mousme: A view of a woman's legs from behind, wearing knee-high rainbow socks. The rest of the picture is black and white. (News Flash!)
Today's good news: I did NOT die when my car fishtailed on black ice on the highway. The road conditions were so shitty, I can't even. Blowing snow, slush everywhere, and black ice. A trifecta of shitty road conditions. Everyone was driving 30 or 40 kph under the speed limit, and it still felt way too fast. There were accidents everywhere, and it was as I was slowing down to accommodate two vehicles that had pulled over that I lost control of my own car.

Good news #2: I am a rockstar who pulled my car out of said fishtail even when it spun just short of 280 degrees in either direction. I also managed not to hit the truck in front of me OR the car behind me. The car went partially off the road, but I managed to straighten myself out and get back in the right direction with no damage to anyone.

Good news #3: I am a rockstar who did NOT vomit on herself or wet herself while this all took place.

Good news #4: I am a rockstar who managed to wait until I was safely on the side of the road with my hazard lights on in order to hyperventilate.

Good news #5: I didn't cry. (Actually, I've noticed that lately, no matter how upset I am at anything, I never seem to cry. Maybe my tear ducts/crying reflexes are broken)

Bad news: It took nearly 4 1/2 hours to make a trip that should last a little under 2.

Bad news #2: I think I shaved 10 years off my life.

Bad news #3: Some jackass damaged my bumper in the Walmart parking lot. I haven't had the car two weeks without it getting all banged up again!

There was a LOT of swearing. I am still swearing in my head.

I'm going to take the GSVCO to a body shop this week to see if they can maybe just pop the offending bit back into place. Criminey.
mousme: A view of a woman's legs from behind, wearing knee-high rainbow socks. The rest of the picture is black and white. (Sisyphus)
I got all my boxes unpacked today except one, which contains all my yarn. I count that as a success. My books are not sorted or properly put away, nor are my CDs, but I'm definitely one step closer, which is all to the good.

I rolled up all the money for my Shave to Save fundraiser, and meticulously copied out all the names of people who will be getting tax receipts for their donations. Tomorrow there will be a trip to the bank to deposit the money, and then another trip to the Québec Breast Cancer Foundation to give them a nice fat cheque.

I'm also going to the breakfast tomorrow hosted by Mix 96 at whatever that shopping mall is called in Pointe Claire (Fairview?), which starts stupidly early, but will force me to get an early start to my day, which is good. I have a TON of stuff to do tomorrow, including picking up and carving some jack-o'-lanterns

I did a load of laundry, and discovered that the cold water tap leaks. Gah. I tightened it as much as I could, and it still leaks. I'm going to pop over to Home Depot tomorrow (in my myriad amounts of spare time) and ask what I can do to fix this short of calling a plumber. I am all for letting the professionals do their thing, but I'm feeling a wee bit strapped for cash of late*, what with one thing and another.

I set up my second lamp, installed my mirror in the bathroom (which, strangely for Ikea, did not come with screws and such to attach it to the wall, which was most annoying) and made spaghetti sauce, which is currently simmering on the stove. I took out all the boxes but two to the shed, and will be bringing the other two shortly. I moved my table into the dining room, even though I haven't quite decided exactly where it's going to live until such time as I get a proper dining room set (see above: strapped for cash).

I also have to put away my clean clothes, as [livejournal.com profile] toughlovemuse and [livejournal.com profile] chibipunkdemon are coming to dinner. I rather hope the spaghetti sauce will be ready by the time they get here, but [livejournal.com profile] toughlovemuse has expressed an interest in heading to the Green Stop for dinner, which is also good, not expensive, and nearby.

I am really enjoying my days off at home. I'm getting stuff done and relaxing at the same time. Good stuff. :)





*I hasten to add that I am not hurting for money in any way. I just... don't want to spend any more than I already have on things that aren't, say, food or utilities.

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