Posted by TexasChic on February 17, 2006, at 21:21:37
In reply to Anyone Going to Have Fun this Weekend and What Ki, posted by Phillipa on February 17, 2006, at 19:20:26
Its supposed to freeze tomorrow with the chance of ice, so since I live in Texas, this means I won't be leaving the house. People here have no idea how to drive on ice, myself included. So most of us just usually stay home. They even cancelled overtime work tomorrow because of it. And I already had that extra money spent!
Other than that, I am going to try to get my apartment straightened up. I know this has been an ongoing saga with me that never seems to get resolved, but I just keep pushing on.
I've been buying stuff at Walmart here and there to decorate. It helps motivate me by making me want to see how all my pretty, albeit cheap stuff looks in a clean apartment!
I got a chair for my computer desk, which BTW, has a history. I've carried this desk around, in the box for I don't know how many years now. So knowing how procrastination is my middle name, and how much I want to overcome it, that's my goal for this weekend. To put together the desk and the chair, and set up my computer so that I can actutally eat at my kitchen table!
Oh, and on a slightly different subject (if anyone is still actually reading at this point), I faced a neurotic hangup this week! Earlier this week, two people at work asked if they could get a ride home with me. I was almost stuck mute with horror. I have never let anyone but family ride with me. Not only am I worried about the cleanliness of my car, I'm terrified of having my driving critisized for some reason. I'm sure there must be some explanation from the neuroses I suffer from, but all I know is if I’m ever to have a semblance of a life, I’ve got to overcome it. So of course I told them I’d take them home.
But first, I snuck out not once, but twice before the day was over to clean and straighten my car! I actually could have gotten in trouble for leaving the building while still on the clock, but I didn’t know what else to do.
Well as insane fears sometimes go, it went off without a hitch. I can’t explain what an accomplishment this is for me. Its like I let someone into my space when I never have before.
So, this has also been a motivation to get my apartment clean. I want to take the next step and actually have people over! I've NEVER had people over to my place! This is an even bigger hangup than my car. Maybe that will be the next step in the "Getting TexasChic A Life" challenge.
Woohoo!
-T
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