Fighting Procrastination

So even though it is still a workday today and under normal circustances, I would be in the office, it is STILL Friday. And since Johnnie wasn't in the house today I started with a nice meditation this morning. I was fully aware that I was procrastinating on a whole bunch of stuff and the thing about that is that you simply have to force yourself to take even the smallest of steps to get you going. And knowing me, once I get started I usually get it done somehow. Today as I resolved to de-procrastinate, other things came up that I had procrastinated about. And now that some of them had come up to the surface, I needed to do something. Anything. One of these was cleaning the apartment. I didn't clean it last weekend on the 4th of July like I wanted to. Just like I didn't do my taxes last weekend either. Also like I wanted to. Guess what I get to try to do this weekend? But the housecleaning stuff I actually started to do last night already. I heard myself tell Lisa she couldn't get inside my apartment because it was a mess. That part was true. But if it weren't a mess, she STILL wouldn't be allowed inside. THAT is the price she has to pay. But since I did say that, as soon as went back inside my apartment i started tidying up. That Johnnie creates a mess to be sure and it takes effort to get the place back to presentable LOL. Even for me. And so as I started sweeping up last night and putting stuff away, today I started mopping up the floor, starting with the dining area, the living room and the area behind the TV. I do like it when it is spick and span even knowing that Johnnie is due to be in my house tomorrow since Lisa is working. And so I got done with the living room in the morning. Hey at least I have already done SOMETHING productive today. I also remind myself that it is PAYDAY Friday, and that my checking account has once again bulged to over $24,000!!! Always thankful to be paid. Always thankful to have a lot of money in my account. Also thankful to have a carne asada burrito for lunch enhanced with pineapple salsa from Trader Joe's!!

In the afternoon all I did attend the FRB July birthday party and it was actually a welcome Zoom meeting for me because it's pretty lighthearted and jovial, unlike any of the Huddle Meetings 3 times a week. We still sing Happy Birthday so disjointed it still hurts the ears. And we did play 2 Truths and a Lie. And we did do a puzzle... it still amazes me that we actually finish the thing in  5 minutes or less. And we did Henry's damn emoji games. Anyway a fun time WAS had by all. And then on the heels of that meeting came the Friday afternoon Huddle. That was done in about 40 minutes too, which meant the workday was done before 4 PM!! Yay! Yet another thing to be grateful about today!! I thought about going to the store for groceries but I had such momentum cleaning the apartment that I went on and finished the kitchen tile. And then the bathroom floor. And then the bedroom too! By 6PM I only had the toilet to clean and the shower!! I had cleaned up most of the apartment! I sort of rewarded myself by driving to KFC on Pico and Prosser to pick up fried chicken. And then made my KFC chicken and rice hack. Easiest dinner to make, just popping it into the rice cooker. And pretty good too if i do say so myself. And then it was on to whatever it is I'm binging on Netflix for the next day or so. Tonight that would be the ScifY series the magicians. It was on regular SyFy for the last few years and I did watch a couple of episodes but now I get to watch the entire season(s) on Netflix. I did not want to stay up that late though. Gotta be at Lisa's at 7:30 AM tomorrow morning. She's working. Still I felt like I had a pretty good day.