watchers cult express - but it seems silly to keep tons of clothes.

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There is not nearly enough good fic centered around Edmund and Lucy from Chronicles of Narnia and they are my two favorite characters from the books. Tons of Peter and Susan fic, but where is the Edmund and Lucy stuff?

My sister finished with Stephenie Meyer's new book, Host, so I'm hoping to get to that some time this week. I'm so behind on my reading. I'm currently reading Scahill's book on Blackwater and while it's interesting (and quite horrifying), it's a rather dry read. So I keep coming up with excuses to stop reading.

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Hopefully this week goes fast at work. I have to train a new temp again. We have a Board meeting. And it's a short week. Please go fast. Please.

And then it's a long weekend. On Friday I'm supposed to go to the shore, but it's going to be so crowded. I might just opt for a movie with the boy and friends, if I can convince them that sailing is dumb (not likely). And then Saturday, I'm meeting up with benitle to go to one of my favorite places, the Constitution Center. And then on Sunday I'll be saying, "Where did my weekend go?" Such is the cycle.

Comments

[pocketfullof.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[jenab.livejournal.com]

I keep coming up with excuses to keep everything. "I could need this!" or "If I lose 10lbs this will fit again!"

I have that same problem but I've been getting better. I try to use the one year rule. If I haven't worn it in a year or more than out it goes. I do have a couple of things I'm keeping for when I lose more weight. But mostly I think about all the new clothes I could treat myself to when I do lose that weight and the pleasure I'll have buying them in a smaller size.

[storydivagirl.livejournal.com]

One year rule is good. I'm still terrible at it though.

[phoebesmum.livejournal.com]

My wardrobe's in much the same state. Maybe everyone's is? I have loads of nice clothes that I don't wear because they're slightly too big/too small/too itchy/too good/too whatever, but can't throw away because there might be a time when they fit, or I'm going somewhere special, or my skin miraculously stops being so stupidly sensitive ...

I got into trouble at work for my headaches. *sigh* However, since the Occupational Health nurse opened the proceedings by saying 'I hear you get a lot of headaches' and I said (snapped) 'Yes, I come in with headaches. I stay home when I'm throwing up. If they want me to come in and throw up on them, I will' ... maybe they'll let it go. All headaches are evil!

[storydivagirl.livejournal.com]

Headaches really are horrible. And someone who doesn't get horrible ones frequently (like it sounds about your boss) just don't understand how painful they really are.

[minotaurs.livejournal.com]

Please tell me the good Peter and Susan fic is not Peter/Susan fic... Is there any good Peter/Caspian?

[storydivagirl.livejournal.com]

Oh, there is definitely some Peter/Susan, but alas, most of the good Caspian stuff seems to be Susan/Caspian. Though you could probably find some Peter/Caspian at narnia_slash

[mkitty3.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the birthday wishes!!

[storydivagirl.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome, darling!

[benitle.livejournal.com]

I'm very excited that you're coming to Philly next weekend! :D

[l-vera01.livejournal.com]

I keep coming up with excuses to keep everything. "I could need this!" or "If I lose 10lbs this will fit again!"

That sounds familiar, so you're not alone *g* How did you do in the end?

[storydivagirl.livejournal.com]

In the end I was able to get three trash bags full of clothes ready to take to Good Will. I still have to tackle my closet (I just finished my drawers)...but it was a very hard process.

[l-vera01.livejournal.com]

*pets*

Good going, you started off very well! I hope the closet goes better!

[lostt1.livejournal.com]

Thank you! The birthday wish is greatly appreciated.

[storydivagirl.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome, darling!