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Remembered to get my St. Lucia magnet out of my backpack and put it on the refrigerator. I like seeing it.

I had some problems falling asleep because my legs were cramping. I got up and had some oatmeal. It worked; I fell asleep. Woke up this morning briefly around 9 AM but fell back asleep. Woke up at noon!

I found a good bargain-hunting Web site. It’s called Unclaimed Baggage. It’s the contents of lost luggage that never was claimed. I’m eyeing a Kate Spade crossbody purse.

The problem with making the coffee is that I need to be awake enough to make the coffee. (Yes, there is a timer, but one thing at a time.) Suckage. The coffee maker is missing the water reservoir. I can order a new one, but I’m SOL for now. I have another coffee maker…somewhere. More incentive to go through boxes. Oh! I have enough cash to get a few bottles of caffeinated soda. I found a half-bottle of caffeinated soda. It’ll get me going. Hmm, I think that the water reservoir might be in another plastic box? Maybe? I’ll look for it. Haven’t found it so far.

Lay down for a nap. Zara took a whiff of me and ran away. I don’t think that I smell THAT bad :) Napped.

I’m out of lunch food, so I made some soup.

Finally dragged my lazy butt to the shower. It was cold in the cold bathroom. I’m now reverting to my childhood and am lying under the covers with my clothes on to warm them up.

Next Door keeps warning of broken water mains in various places yesterday and today. Given how cold it is (25F, -4 C /18F, -8C wind chill), that could be a problem. Man, I wish that I was in Italy right now. Or the Caribbean.

I don’t want to go out in the cold darkness. Somehow cold seems colder at night. (Well, technically, usually it is.) I’ll drink Earl Grey tea in the morning and go to Walmart earlier.

I’m working on the library room. I’m getting overwhelmed with all my clothes. I started on clothes and went to practice piano. Finished a box of clothes and blankets. My count now is four bags of stuff to donate and some stuff to throw out. I still think that I have too many clothes though. Posted some dumbbells on Buy Nothing.

I think that I’m going to eat dinner (my day is all turned around because I slept so late), post, and wend my way towards bed.

Mimi sez, "Mommy, you haven't been spending enough time upstairs with me on your lap." I said, "Yes, Mimi, it's a holiday." She doesn't like holidays. She wants me to work so she can sit on my lap!

I know what I was going to say. I want a pair of night vision glasses, which reduce the glare, before I go back to Michigan.

Overslept this morning. Sigh. I need to get to bed earlier.

The answer on my credit card is that they put a hold on the account until December 4th. Suckage.

Ack! I spent an hour on hold at a doctor's office, only to be told that they are experiencing system problems and "please try again later".

I've been seeing flakes of dry skin on the inside of my clothes, so I've started applying lotion after my shower. Gold Bond is quite good. But I can't get lotion on my back. I looked on Amazon, and they have a lotion applier for your back. so I wishlisted it. The lotion seems to be helping.

We were let out early at work for the holiday, so I’m going to take a nap with Zara. It’s a dark and rainy day. Mimi is asleep upstairs. Overslept my nap. I’m still kind of groggy. Mimi wants to be fed. Fed the cats and myself.

Hmm. I saw a gorgeous piano on Facebook Marketplace. It's not a player piano, but it's beautiful.

It’s almost 8:00 PM. I’m thinking of going back to bed soon and getting up early to do stuff. I don’t need to get the recycling out because tomorrow is Thanksgiving and they won’t pick it up. (I do want to get it into the bins tomorrow though.)

I'm going to run out of caffeinated soda before I have more money. I checked and I have some coffee that I can make in my mom's coffee maker, but I don't have filters. I have a little money so I'll pick some up. They cost $1.86 at Walmart. Yay.

Mimi wants lap time. NEOOOOW!

I am going to go back to bed and get up early to do stuff. The Thanksgiving dinner that I'm going to is from 4 to 6 PM, so I'll have time to get stuff done. I decided to wear my nice blue sweater with a blue top and jeans to the dinner. I thought that I'd volunteer to help them clean up.