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a mid-October Friday's Eve

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 Today is the 5th day of the 42nd week [ can you believe there are only 10 weeks left in this year? ], the 17th day of the 10th month, the 291st day of 2024 [ have you started your Christmas shopping yet? There are only 68 shopping days left ] and:  Black Poetry day - my knee-jerk reaction was to ask what would rhyme with black?  That isn't what they mean, obviously.... Conflict Resolution Day Edge Day Forgive an Ex Day - forgiven yes.  Forgotten, no. Four Prunes Day Get to Know Your Customers Day Harry Potter Book Day Imagine a Day Without Water - trying to raise awareness of this basic human need for the past 10 years  International Credit Union Day International Day for the Eradication of Poverty International ShakeOut Day Mulligan Day National Get Smart About Credit Day National Pasta Day National Playing Card Collection Day National Vehophobia Awareness Day  Pay Back a Friend Day Spirit Day Spreadsheet Day Sukkot - observed the 15th of Tishri in the Hebrew calendar Wear Some
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10.10.2024 - is this the beginning of the end?

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Today is the 5th day.... Yeah I don't feel like going through all that today. Instead, Imma gonna vent. Tuesday afternoon I got an order from Wildgrain [ and I highly recommend them if you love fresh baked bread and are, like me, too lazy to do it yourself anymore ].  As I stuffed things in the freezer, I noticed an odd smell which I thought was probably glue from one of the boxes and didn't think any more of it.  On Wednesday, when I got home from work, the smell was so strong that I sent a note to customer support asking them about it.  They didn't know what I was talking about, but offered to replace the goods anyway.  So of course I googled " what causes my freezer to smell like glue ".  Only been here for a month, and nothing could've gone bad that quickly, but I took everything out and smelled it anyway.  The empty freezer still stank, so I concluded it was possibly a freon leak.  I then opened a ticket with maintenance, and followed up with a call to t
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October 9th

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 Today is the 4th day of the 41st week, the 9th day of the 10th month, the 283rd day of 2024, and: Bullying Prevention Day Curious Events Day - forget about the Bermuda Triangle, I want to know why I open my mouth when I put on mascara ?   Emergency Nurses Day Fire Prevention Day Independence Day -  Guayaquil [ AKA Ecuador ] from Spain in 1820 and Uganda from UK in 1962 International Beer and Pizza Day International Top Spinning Day Legends Cephalopods Leif Erikson Day - did he really discover North America first?  We don't know, but the day is celebrated on the anniversary of the arrival of the first organized immigration from Norway to NYC in 1825 National Bring Your Teddy Bear to Work and School Day - I didn't  National Curves Day - or International Curves Day has been celebrating plus sizes since 2015 National Moldy Cheese Day National Nanotechnology Day - honors the nanometer scale 10-9 meters  National Pet Obesity Awareness Day National Polenta Day National Pro-Life Cupc
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Happy New Year!

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working working working

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Today is the 4th day of the 40th week, the 2nd day of the 10th month, the 276th day of 2024 [ and I haven't even started my Christmas shopping yet ], and: Audiophile Day Balloons Around the World Day Coffee with a Cop Day Gandhi's Jayanti - his birthday Guardian Angels Day Independence Day - Guinea from France in 1958 International Day of Non-Violence International Walk to School Day National Custodial Worker Day National Fried Scallops day - I do prefer mine broiled National Kale Day National Name Your Car Day National Produce Misting Day National Pumpkin Seed Day National Research Maniacs Food Day National Smarties Day Peanuts Day - the cartoon not the nut  Phileas Fogg's Wager Day Random Acts of Poetry Day Rosh Hashana - starts at sunset World Day for Farmed Animals World No Alcohol Day the new moon at 2:50 PM EDT Quote of the day: “ Your job, throughout your entire life, is to disappoint as many people as it takes to avoid disappointing yourself .”  ~ Glennon Doyle T
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settling in

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 Today is the 3rd day of the 39th week, the 24th day of the 9th month, the 268th day of 2024 [ with only 91 shopping days until Christmas.  I'll stop updating this now because it isn't funny anymore, especially since for the first time in years, I haven't gotten my shopping done AND what I have gotten is buried somewhere in a box.... ], and: Festival of Latest Novelties  - how many of these have you had at one point or another? Gallbladder Good Health Day Independence Day - Guinea-Bissau from Portugal in 1973 Kiss Day Lash Stylists' Day National Bluebird of Happiness Day National Cherries Jubilee Day National Familial Hypercholesterolemia Day National Horchata Day National Professional Baseball Day National Woman Road Warrior Day Punctuation Day Schwenfelder Thanksgiving the last quarter of the moon at 2:52 PM EDT Quote of the day : " But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own?  What do we know of our own heart? " ~ Amelia Barr - Amelia Edith Huddlest
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The aftermath of moving

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 Today is the 5th day of the 38th week, the 19th day of the 9th month, the 263rd day of 2024 [with only 96 shopping days until Christmas], and: Free Queso Day Independence Day = Saint Kitts and Nevis from the UK in 1983 International Day of Listening Iota Phi Theta Day International Talk Like a Pirate Day Meow Like a Pirate Day National Butterscotch Pudding Day National PawPaw Day National Teach Ag Day National Woman Road Warrior Day Quote of the day: " I am a part of everything that I have read " ~  Theodore Roosevelt  Narrator's voiceover:   when last we left her, she was awaiting the arrival of the movers to take the furniture away....  Now it is over a week later. The move went far better than I, or the coordinator, expected.  The movers were able to commandeer the elevator and by 2 PM had the apartment cleared out and were gone.  I gathered my things together and headed to the new apartment.  On the 11th, it only took them three hours to deliver everything, and then
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