Thursday 13

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Fun Stuff I Will Be or Have Been Doing This Week *

1. ShonLoc/Skillet/TobyMac concert. Loud. But good. I'm old, but I did dance for Toby and DiverseCity.
2. Two days off work. This only means that I will be able to log in from home and do a lot of boring hacking from my recliner, without the miasma of being on call for my ever-more-irritating boss.
3. Shopping for Beast's birthday present. OK, mostly on his birthday.
4. Opening my birthday presents. Nothing that will sound very exciting, but I feel like I hit the jackpot.
5. Moving all my earrings, and other jewelry, to their new home. Part of my present: new earring tree and matching 'trees' for other jewelry.
6. Filling out all the info for Sparky's graduation ceremony. Is there really any need for namecards? I threw all 100 of mine away when I turned 23, all except the (maybe) 15 or 20 I gave to people over the previous 5 years.
7. Making cupcakes and mac-n-chee for dinner for Beast (and Sparky and me too). Happy Birthday, Beast!!
8. Tidying up the house in preparation for company. This is less "fun" than just "good" and "necessary" but it's for a great purpose.
9. Continuing my OCD-style planning for next spring's trip. One Excel file for each city, plus assorted Word docs for walking tours... I love this stuff.
10. Cheeseburger in Paradise. Good.  Velveeta burger. Very good. Other diners. Good, except for the idiots at the big table by us. 
11. Cleaning out the box of puzzles and books next to my bed...wow, lotsa junk in there!
12. Watching some of the many many hours of DVR'd shows we've got. Haven't seen Survivor in two weeks, or TAR for over a month. And there are some other things too, I think.
13. Bell choir. It can be tedious as hell some weeks--two people who can't read music and who haven't got a clue about rhythm can do that--but sometimes it's amazingly fun.

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* "Week", in this case, is broadly defined as within 6 or 7 days on either side of today's date.