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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.

I got up in time for my Italian lesson. We did some listening exercises that were really hard. She also asked where I liked the culture on my cruise, and I said "Puerto Rico because the people are really nice".

Mimi is still being clingy. I had a nice nap with Zara. She comes trotting up when I lie down on the bed.

I found out how to get a brochure from Oceania Cruises, and they called me. Don't call me if you want to sell a cruise! I also requested a Cunard (QEII, Queen Mary, etc.) brochure. I also found a resort in Puerto Rico that's near the beach and Old San Juan. Expensive though.

I'd like to get icicle Christmas lights for my porch, but I don't have an outdoor outlet. I guess that I'll put lights in my windows then. And ask an electrician to put in an outdoor outlet. No, I found battery-operated lights on Amazon. Hmm. I want to put white lights around my windows, but most of them are 100 lights, and I need a smaller string.

There's a place that advertises on Facebook that has really cozy-looking pajamas. I might splurge for a pair or two for Christmas.

I've been feeling hungry earlier. I just realized that's because of the time change to the cruise. Plus having lots of food at my disposal. Hmm, I have enough money to get a pizza for dinner. Although I really didn't like the way that I looked on the cruise and need to lose weight.

I'm looking forward to the long weekend next week to get stuff done around here. I'm working in the first half of the week. (I drained my vacation days and need to build them up again.)

I want the Skinny Taste Fast and Slow cookbook.

I'm so tired of plowing through my email from when I was gone at work.

Perkins is offering Thanksgiving dinner. I might go there next week.

The pizza was delicious.

We now have tons of cat food (very important!) I also bought a cheaper electric razor because I'm tired of replacing my more expensive one. We'll see how it works.

Got the garbage out. My pet sitter threw out stuff that I needed. Sigh. She keeps on rearranging my stuff. She said that she’s OCD and needs to organize stuff, but she’d understand if I want another pet sitter. I don’t know. She’s really expensive too. I’m planning on getting the place more organized next week and over winter break.

Snuggled with Zara. I’m going to take a nap. Couldn’t sleep. I think that I’ll transfer my coats to the closet in my bedroom. Most of my hanging clothes are in the larger closet in the library room.

Got my bedside lamp set up, but I need an extension cord for it.

Hmm, maybe I could also plug my phone charger into it too. I can’t find my scarf hanger, so I ordered one.

I think that I’ll feed the cats and go to bed soon. I need to figure out what to do with my two carry-on bags. I only need one. And I should repot the trees this weekend because my pots are in my bedroom.

Oh, and I need to throw another load in the wash.

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate it. The cats are not thankful. They have been hissing at each other this morning. Zara left bruises where she bit me, and Mimi was standing on them. Ow. Zara is all lovey-dovey because she wants to eat.

I'm trying to decide what to do about toiletries on my trip. Because I'm driving, I could throw my full-size shampoo, conditioner, and body wash in the car, but if I have a million small bags, it would take forever to load and unload the car. Hmm. I think that I'll get more small bottles and fill them.

Fed us all. I did the math, and I bought enough food for the cats while I'm gone.

Napped. Man, it's gloomy out. Had lunch. I was feeling shaky, and eating seems to have helped. I'm just sitting for a moment though.

Started laundry. Defrosted a turkey breast in the microwave. (It worked.) Now it's in the oven. I did some dishes and started cleaning off the table. I need to find the refill of my meds. Cleaned off the table. The meds aren't there or in my purse. Hmm. I found the key to Mom's house and put it in my purse. Went to sign up for Sirius XM, but their Web site is having technical difficulties.

Pulled an Oracle card and got surrender again. The book says that it could be giving up something that isn't working for you, which might be my messy home.

The turkey breast is done and looks tasty. Now it needs to cool and I'll shred it for the casserole. Now the casserole is in the oven. It was good. And I had pumpkin pie for dessert.

Now I'm kind of in a food coma. I need to clean up after cooking. Then I'll do some low-key stuff such as unplug the Pretty Good Laptop, which I'm taking with me to Michigan, from behind the digital piano and install Java on it.

Mimi is purring on my lap. Very peaceful.

Loaded the dishwasher. Found the meds. Yay! Started a packing list. Retrieved some colored pencils that fell off the side of the freezer. I want to use them in my planning book for next year.

Now Zara's on my chest and arm. The arm that she bit :) But I've forgiven her. The hum of the dishwasher is very soothing. Talked to Zara, and she cooperatively got up. Good girl.

Fished out the laptop cord from behind the digital piano. Installed Java on the laptop.

Now I'm not sure what to do. I don't feel like starting anything major. Maybe I should just go to sleep.

I think my (delayed) Christmas present to myself will be a new laptop battery so that I can write in trains, planes, and coffee shops.

Happy Thanksgiving to those in the US! I woke up at 8:30 AM, decided that was too early to get up on a holiday, and then woke up around 11. Spent some time with Mimi on my lap.

I have an ethical dilemma. I'm out of bread, and Walmart is open, but I don't like that Walmart is making their employees work today. They aren't even getting holiday pay! So I should wait until tomorrow.

Oy. Kitty Drama. The cats are not thankful. Zara came into the kitchen, figuring that I was close to feeding them, and Mimi started picking on her. I broke up the squabble and hastily fed them, figuring that they'd settle down with a full stomach.

The Vivosport told me that I was very relaxed before the Kitty Drama. Now it's telling me that I'm more stressed out. That might even be accurate.

The Vivosport also functions as a watch. It's nice to have a watch rather than relying on my phone for the time.

Zara has two speeds. Manic (which she is right now) and off. Well, no, she's settling on my lap. Sweetie pie. I want to go take a nap, but Zara is happily settled on my lap. She finally got off, and I got up.

There is a big honking snow, ice, and rain storm to the SW of us, but Weather.com still says no precipitation here. It's saying that it's a bad running day though. Need to keep an eye out.

Had a nice nap.

The weather forecasters are saying rain/wintry mix, so no running today. It looks like we got sleet earlier. I guess that I'll stay home and cozy tonight.

Zara is a goof. She needs to walk away from her food dish to decide whether she's still hungry or not. She was eating dry food on top of the freezer, and she kept on walking over to the kitchen table, deciding that she was still hungry, and going back and eating some more. She made that circuit four or five times. Then she settled on my lap while I was reading a magazine.

It seems wrong to watch The Crown on Thanksgiving, but I'm going to do so anyway. I have to bake the turkey breast tenderloins before making the casserole, so I'll watch while it's baking.

I baked the turkey breast, watched another episode of The Crown while it cooled, and now I have the Turkey-and-Stuffing Casserole in the oven. I don't normally use the dishwasher, but I'm running it now to clean all the dishes that I used making the casserole. Gave the girls a little turkey, but they didn't want it. Fed them wet food.

The casserole was....okay. I liked it better the last time that I had it. I have a ton of leftovers, so I'm going to freeze some of it tomorrow. I had some pumpkin pie with whipped cream, and it was great. I think that I'm going to watch one more episode of The Crown and call it a night.

Food coma just hit. No more TV; I'm just going to bed.