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mousmeSo after a week that was exhausting, mostly mentally rather than physically, I am back in Montreal.
The hotel tried to check me out a day early yesterday, which was annoying but ultimately not the worst thing ever to happen to me, and I slept in until the truly decadent hour of 08:20 this morning.
The drive back from Québec was uneventful if slightly boring. At least this time I didn't make any accidental scenic detours.
This week is Get Stuff Done Week for Phnee. I have already made more than half-a-dozen phone calls, set up appointments, arranged scheduling, and generally been productive. Tomorrow I am going grocery shopping, and I may well try to swing by IKEA for some extra bookshelves to put in my bookcases. I am mystified by the notion that IKEA only provides 5 shelves per bookcase. Don't they realize that I mostly own paperbacks, which means a ton of wasted space for me if I don't have at least six shelves per unit? Sheesh. After that I have a new person coming in to look at the upstairs floor: apparently there's some sort of snag with the subfloor that may or may not require extra TLC. *sigh* After that, though, the floor saga should draw to a close, and the new parquet will get put down, and then I won't have to worry about it ever again. Hah.
Wednesday is the first day that the new cleaning service is coming by. I bit the bullet and realized that I have neither the time, the energy, nor the inclination to get all of my cleaning done, especially not with my schedule the way it is. Actually, mostly because of my schedule being the way it is. I wasn't a fantastic housekeeper before, but when I had a steady, reliable schedule I was usually able to keep on top of things when I put my mind to it. At the RCMP, that is most definitely not the case. Anyway, so someone named Tabitha is coming by at 9:00 for three hours. If I like her work, then she will come in every two weeks in order to do the large-scale cleaning.
Wednesday afternoon will be a Cooking Afternoon. I'm going to make a whole bunch of different things and freeze them for my lunches for the next little while. I'm aiming for three weeks' worth of lunches, which should be doable. A little advance planning, and I'll be set. Saturday will likely also include some large-scale cooking, because after this week my schedule goes crazy until mid-November. Right now I'm off until Thursday inclusively, then I have the weekend off, and then it's three weeks straight of work (weekends included) or thereabouts. I think. These things change quickly, don't you know. :P Anyway, having pre-prepared lunches will be a very good thing, although I may have to invest in yet more tupperware.
Thursday my father is coming to help me anchor the bookcases to the walls, and I'm going to try to enlist his help to finally hook up my washing machine, which I still haven't done. (Yes, yes, I know!) I may prevail upon him to take me appliance shopping for a chest freezer, as I've just ordered a bunch of organic meat, and I'm going to need a place to stow all my new lunches.
Slowly but surely the place is coming together. Painting is likely going to happen in November, and I've been prowling Craigslist for nice but inexpensive furniture. I'm still in the market for a desk, a dining room set, and a sofa for the living room. I also desperately need lamps for the living room, which has no independent lighting for the time being. My goal is to have the place completely company-ready by Christmas, which I think is feasible.
Now, if only I could figure out how the heating system works in this place. It's a new-fangled electronic thing, and while my place is warm, I would like to be able to have more control over the temperature than I do currently. :P
Yeah. On the whole? Life is good.
The hotel tried to check me out a day early yesterday, which was annoying but ultimately not the worst thing ever to happen to me, and I slept in until the truly decadent hour of 08:20 this morning.
The drive back from Québec was uneventful if slightly boring. At least this time I didn't make any accidental scenic detours.
This week is Get Stuff Done Week for Phnee. I have already made more than half-a-dozen phone calls, set up appointments, arranged scheduling, and generally been productive. Tomorrow I am going grocery shopping, and I may well try to swing by IKEA for some extra bookshelves to put in my bookcases. I am mystified by the notion that IKEA only provides 5 shelves per bookcase. Don't they realize that I mostly own paperbacks, which means a ton of wasted space for me if I don't have at least six shelves per unit? Sheesh. After that I have a new person coming in to look at the upstairs floor: apparently there's some sort of snag with the subfloor that may or may not require extra TLC. *sigh* After that, though, the floor saga should draw to a close, and the new parquet will get put down, and then I won't have to worry about it ever again. Hah.
Wednesday is the first day that the new cleaning service is coming by. I bit the bullet and realized that I have neither the time, the energy, nor the inclination to get all of my cleaning done, especially not with my schedule the way it is. Actually, mostly because of my schedule being the way it is. I wasn't a fantastic housekeeper before, but when I had a steady, reliable schedule I was usually able to keep on top of things when I put my mind to it. At the RCMP, that is most definitely not the case. Anyway, so someone named Tabitha is coming by at 9:00 for three hours. If I like her work, then she will come in every two weeks in order to do the large-scale cleaning.
Wednesday afternoon will be a Cooking Afternoon. I'm going to make a whole bunch of different things and freeze them for my lunches for the next little while. I'm aiming for three weeks' worth of lunches, which should be doable. A little advance planning, and I'll be set. Saturday will likely also include some large-scale cooking, because after this week my schedule goes crazy until mid-November. Right now I'm off until Thursday inclusively, then I have the weekend off, and then it's three weeks straight of work (weekends included) or thereabouts. I think. These things change quickly, don't you know. :P Anyway, having pre-prepared lunches will be a very good thing, although I may have to invest in yet more tupperware.
Thursday my father is coming to help me anchor the bookcases to the walls, and I'm going to try to enlist his help to finally hook up my washing machine, which I still haven't done. (Yes, yes, I know!) I may prevail upon him to take me appliance shopping for a chest freezer, as I've just ordered a bunch of organic meat, and I'm going to need a place to stow all my new lunches.
Slowly but surely the place is coming together. Painting is likely going to happen in November, and I've been prowling Craigslist for nice but inexpensive furniture. I'm still in the market for a desk, a dining room set, and a sofa for the living room. I also desperately need lamps for the living room, which has no independent lighting for the time being. My goal is to have the place completely company-ready by Christmas, which I think is feasible.
Now, if only I could figure out how the heating system works in this place. It's a new-fangled electronic thing, and while my place is warm, I would like to be able to have more control over the temperature than I do currently. :P
Yeah. On the whole? Life is good.
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Date: 2008-10-20 11:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-20 11:23 pm (UTC)I might be able to swing one day rather than the whole weekend, but the issue of transportation arises in this case.
Can I get back to you when I've heard from BorderCrossing? Once logistics are scheduled, I should have a better idea of what kind of free time I'll have on my hands.
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Date: 2008-10-21 01:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-21 11:58 am (UTC)