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Accomplished and a little panicky...
So, since it *is* June 4th and I've usually had my air conditioners in for some time now and since it *is* over 90 degrees here currently and since I *am* on the last day of my massive prednisone dose, I decided that maybe it would be a good time to put my air conditioners in.
Might help with my allergies too.
Anyway, managed to get them in with only minimal difficulties and mild bleeding. Never managed to actually gash open my hands in two places while doing this before, but well, there you are. Nothing deep, don't even need a band-aid, though I thought I would for the one in my right thumb for a few minutes. And it is now becoming blessedly cool in the house. As in, well under 80 degrees. Sigh... Just lovely!
It's probably not the smartest thing for me to put in my AC alone with my arthritis, but I get so darned tired of having to beg people to come over and help me and then wait for their convenience and watch them take four times as long as I would 'cause they've never put my set in before and all that jazz. So, they're in, it's done, I survived, and that's what I'll stick to for now. :) (Just a note... taking them *out* is much easier than putting them in - you're working *with* gravity then!)
So... accomplished.
Panicky? Well, went through my finances today and due to a careless error thought that I was actually spending about $500 more a month than I was bringing in and had a few extremely bad, massively panicky, terror-stricken moments. Till I realized I was off in my calculations by about $400 and that I'd picked a month where I had the twice yearly newspaper bill and the thrice yearly water and sewer bill to examine. Which made me off by about $40 this month and not $500. (And really, if I'd been hemorrhaging $500 a month for a year and a half, wouldn't I have been in really dire straits a *long* time ago?) I felt much more relieved, but now still have this nagging "How am I getting by when my budget is this tight!" panicky feeling and the "God, I *do* need a roommate and whatever shall I do?" panicky feeling. But I have reminded myself that I have been roommate-less for a year and a half and I have managed quite well financially speaking. Yes, money is tight, but it's all do-able.
Sigh... Relax, Mai. Get a grip.
Now I need to go shower and clean-up and go to this church singing thing my sister is doing with the youth group she runs. It's not really my thing, but I know it will mean a lot to her if I go. And then I'm going to bring her kids home around 8:30 or so and put them to bed for her so that she can go out and have a bite to eat with the other adult leaders.
Oh, and in other news...12 and a half school days left till I'm on summer vacation! I love my students, but I always look forward to my summers off!
Might help with my allergies too.
Anyway, managed to get them in with only minimal difficulties and mild bleeding. Never managed to actually gash open my hands in two places while doing this before, but well, there you are. Nothing deep, don't even need a band-aid, though I thought I would for the one in my right thumb for a few minutes. And it is now becoming blessedly cool in the house. As in, well under 80 degrees. Sigh... Just lovely!
It's probably not the smartest thing for me to put in my AC alone with my arthritis, but I get so darned tired of having to beg people to come over and help me and then wait for their convenience and watch them take four times as long as I would 'cause they've never put my set in before and all that jazz. So, they're in, it's done, I survived, and that's what I'll stick to for now. :) (Just a note... taking them *out* is much easier than putting them in - you're working *with* gravity then!)
So... accomplished.
Panicky? Well, went through my finances today and due to a careless error thought that I was actually spending about $500 more a month than I was bringing in and had a few extremely bad, massively panicky, terror-stricken moments. Till I realized I was off in my calculations by about $400 and that I'd picked a month where I had the twice yearly newspaper bill and the thrice yearly water and sewer bill to examine. Which made me off by about $40 this month and not $500. (And really, if I'd been hemorrhaging $500 a month for a year and a half, wouldn't I have been in really dire straits a *long* time ago?) I felt much more relieved, but now still have this nagging "How am I getting by when my budget is this tight!" panicky feeling and the "God, I *do* need a roommate and whatever shall I do?" panicky feeling. But I have reminded myself that I have been roommate-less for a year and a half and I have managed quite well financially speaking. Yes, money is tight, but it's all do-able.
Sigh... Relax, Mai. Get a grip.
Now I need to go shower and clean-up and go to this church singing thing my sister is doing with the youth group she runs. It's not really my thing, but I know it will mean a lot to her if I go. And then I'm going to bring her kids home around 8:30 or so and put them to bed for her so that she can go out and have a bite to eat with the other adult leaders.
Oh, and in other news...12 and a half school days left till I'm on summer vacation! I love my students, but I always look forward to my summers off!
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Hope the A/C helps with the allergies!