Slowly, but surely...

Not too much to report...
I did some housecleaning this weekend. I recycled a great deal and reclaimed some of my bedroom space. I will tackle the closets hopefully next weekend...I have similar work to do at my dad's apartment...He wants me to do this 4th of July weekend...I would like to negotiate...Plus, I actually do some of my best work when he's not standing over me or giving me negative running commentary...There are times when he can be absolutely wonderful...but then there are others when I just dread coming over...(but I imagine this is the case with a lot of people and their parents...although it seems to vary across cultures...generation gaps, etc.) It's something I always think about, because I don't want to do him wrong and have it come back on me...No matter how hard he is to get along with at times, he's still my father...I have no earthly idea what to get him for Father's Day either...

I had library books I was raising to get finished, so I didn't get to draw like I wanted to. I attempted one drawing with charcoal, but it didn't turn out right...I'm going to try something a little different and see if that does it...I didn't want to get stuck in one MJJ era though...

Fried and baked some swai over the weekend...It didn't taste that different to me from some of the blander fish I've tried, like tilapia and whiting. I want to see if swordfish is more flavorful...There was another type of fish I wanted to try too, but the name escapes me. I love catfish, but I'd hate to get sick of it, I know there have to be more flavorful types of fish out there...I'm also going to try and see if I can't get some thyme and rosemary and learn to cut up some onions. I baked some chicken over the weekend too and it was terribly bland, if I do say so myself. Even the gravy (Heinz and canned and [way too salty probably] didn't help.) At least I'm learning...

Maybe I'll work some more on my tree drawing this evening after I run to the library...It's beautiful outside...It might even help me get to sleep.


L8er

Not too much going on...

I'm stumped as to what to get my father for Father's Day, ...and the clock is ticking.

I've found two really nice apartments. If my medical expenses don't continue to rise, I should be good to go.

I'm waiting on an answer from the aquatic physical therapist. I also need to buy a bathing suit for this. I wish I'd been able to see the Fibromyalgia coming, but I didn't. If I'm really careful, I think I will have enough money saved to do everything I need to do. If not, I could probably take some money from my IRA again, much as I hate to do it.

I need to find out what the price of calling this guy's moving service is going to be too. I don't even know how to calculate how many miles I need for them to drive either. [I wish I wasn't so horrible at math. It has a tendency to bite me in the ass at the damndest times. ]

I don't think I'll be putting anything in storage on this go round. I have some stuff at my dad's that definitely needs to go though. I'm procrastinating like mad on it, because it's hard to find a time when he isn't there and I can work in peace. I've just started using the Lidocaine patches I've been prescribed, but it's hard to tell if the blasted things are working. From what I've read, they're supposed to numb the area, but they're not numbing a thing. That was $40.00 I could have kept. }:(

I forgot today was Juneteenth, as well. I've been looking at the date off and on all day. Not once, did it ring a bell. I'm not even going to touch why it hasn't been made into a Federal holiday.