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Lance got a lot accomplished yesterday. The kitchen/dining area is now relatively tidy and the guest room is clutter-free. I need to change the bedding, vacuum, and find places for a few stray items, but otherwise, we'll have it ready for his sister when she arrives next week.

The office is still a complete disaster, but he's going to work on that.

So vacuuming is on my agenda today. Then I think I'll be caught up with the housework.

About her visit - it's nice that the light rail just opened for business a few days ago. It will make getting downtown so much easier. I was taking the commuter rail downtown before on weekdays, which was fine, but doesn't end up near where I want to go. The light rail will drop us off at Westlake, which is right by Pike Place Market. So much more convenient.

I still have to put in my hours for Remilon today. At least 3 hours, but I hope to do more than that. And I need to browse the freelance job boards again. It's been awhile because of our vacation and then I spent last week trying to figure out the new job. But now I'm getting into a groove and I can look for more work. I can do up to 40 hours a week with Remilon if I want, but I would like to be on the lookout for other gigs to try and keep things interesting.

Farlis and I got together yesterday afternoon with our dogs and went for a long walk. It was nice to see her again. It's been several months since we last got together. Plus, it was nice to get the exercise. I've been doing a lot of walking lately. And I haven't been tracking my weight or anything (stupid me, I forgot to weigh myself last week before I changed up my eating plans), but I feel like I'm losing. And my legs and hips have certainly been sore with all the walking, so at least I'm exercising regularly, which is good for me.

I have plans with Kathy tomorrow to go to Wild Wheat for breakfast and then maybe spend the day crafting. She wants to work on some decoupage projects.

Ugh

I'm having one of those days where I'm hungry, but I don't feel like eating anything.

And I have more writing to do, and it seems more like work than my actual life passion. Maybe because I'm actually doing this for work and it's not the type of writing I normally do. I have at least 2 more hours to put in today before I can call it quits.

I got a call from my Mom today. My stepdad had surgery this morning for a double hernia. He's doing really well. It was outpatient, so he had the procedure done and is now home sleeping.

I texted Sigga today to see if she wanted to get together this week. She called me and said that she won't be able to. Too much stuff going on this week with work and her personal life, but she said we can get together next Wednesday for lunch. I just need to remind her to bring along the pillow covers she sewed for me, because I am going to need them for when my sister-in-law comes next week. We don't have any pillows for the sofa right now. In fact, there are quite a few homey touches I need to put on the place before she gets here. We've stripped down a lot of stuff because of all the painting.

Now...just need to find some motivation to get back into my work. I haven't been able to stay motivated for anything since we came back from vacation. I haven't even been reading, which is really odd for me. I have been taking a lot of walks and listening to a lot of music, and that's about all I can do consistently anymore. I haven't even been on Facebook or Twitter much these past few days. I am really kind of hating this current feeling of apathy about my life, but I'm not sure what to do about it.

Oh... AND FOR THE NEW FRIENDS I ADDED TODAY...welcome! I swear I'm not always like this. I hope I have more interesting things to post about soon.

HAHAHAHAHA...what?

Just as I was finishing up that last post, an ice cream truck came down the street playing "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer."

I don't think this is the same one that's been playing the other Christmas songs, which I'm only now starting to get used to.

Yep...that makes me want to run right out and get an ice cream sandwich. HAHAHA.