frittering the day away

flo-rida 2012.

despite my best intentions, my lengthy to-do list for my day off remains only about halfway-done. it's now creeping up on 4:45pm and i'm not terribly optimistic about how much more will be finished before i put on my pyjamas, make spaghetti and settle in for the season premiere of So You Think You Can Dance.

nonetheless, i did manage to get some key items taken care of:

* i edited all my florida photos. now it's just a matter of finding time to upload and caption them all. i've opted to do this in baby steps to avoid photographic fatigue.

* i called my credit union to sort out all the errors that occurred when they changed ownership this past week. my account number's changed, my cheques need to be reissued and i have to redo all my direct-deposit arrangements with the various folks who pay me. but, thanks to a wonderfully friendly and helpful guy named jesse, it's all done and my financial affairs are, once again, in order.

* i collected my accumulated mail from last week, which the post office actually managed to hold correctly!

* i researched all manner of accommodations and destinations for a proposed birthday road trip next month. turns out, there aren't really a lot of luxury, birthday-indulgence type places in western new york, northwestern pennsylvania or northeastern ohio. the quest continues.

* i researched all manner of housing options in... oakville. yes, in my ongoing still-super-casual ponderings about my future and where i will live, i've been thinking about moving way west of the city, where i could get much more bang for my buck and live within walking distance of the lake. i'm by no means planning any kind of move in the near future, just continuing to explore my options.

* i wasted a LOT of time on the preceding two items. a lot.