Plans Changed Since 11/17/12
November 20, 2012
The plan was to go bowling on Sunday morning. That was changed by being invited to watch the giant Christmas star being erected in downtown Orlando. So by 7:15 I traveled to watch the star hanging which turned into an almost 2 hour process. In any event, the gigantic star now floats majestically, and Christmas has begun, even though Thanksgiving hasn't.
Had a pleasant breakfast with family and friends where I made a complete fool of myself by complaining about anything and everything. We went to a nice restaurant around the corner from the dangling star. For some reason, I turned into a rather spoiled child, so that everyone could hear my every complaint.
Returning home, knowing my next activity was bowling, I spent 3 hours on pinterest.com instead, after sending an apologetic email to all involved with breakfast. Obviously, I was contrite.
Soooooo, Sunday afternoon, I felt so guilty, I felt I should do work instead of enjoying myself. I edged my sidewalk and driveway, swept all the trimmings into piles, and vowed to bag them the next morning. I really felt guilty about breakfast.
Instead of choosing another fun activity to enjoy during my holidays, I did indeed bag all of the grass trimmings. Then I looked at the piles of mail and other paper staring at me when I came inside. I have a slight aversion to mail of any kind.
So my fun activity for Monday was spending over 7 hours going through piles of mail, junk mail, political mail, and receipts. Someone from the show "Hoarders" should have been filming, because I can't through mail away.
Lo and behold, I can see the surfaces of my little loveseat, my dining room table, my buffet, and the top of my stove. And I hauled out a bag of the mess of trash that must have weighed over 30 pounds, if not more. You really should have seen my assembly line. But wait, there's more.
In all of that paper left from the clearing, I then had piles of important records to be put in date order and filed. So Tuesday, today, that is how I have spent my day. The reward is that my paperwork for my taxes for 2012 are at least in one large manila envelope, and all of my important financial statements are neatly filed.
Tomorrow, Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, I am heading to the bowling alley at ll:00 for a few games, then I'm driving to our Universal Studios theme park to spend the afternoon in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, enjoying some butterbeer and Harry Potter memories. My guilt has been cured by hard work.
My job for tonight is going to the grocery store to fill a cart with canned vegetables and canned fruit. All of this will be taken to the Coalition for the Homeless, which is what the head kitchen manager said they need for the big meal on Thursday. It's a small step, but it will help.
Blessings on everyone and Happy Thanksgiving. Planning on enjoying fun activities wore me out!
To read about the hanging of the giant star, and see photos, and other fabulous Orlando events, go to this pinterest site:
