Corner of Bourbon & Division

This is again, not the promised pet post. I may try to write that one on the plane. My first flight boards in about 20 minutes. I've spent the past couple of hours just sitting here at the airport in Moncton, not doing much of anything except futz around with Twitter. I should have spent it writing, or doing something useful with my time, but my brain just wouldn't cooperate.

It doesn't help that my neck and shoulder still hurt like the very devil, which is making even sitting rather uncomfortable. Luckily the Robaxacet is helping, making it uncomfortable rather than excruciating, and in just a moment I will break out the Aleve in order to get me through the next two flights and the rather long layover in Montreal.

In the meantime, I figure I'll start making a to-do list of everything I need to get done in the four and a half days I'll have at home before I go back to work.

• Stop by the office early Sunday morning to scan and send in the form to claim my expenses.


• Get a couple of new articles of summer clothing for work, mostly tops. I learned this week that my summer wardrobe has passed from being "gently used" to looking shabby enough that it won't pass muster for work. *sigh*


• Drive back to Montreal


• Call Réno Dépot about the fence installation. I am going to give them an earful about how rude their subcontractor was with me over the phone.


• Chase down the guy who's supposed to install the floor, since he's been AWOL for about 10 days now just on giving me an estimate for the job. I am not impressed.


• Check on the basement to see if it still smells of cat pee, and act accordingly.


• Take the dog to the vet on Wednesday morning for his eye surgery.


• Go to U-Haul and buy boxes so I can start getting my own stuff packed.


• Start sorting through my things and getting rid of all the things I don't need.


• Start packing up my things, probably starting with the books and miscellaneous stuff in the basement.


• Find a place in Montreal/the West Island (or hell, even Ottawa) which takes or recycles old electronics. I have random gizmos that don't work anymore coming out my ears, but I feel bad just throwing them out, especially my old, defunct laptop.


• Call/text back my real estate agent so we can review where things stand on the house.


• Get one more paving slab for the back yard. pdaughter was good enough to put the slabs down during my absence, but I'm apparently missing one, which isn't a big deal.


• Do laundry. All the laundry. /o\


• Make a new budget for the summer/fall


• See my parents Wednesday evening


• Walk the dog every day (except for Wednesday) so he won't go stir-crazy.


• Go to luvenditti's birthday party on Tuesday! (Yay outings!)

I'm honestly a little worried that I'm going to crash and burn really hard once I get back. I simply don't have time for that, so I'm not sure what to do to stave that off. I've been going non-stop for 13 days now, 11 of which were 12-hour night shifts and 2 of which were (are) travel days. If I get back early enough tonight, I'm hoping a good night's sleep will help.

Okay. Four minutes until boarding. Here I go!