Aw, msbelle, that sounds tough. I hope you enjoy the 5k with your mom.

And I hope John Waters enjoyed the Slutcracker!

an ice sphere mold for whiskey...shaped like the Death Star.

I have one of those. Well, not specifically for whiskey, but Death Star ice mold. It's nifty. All the Death Star detail melts away, of course, pretty much as soon as you pour anything over the ice, but you know it's there. And it works as a jello mold.

I guess I'm not going to the 8 am class at my gym I was considering. Oops.

I compromised with a one hr nap under cats and then did my Towson run. Still need to go to the hardware store, but maybe this evening. There's a lot else I should do, but ...

I got dressed and ready to leave the house to go to work, but now I am stalled. Oops

I have checked in for my international flight! Now I need to get dressed and run errands and buy more Christmas presents. And then, like, pack a suitcase.

I decided to try working at home, and it seems to be working, so now I am going to walk over to Costco and then come home and keep trying.

It makes sense to me, at least.

I wonder why I have a Costco membership at times. About 3/4 of the times I attempt to go there I take one look at the parking lot and drive away. I really should go, but I just can't. After talking on the phone, shopping is my least favorite thing. And shopping at Costco, the worst. And yet, they have stuff I want.

I feel you, Laura. I like shopping at Costco better than shopping at Walmart, but yeah. Otoh, I feel like one big shop at Costco means more time before I have to go shopping at all, so maybe that's worth it? But I don't have a membership right now. One of the things I need to figure out as I get my household supply chain in order. It's pretty inefficient now, I suspect, definitely in need of review.

Reasonable, Lee. If you include the time driving into work and back, and the time making yourself get ready to leave, working at home might be the best use of your time anyhow.

I did get up. Showered, breakfasted on waffles, turkey bacon and an apple with cinnamon dip. Coffeed. Cleaned litter, dishes and 1 load laundry. Filled the dishwasher and have it going and mopped half the kitchen.

We need to leave in 20 min for the 5k and Mac was asleep. I woke him up and stood there for several minutes as he kept rolling over and going back to sleep only for me to tell hm each time he needed to get up. I suspect he will be asleep again if I go back there now. He was asleep before 12 last night and not up early this morning, so no reason. Asshole.

I let my Costco membership lapse too. I find I miss it around this time of year, but I can never decide if it's worth it to renew it. I think I should if only so I can use them for the optometrist.

Many hugs, Rebecca, and I hope the day picks up with the 5K. I feel like exercise really helps me when I'm down. I've been getting a lot more exercise lately and I can feel my depression lifting.

no one is willing to decide if we are doing no presents, presents for the youngest generation, or presents for all.

Argh. I hate that kind of indecision. Which reminds me, I should start shopping for gifts soon or I'll be screwed.