Furlough bullets

As I am now in the middle of my second week of furlough, I thought it best to list what I have done thus far so I can see I didn’t Completely Waste My Time Off (and before I completely forget…)

Monday:

• Developed a headache in the morning — dreadfully nasty rainy weather one.
• Netflixed the first part of Elizabeth, with Helen Mirren
• Went to Rockford for an appointment. Listened to Chris Cornell on the drive up.
• Sorted through books upstairs — what to keep, what to donate/sell.
• Moped around due to headache
• Tried to watch Chuck, 24, and Castle…slept through the end of Castle. Argh.

Tuesday:

• Tried unsuccessfully to watch Castle online: hint to ABC — please include the audio portion of the video playback … soooo figured a work-around that…
• Shredded more stuff from the 80s and 90s. Found the hospital bills for when H was born and for J when she had spinal meningitis
• Still headachey
• Had teeth cleaned…so much for the headache. Ugh.
• Bought groceries.
• Discovered ceiling leak upstairs. Sigh.

Wednesday, thus far:

• Netflixed a History Channel biography of Abraham Lincoln
• Washed dishes.
• Reconciled checkbook
• Sorted through and organized my church music
• Took Sopher to the groomers for a nail clip and bum buzz.
• Netflixed an A & E biography of Charles Dickens.
• It’s LOST Wednesday!
• Leaving for eye exam right now… UPDATE: Where to begin? I went in to get glasses and Doc tells me I’m a candidate for having an intraocular lens put in my left eye — my vision has deteriorated a lot. I wasn’t exactly prepared to hear that, so will have to do some research on the procedure. Then it got a bit more stressful as the optician had to call the lab to see if they could even make my prescription…and if I could have  progressive (i.e. no-line) bifocals. And she said it would be better if I selected plastic frames with a wide side arm to hide the whoppin’ thick-even-though-hi-density lenses.
• I want my old eyes back!