11/05/2020

It was another full day at the office today. It was bonkers and I had to leave some stuff for my coworker to do when she comes in tomorrow, and some stuff in the in-box to work on tomorrow. My coworker is back from her vacation, so she'll be able to help a bit more. It's been a hard week mostly on my own, so I'm very much looking forward to working from home tomorrow!

I've been having some asthma and sinus issues this week. Tis the season, sadly, but I find that wearing a mask all the time is not helping. I think when I'm in the office by myself, I might leave the mask off. And possibly when there's only one other person in the office and they're in the far room with the door closed. I think those might be ok times to leave the mask off. I just struggle to breathe so badly when I wear it all day. We'll see.

I stopped by both post offices after leaving work and hit pay dirt. I snagged a giant stack of envelopes to bring in on Monday. We'll be set until our supply orders finally show up. I've been having to leave stuff waiting for mailing because we are so low on our envelope supplies so far. I feel relieved and maybe I can stop raiding the post office like a nerd every day.

Frozen pizza for dinner tonight and my sister and I decided we're getting Heaven Sent fried chicken tomorrow night regardless of the election results, being updated or not. This week has been absurd and we definitely have earned some deliciousness tomorrow! We might also do our grocery shopping tomorrow night so we don't have to out on the weekend. We finished the Home Improvement Christmas episodes, now it's time for Hallmark Christmas movies till bed!

11/04/2020

What a day at work! I was there till 4, and people just had so many requests that I swear it took half my day up! But it kept me busy, and that's what mattered. At 10am, my radio station switched over to Christmas music, and I will be listening to it till Christmas! That definitely helped me get through the day.

The election is slowly moving along, but they say it won't be till tomorrow till they're able to announce the winner. I still can't allow myself to hope, even though it's looking hopeful. If it goes the way I want it to, I'll celebrate then, but not before.

More foraging the cupboards and fridge for dinner tonight. I just don't have the energy to cook right now. Just not the right week for it. Thanksgiving and Christmas episodes of Home Improvement tonight. Miraculously, I slept well last night. Hopefully I'll do so again tonight...At least the early day that was maybe going to happen tomorrow got cancelled and I can go in at my usual time.

11/03/2020

Well, it's Election day. We're waiting for the results. The West Coast closes in 10 minutes and then we should have a better idea of things. Some people have won that I wanted to lose, which is disappointing, but I hear that the Democrats have kept the House, so there's some good news, at least.

Work was work. I stayed till a little after noon and then stayed pretty busy when I got home. It was so rainy today. I got my finger caught in my umbrella when I was closing it this morning and it pinched it so badly it drew blood and I had to put a bandaid on it. It was not a fun start to the day!

I slept badly again last night, and who knows how tonight will go. I can't think of a whole lot to say about this day, otherwise. However this election turns out, I just hope we manage to keep fighting for what's right. I can't let myself feel any hope. I haven't felt that since the last election night.

11/02/2020

Bleh, what a day! It wasn't a particularly hard day at work, just a full, busy day at work. I was alone the whole time, but at least I had the radio for company. We're running out of mailing envelopes and neither of the post offices had any when I stopped by them to look. I ordered 200 more today but I really need the first set to arrive! I'm going to have to start holding off on mailing stuff and let things build up until I can send them in boxes, if we don't get more soon.

I slept really badly last night and am super tired today. I had a bit of a meltdown when I got home from work, but dinner and a shower helped. I didn't have it in me to do the treadmill, and I probably won't tomorrow either because I will be glued to the tv...

The stress and anxiety of the election is definitely getting to me. I think it's getting to all of us. Everybody I interact with is in a bad mood right now. I'm doing my best, but I'm feeling very close to throwing a grown up tantrum.

I was going to make a new recipe tonight but I just didn't have the energy to make it and my tummy wasn't happy with me tonight, so I just foraged through the fridge and my cupboards for stuff instead. Probably more of the same tomorrow. We split the caramel apple we bought from the store yesterday, and it was very tasty! We watched The One and Only Genuine Original Family Band which I like to watch on Election day Eve. Now for some of the new Charmed on Netflix. I'm sad because Highway to Heaven was taken off Netflix before I had a chance to finish the series. I really liked that show, it was really soothing. I might need to start rewatching the Hallmark shows like Good Witch and When Calls the Heart because they're really soothing too.

I hope I sleep well tonight, because tomorrow might be a long night...

11/01/2020

Today was a grocery shopping day and we had way too much fun at Fred Meyer and all their Thanksgiving decorations! Our holiday tree is now well on the way to becoming a Thanksgiving tree, and we bought an awesome decoration for the front entry hall. I spent a lot of time cutting out the extra items on the tree skirt made out of a discount tablecloth, and will turn those into a garland for the tree.

Before we went to the store, I got a few chores done. I did all the handwash laundry, and a load of by-hand dishes. We picked up Taco Time on our way back in from the store and ate it while watching Coco for Dia de los Muertos. I did a load of laundry and made my stollen for my food blog project. 

We had leftover spaghetti for dinner and I was able to portion out 4-1 cup portions of sauce for each of us, so we'll be good for spaghetti sauce for a while, so that's good. We watched The Nightmare Before Christmas and are now watching the Thanksgiving episodes of Roseanne.

Probably gonna be a crazy day at work tomorrow. I'm on my own, so it should be interesting to see how long a day it'll be...

10/31/2020

Happy Halloween! Today has been a nice day. I packaged up the stocking stuffers I got for my sister and put them under the Halloween tree because our stockings hadn't arrived yet. Funnily enough, they arrived today! Our Halloween set up is now complete and it's time for me to set my sights on Thanksgiving starting tomorrow! We discussed our strategy for watching Thanksgiving and Christmas tv show episodes and decided to change it a bit and do a show, and watch all the Thanksgiving and then all the Christmas episodes before moving onto to the next show. This will allow us to work out of one disc holder at a time, so that should be nice.

We started the day with bacon, pancakes, and eggs for me for a brunch and it was great. We did a Wayward Pines marathon today, which is a great show for Halloween. It's very creepy. After a couple episodes we paused for a bit so I could go to Bartell's to pick up a prescription. While I was there they were playing Halloween music and got to listen to the entire Twin Peaks theme song which was epic!

When I got back we took out all the recycling and garbage before getting back to the show. I started the spaghetti sauce, and the blog recipes. One recipe I only did the first step, and I'll finish it tomorrow. The other recipe I made entirely, and have tasted it and it's lovely! Both recipes are breads, but very different from each other. I'm excited to make the other one tomorrow too.

The spaghetti sauce turned out great and I'm happy to have more tomorrow for dinner too! We've finished Wayward Pines and have launched into our annual viewing of the Garfield Halloween and It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown specials. To me, this is the true kickoff of the holiday season!

Even though I slept well last night, I'm still pretty tired and anticipate another good night's sleep tonight too. We get our hour back tonight too, so that'll be good.

10/30/2020

I ended up going into the office this morning and stayed till around noon when everything got under control. I'm glad I went in because it'll be that much less to deal with on Monday. I brought a cd of Christmas music and listened to it while I worked, so that was fun! When I got home I logged on for the rest of the day. It was pretty slow in the afternoon, so that was nice. I watched Labyrinth, and then turned on Christmas movies on the Hallmark channel for the rest of my shift.

Once I logged off, we went out and ran some errands. We stopped at my parents's house to pick up and drop off some stuff, then went to Central Market to stock up on meat for my Christmas blog project. Then a trip to Joan Fabrics to get some non-Christmas ornaments. Then I picked up chicken shawarma from the Middle Eastern restaurant next door. It was sooo good! I'm enjoying some baklava for dessert now.

We're likely to finish out the Simpsons Halloween episodes tonight and tomorrow we're planning on a Wayward Pines marathon. I'll also be picking up a prescription, and making a batch of spaghetti sauce for dinner. It should be a nice Halloween! I'm going to try to make the stollen tomorrow too. I picked up the dark rum I need to soak the fruit tonight from my dad.

I hope I sleep well, I didn't sleep well last night and I'm pretty tired today!