Promiseland

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Once again, in language brain,

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Meanwhile, choir talk has started up again. Someone reply-all-ed to the last email wishing everyone a happy thanksgiving and that got people asking about the status of the group -- one of the members has stepped up to lead the choir, which is great, except he's like the one person that I've generally been a little uncomfortable with. He just has a personality that doesn't mesh with me. I also have concerns about someone without actual directing experience leading a choir and I kind of predict the whole thing falling apart again but for real this time.

We also still need a place to practice, which was brought up and to which someone replied:

I can inquire here at [senior living facility] although right now we are in temporary lock down until December 2nd due to more than 10% of the residents have Covid...all mild cases.

Which, yikes. Especially after the last season just ended early because people caught COVID.

The guy who was running the group still hasn't said anything, himself, so they also need someone to do all of the management stuff, though I further predict the group just kind of, downgrades into less of a Choir and more of a group of people who hang out and sing together. Which isn't a bad thing, of course, it's just different, and also a recipe for arguments if some people are still expecting the former.

Anyway, probably not going to go back, myself. Which continues to suck.

 
The mattress I've been sleeping on has been hurting my back, and rotating it doesn't help any more, so today I enlisted Lee to help me flip it over ... except that on doing so we discovered it's not flippable. The other side isn't sleep-on-able. So we flipped it back and once I've paid off my debts (a couple months!) I'll go into more debt buying a new mattress. I will probably go with Casper again, though it would be nice to be able to get something I could be more confident would last a long while. I unfortunately am not wealthy, so I will have to get something that's still expensive but that I'll have to replace in a few years (something something boots theory of socioeconomic unfairness).

But $2000 paid off over the course of a year is doable.

 
So not having a super great day so far, but it's still early. We'll see how the rest of it pans out.

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I've now also cut a hole in a hedge in the backyard so I could climb into it and replace a broken sprinkler head, and then trimmed some more around a different sprinkler head so it could water the lawn better

I've otherwise just been sitting in my room doing not a whole lot. I'm very tired

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Since I had to strip the bed to attempt to flip it, anyway, I took the opportunity to put fresh sheets on it and also finally got around to actually making it instead of just piling blankets on top of it. Which also meant I could finally put the furniture I'd pulled out to get access to the bed corners, back. My room is slightly more put together, now.

Also I get to sleep in a made bed tonight, and that's very nice.

 
While Lee and I were watching Cabinet of Curiosities and eating dinner, one of the pictures hanging over the divider between the living and family room fell down and shattered into a shitload of broken glass. So that was very exciting -- just a freak accident, I suppose it had been sliding off the nail and finally slipped. We're thinking a wreath up there where it was, much lighter and less of a mess if it falls. Lee is also thinking the other pictures up there are light enough to stay put, but it will probably be wise to check them soon and make sure they're not feeling loose.

There was also some bad news that's not really mine to talk about (the house and immediate household are not in any danger, no need to worry about us), that has made things -- tense? There's a Waiting happening that's thrown schedules off. It is hoped that news will come that will resolve the waiting and make clear whether action of some kind needs to happen tonight (/early morning), for Lee and Erik. They are resting now in hopes that that is the wiser move, but I wouldn't be surprise if their rest is not super restful. I further hope things resolve into good news.

(While writing this things did indeed resolve, and sounds like good, or at least not-bad news)

 
I also am very tired, having woken up "early" to get to the bank for what turned out to be no reason, and then all this fuckery with the bed and the hedges has both drained me of spoons and killed my back. Lee and I are hoping to go for a drive and a walk tomorrow, if we're up for it, and also want to watch a movie. So I'm going to hang out until midnight and then sleep.

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Unfortunately something we did made my headboard squeak every time someone moves in the bed, which was driving me Nuts, so I just spent yet more spoons fucking with it and the mattress until it stopped

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Up late because the washing machine failed several times to actually complete a wash, but I have successfully done laundry. It's going to get put away tomorrow, though.

I largely spent today watching youtube videos, but I also have been thinking about teket creation myths. I haven't written much down about it, but I've been mulling some details over.

I'm going to eat a bit more and then go to bed, now

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I feel lately like I just can't get my footing. Things just keep happening

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So last night I checked on my credit union application because it seemed weird I hadn't heard from them, and that's when I learned that I had been denied for reason of they were "unable to verify the identity of the applicant"

So I made an appointment to talk to someone on the phone today, and I've been waiting for that to happen for about half an hour now.

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And I just got a call confirming I'd had my appointment, which I hadn't so the person calling helped me. As I suspected I need to go in in person to create an account, so I've made an appointment friday to do that. Hopefully no further issues there!

Now I can relax and stop waiting for a phone call.

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There's a cabinet in our kitchen with a loose hinge -- I've tightened the screws on it before but they came loose again, so it needed a more drastic fix than that. So tonight I tightened the screws and also glued the plate they were screwed into to the wood, and then I hung out in the kitchen for half an hour with the cabinet door hanging open to reduce chances of gluing the door shut.

This involved a lot of squatting and crouching, to reach the hinge and angle the screwdriver into the screws, so now my legs are going to kill me tomorrow.

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Meanwhile, Lee made biscuits with dinner but they ended up toastier than he wanted, so he didn't get any, and then Erik didn't want very many, so I now have All The Biscuits.