In which grumpy congested colliemommie is grumpy, but productive

[colliemommie]

Today I declared a personal Anti-Procrastination Day and tackled a bunch of the little jobs that I've been putting off because I just don't want to do them. I cleaned out my pot and pan cupboard, stripped two loads of diapers (which took for fricking EVER), got the family room soft furnishings out of storage, wrote up Bruce's November schedule, made a menu plan for next week, started a huge pot of spaghetti sauce and hot sausage, took the vacuum apart and rinsed out the filters, and did some diaper repairs that have been sitting there taunting me.

Now all I have to do is finish replacing the elastic in one more diaper, and then I can be done for the day. Woo-hoo.

I did not get the glow of accomplishment I was hoping for, probably because I have a touch of some flu bug, but I am glad to not have these things hanging over my head, or laying around my house. So I am now seeking validation on the internet. Please, praise my industry in making an exceptional effort to do what I should be doing automatically every damn day.

Tomorrow should be the last day the contractor is here finishing the family room and the little front room we're going to use as a playroom. They painted all the trim today, so tomorrow should be mostly clean up. I'm hoping if Katrina and I are cute enough John will hang a few pictures for me; I can't hang things straight to save my life, and Bruce won't without a lot of nagging, and the angst isn't worth it. Then babycakes and I can have a fun, dorky evening putting up the Halloween village before Halloween is actually over.

Comments

[affreca.livejournal.com]

You are a good productive CollieMommie. I hope I have similar ambition tomorrow, as I have bonus day off.

[colliemommie.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'm just in a mood, being sick and preganant and having people tracking drywall dust all over my house. I just want to curl up like your icon kitty, including making glowy eyes at anyone who bugs me.

Sending productive vibes your way...

[acheuleanhandax.livejournal.com]

So productive! I went to the doctor, and to work, and ate a bagel today. That's it. So you blew me out of the water!

[colliemommie.livejournal.com]

The fact that you listed the bagel as an accomplishment made me laugh...you must feel as sickly as I do.

Hope whatever is bugging you goes away soon, and that you can take better meds than I (I'm allowed Tylenol and that's it...babies are a huge pain even before they show up).

[acheuleanhandax.livejournal.com]

I had kidney stones a week or so ago, and they gave me Percocet even though I'm pregnant, too. I'm trying not to take it unless I really have to, but that means feeling a lot of blah. Eating just feels gross to me anymore, but I'm not gaining weight and just augh.

Babies are a huge gestational pain, I'll agree with that!

[colliemommie.livejournal.com]

How miserable! I'm sorry :-(

From what I've heard, though, labor might not seem like a big deal after kidney stones.

I had shingles when I was pregnant with Katrina and they didn't give me pain meds or anti-virals, so it took about four weeks for them to go away. My husband ended up having to convince me to go to the hospital several months later because I didn't believe I was in labor...it didn't feel bad enough. By the time we got there I was 5cm dilated, and it turns out it was back labor as well.

[acheuleanhandax.livejournal.com]

Haha, that's what a lot of people are saying. I dunno. If anything, I feel like it made me doubt my ability to do it au natural, because I was begging nurses to please give me something, anything.

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

Hey, that's a lot to get done in one day. So, yes, you are a good productive CollieMommie, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

[colliemommie.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I appreciate the support.

I also gestated and pretended to be a Mommy Elephant. I'm just sick and tired and want some good decongestants.

[threeringedmoon.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on you accomplishments!

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

Validation to you!

Wonder if you have the same weird flu-ish thing we've had for the past few weeks. Does make it hard to feel like accomplishing anything.

[filkferengi]

I was glowing in fatuous self-accomplishment the day I sewed up a year's worth of holes in the socks [mostly an inch or less each]. But my acts were as nothing compared to yours, as you also grew a [insert name of organ of choice here].

Kudos to you!