Went to bed early again last night, although not quite as early - 2230 this time. Again, I thought I was tired enough to sleep but I was wrong. Tossed & turned for at least an hour, and ran into the same issues again with dreaming, only this time, I can't remember what it was about. Woke up early, wondering if it was time to get up yet. Looked at the clock & found it was only 0415, so I tried to sleep more, but only ended up continuing the dreams. Still, I got up around 0630, made some coffee & went online for a bit while I woke up. Finished my coffee, got my gear & my mp3 player on & went for a mile run. It felt really good to be out so early (was still dark out) and I actually enjoyed my run - wasn't too difficult for a change. I'm going to try to keep this up for a while, going to bed early, getting up early to run, and if I get inspired, I'll do some lifting, but I need to find something I can do consistently, and I think running will be easier than weights. Of course, my attention span/willpower is very short/weak, so who knows how I'll feel about it in the coming weeks.
I'm a little sad to say, I think I'm going to have to wait on the living room furniture for a bit. My ma offered a black couch to me when she buys a new one - I'd turned it down originally, but I'm thinking I'll take her up on it. I can't justify spending almost $2k on living room furniture when I don't even have a goddamn kitchen! Believe it or not, all of the kitchen appliances (dishwasher, gas range, refrigerator, microwave/range hood,) will cost less than the two couches I wanted! I'm still going to finish the painting/trim work in the LR, but after that, I think I'm going to have to get the kitchen useable. I'm spending so much money dining out 2-3 times a day, that it'll actually be easier to afford new things once I'm dining at home again. I'll be able to take that extra money & put it towards new stuff! I feel kind of stupid, because it seems like I just can't make up my mind on what to do and am constantly rethinking/changing my plans. I guess I'll just take things as they come & do whatever feels right. Once I get the drywall & paint done and buy the appliances, I'm thinking about just building a "table" style countertop from 2x4's & some kind of paneling, temporarily, since I won't have the bread for cabinets yet. I'll have to do something like that, because having a kitchen with no countertops won't really work! Wish I had someone to give me a hand with all this - it's so hard to get motivated on my own...
I "stored" the car last night - put in some fuel stabilizer, filled the gas tank, then brought it home & shuffled spaces with the truck. I pulled the battery out & took it into the basement & put it on a trickle charger so that it won't get totally run down over the winter. Made a few minor repairs to the truck and am now driving that to work every day. I'm supposed to take the cycle in for repairs this Saturday, so once I find out how much that's going to run me, I'll figure out when I can take the truck in to get the oil leak repaired, and then the oil changed, etc. I think it might need brakes as well, so I'll have to ask them about that.
Well, that's about it - another three day weekend coming up, so I'll have to make plans for what I want to start with on the house tomorrow. Maybe I'll make a list while at work today, so I have things organized a bit (not that that will necessarily help me, but it can't hurt, I guess).
10:39 a.m. - 2011-11-03
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