Wishing Upon A Star

Michael sent me this cool tidbit (he called it a peculiarity)

If things seem a little odd today...

Friday, 11-19-1999, will be your last odd day on earth. (All the numbers in the date are odd) The next Odd day after that will be 1-1-3111 - which is well over a thousand years away, which we will never see. Days such as 4-13-89 have both even and odd digits, thus, they are neither odd nor even. The next even day will be 2-2-2000 - the first one since 8-28-888. So, take some time to celebrate this Friday as it'll be your last odd day on Earth!

Have an odd day..

I feel as if I’m beginning to get my life more under control. I have been so busy and have let so many stupid things slide. Like paying bills.

I started getting calls from the car financer, and places I have credit cards. I couldn’t figure out why. Until I opened the drawer where I keep the bills and discovered that I hadn’t managed to pay one since some time in September.

I just kept chucking the mail in the drawer, figuring I would get to it later. Well I didn’t realize how much later it was.

So I paid all my bills today. It took ages to figure it all out, but I’ve got it in control again. I think. I’m afraid I’ve forgotten something.

Feeling in control is a good thing. Now if it would only spill over into the way the apartment looks. It’s not as bad as it was, at least to the world at large. As long as no one opens the door to the second bedroom.

I’d say I’ll do something about it this weekend. But I pretty much know that that would be a lie. I’m not going to be in the mood to clean.

What I want is a real studio and a way to organize all the supplies that I have for stamping and such. I got the new edition of "Somerset Studio" magazine today, and it has a big article on artist’s studios and how they organize them. I am by no means an artist, but I lust for a real studio sort of set up.

That’s one of my biggest vices. I long for all the accoutrements and trappings an artist would have. I just lack talent, and lately, time. It is well known in my office that new office supplies can send me into delirium.

If I had the cash I’d buy all sorts of nifty metal storage cases that have drawers that are mean just to hold stamps. These cases cost a fortune (I found then at an art store in NYC when I was there this summer). They come in bright colors and are perfect for stamps and supplies.

The thing is, I’d have to get rid of a lot of the books and theater stuff that are currently piled in that room and that would be hard to do. After all, books can’t just be thrown out.

So all of this adds up to a good reason not to attempt to organize.

School was a tough one today. The meeting I was dreading was not good. I don’t like these parents. They are unfocused and don’t communicate with each other. They talk over each other, and the teachers, so I can’t say that anything worthwhile was accomplished. We are all investing a huge amount of time and energy into their daughter, who does have significant issues. I thought if the mother told me one more time that I shouldn’t give up on the little girl that I would punch her. Why would she think that I was giving up on her?

I know that this will be continuing all year. I don’t look forward to it, but I’ll bet we end up have meetings almost every month. We might escape in December, as it’s a short month.

I decided to do nothing tonight. I ran a few errands this afternoon, and got in at about six. I am bone tired and all I want to do is sit in front of the television like a lump. My goal is to not fall asleep on the couch this week.

Have the feeling it’s an unattainable goal.

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