Recap - July 24, 2007

Since I wasn't due to pick up the laundry until after lunch, the morning was spent in trying to make sense out of the piling clutter in the bedroom and the office.  Am not sure that I made much headway, but am convincing myself that the current systems have to be modified into something more in tune with the times.

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Recap - July 26, 2007

::bounce:: July 25 doesn't need a recap because I managed to post a fairly comprehensive account of the day, in spite of feeling muddle-headed at the time of writing.  This will be more of an addendum to the July 26th entry that I made on the date itself.

It was basically stay-at-home day today.  Ran Dad's clothes through the washing machine.  Got around to putting away my clean laundry - but not before turning my closets inside-out, moving stuff about and sorting out whatever I haven't worn in the last year or two.  Those old clothes go to charity while they still have life in them - I've never believed in passing on clothes that are down to their last six threads; I mean, gracious, what use could anyone get out of those?

As mentioned already, I got receipts ready for posting and sorted through innumerable papers.  Time-consuming, definitely - the afternoon was gone before I knew it, even without having to bring Dad over to the bonesetter for his shoulder.  Another day in which progress was made, albeit slowly.

p/s - if the heat keeps up any longer, I will melt into my component protoplasmic parts, truly I will.

Recap - July 27, 2007

Today we spent at least two hours in the Acer Service Center, getting Win XP installed by the tech desk.  Of that time, perhaps 30 minutes was spent waiting for the laptop to come up in the queue, and the 1.5 hours was spent reformatting the hard drive, installing Win XP itself, and the additional drivers needed by the Acer.  But it was definitely worth it, to walk out of there with a functional computer - and no charges for labor, even!

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Recap - July 29, 2007

Yay, July 28th doesn't need a recap either - I have an epic post up on the date itself.  The 29th also has a post on the date itself, but it was written while I was tired and feeling blah.  I did take a lot of notes, though, so here we go for the 29th, which was a full day on top of a day without enough sleep.  I am beginning to feel like a zombie, yo!

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Blessed be the rain

For despite all the inconvenience of travelling about in it, rain means that our water reservoirs will fill up (no thanks to Class-A IDIOTS who denude the hillsides).

On the other hand, landslides will be the disaster en vogue - refer to abovementioned Class-A IDIOTS.  And floods.  Not that anyone *could* do anything about Manila itself flooding, since it already sits below sea level, thanks much.

On the other hand, the cool weather means my husband can finally sleep well o' nights - last night he hardly tossed about in bed, and for someone who sleeps like a fish fresh-pulled out of water, that's saying a whole lot about his comfort.  I can hardly hear anything above the noise of the raindrops on the roofing, but that's what earphones are for if you want to watch TV.  Right?

It was a good day today.  Picked up Ma's passport from the travel agency. Proceeded to SM Mall of Asia and had a good lunch at Mann Hann; then bought rice and chrysanthemum granules at the Hypermart. ::sigh:: It's a bummer when you get to a mall you haven't visited for a long time, and then when you do get there, you're too worn out to enjoy it, and need to be home asap. Ah, well!  The weather was kind to us while traveling, not unleashing the buckets of rain until we got home.  For which God and the guardian angels be thanked.

Tomorrow is a blessed stay-at-home day.  Time to sort out papers, receipts, coins, and finish writing up an assignment.  Go me!

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