do you separate your whites

I've spent the last couple of days getting ready for the new year and also for any snow we might get tonight. Yesterday I slogged all morning, and then I drove to Des Moines to run some errands. I made it back in time to have dinner with my parents, and then I screwed up my sleep by napping for two hours (unintentionally) and then scrolling/reading a book from midnight to two am.

Today was good despite last night's sleep issues. I was lazy most of the morning, but I went to Centerville and stocked up on groceries and other tings. I dropped some groceries off for my parents, and then I came home, put everything away, cleaned the garage enough to get my car inside, and cleaned the kitchen. 

Thus feeling v industrious, I took a break to eat leftovers and watch a Craig Ferguson stand-up special that was on Amazon Prime. It was pretty funny, although he made me feel old because most of his jokes were about how he is now old. I could use fewer reminders, tanks.

And now I need to sleep - goodnight!

i can't feel my face when i'm with you

I have nothing to report - the first day of work after the new year was quite busy, which was kind of a bummer. I brought this upon myself since I insisted on doing various planning activities to kick off the new year, and I'm not saying I regret it, but it would have been nice to ease into 2025.

However, my day was generally good, especially since I had ham balls for lunch. I slammed my laptop shut around six and made burrito bowls, which made [censored] happy. I then relaxed for a couple of hours, but I got lured back into work (mostly because I had to catch Adit while we had some overlap, which has been difficult since he's in ye olde India).

But now, I have done all I can do and it's time for bed - goodnight!

we got five minutes for us to disconnect

The new year has arrived, and I was unusually productive today. It felt like a Sunday, which made everything extra confusing. But I slept in a bit, did some journaling to kick off the year, and then took care of a bunch of tings - specifically, dealing with Christmas cards, doing laundry, walking into town to mail my Christmas cards, and making a couple of batches of ham balls. Some of the ham balls became tonight's dinner, but most of them went into the freezer to be enjoyed when we finally do our family Christmas later this month (as long as [censored] recovers and doesn't get sick again).

After all that, I was pretty wiped out, so I took a break after eating dinner. But eventually I came upstairs, and I wrote for awhile - it felt like the right thing to do on the first day of the new year, and I'm v. glad I did. And now I need to sleep so I can focus on the day job tomorrow - goodnight!