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Overslept a half-hour but made it to work on time.

Now I'm mulling over retiring at the end of next year. I'll be 64, which isn't too terribly early to retire. But I won't have Medicare yet. Waiting until the following year would be better.

The good news: I received my check from the trust, finally. The bad news: the money won't post to my account until next week, so I can't pay the pet sitter and go to the conference. I'm in the process of trying to cancel my reservations and get refunds. Now I wait to see the fallout. The people at work have been nice about it though. Okay, I was able to cancel the hotel with no penalty and the conference with a $50 cancellation fee. My train tickets are non-refundable. I told work that I'd pay back any money lost, so I owe them $92. Not bad. They said that I don't have to reimburse them. That was very nice. Have I mentioned lately that I work with great people?

I can't wait until I don't have to deal with the trust anymore.

I've been drinking protein shakes for lunch to keep from spending money. Maybe I'll lose some weight, which will be good.

I'm wiped out with all the stress and drama. I think that it's nap time after work. At least, I don't have to scramble to clean the house before the conference.

Oh. I've gotten distracted. The water in the shower was only lukewarm today, so something is wrong with the pilot light. I'll have to look at it and call Ameren.

Eeek. Someone emailed me directly, asking me to moderate a session at the conference to which I'm going in June. So I said yes, but public speaking nerves!

Hmm. When I retire, it occurred to me that I could work part-time on Web Site accessibility remediation. Though the Title II updates are due next year.

Fed us all. Bella is being a prima donna and wants to be fed in our bedroom. She camps out on the bed. Oliver is being a snot and tries to grab my food while I’m eating. Bella was barking at people who were walking by, which I’m not thrilled about. I told her, “Yeah, you’re a watchdog—NOT!” She also whined when a dog walked by. I’ll send her occasionally to doggy day care when I have the money.

Got the recycling out. This time I got smart and corralled the cats before going in and out. Now it’s nap time.

Huh. I was going to take a nap, but it’s late enough that maybe I should just go to bed? Bella has been happy to hang out with me though.

Some of the garden plants that I ordered are supposed to arrive tomorrow. It’s probably good that I’m not leaving this weekend. I’ll also have to pick up the plants that I bought from the university plant sale. And I can clear garden beds and plant seeds. I think that I’ll wait a little longer to bring out my dahlias though.

I found places to replace the garden plants that Bella chewed up. (Note to self: Lady fern and Japanese forest grass. At least I know that they’re pet safe.)