Sent

I did a "library run" yesterday where I returned a good twenty items I had out from two local library systems. The previous day (Sunday) I never got out from home because I got distracted by the pups - they'd started to jump the front gate and follow me up the road - and missed the buses I needed to catch to get to the Rainbow Visions Picnic. I was going to go shopping on the way back from that, so I really needed to go out Monday.

Didn't get out until just before noon, and caught the bus to Charlestown to return stuff there. The next stop was going to be Wallsend to go to the library, and do a small amount of shopping. Only they'd changed the bus routes and stops at Charlestown. The bus stop I normally went to in order to catch the 100 was now "only for school buses"  and when I went back to the (new) stop I'd got off on the way in, someone directed me to a stop on Pacific Hwy. Seemed reasonable, because I'd also caught 100s there before.

Only - it was entirely the wrong bus stop!

I waited for 50 minutes, spending the time reading a comic discard I'd bought from the library for 50c (A DC story called "The Nail") when the woman sitting next to me started chatting about things. She pointed to a sign right behind me which said that only two buses stopped there now, and made a comment that maybe "she been sent to tell me that". Found the correct bus stop - which was directly opposite the one I'd arrived at - and continued on for the rest of the day's business without further complications.

But you know what - I think she was!

Fortnight 6 catchup

I realised that, a few days into fortnight 7, that I'd forgotten to do a number of exercises from fortnight 6. After doing the exercise on page 113, and getting answers like...

Money equals POWER;
Money causes worry; and
In order to have more money I'd need to sacrifice myself artistically.

....I think I've got some really bad ideas about money.

I screwed up a number of the tasks as well, not even looking at the workbook until today. I didn't gather stones, bake anything (yet), or collect images of prosperity, because I never got around to to creating an image file from a previous fortnight. Somehow it got lost in the shuffle.

Thing is, I don't know what to do about it. Do I put the next fortnight on hold until I do this stuff, or try and fit it in somehow. It's obvious to me that successive chapters build on previous ones, as do the tasks and exercises in them.

Also, I'm starting to prioritise for the Transgender Day of Remembrance which is on the 20th of this month (11 days away). I have on the boil...

• Webcomics for the webcomics project;
• One or two videos for the Still Fierce performance night; and
• an artwork for the same.

...so I'm going to be VERY BUSY for the next week and a bit. I work better to deadlines, but, well, where do I fit it all?

Bills

Two stuff ups.

• The first was after an incident a few months back when someone turned off the power to my house in the middle of the night. Kevibn insisted on putting a LOCK on the power box. As a result, they couldn't read the meter and so billed us at the same rate and estimate as the WINTER power bill (which was steep due to a LOT of usage).  With all the chaos lately I didn't discover the bill until the reminder came in the mail!
• At the same time I finally got my Telstra Broadband bill. As you may recall, I was supposed to go over to 50GB a month at $59.95. Because of a big stuff-up, I got the first month free. However, on my latest bill I'm being charged at a rate of $79.95!

Can't really do much about either yet. I've got the power bill deferred until the 30th, and Kevin isn't here just now and he's the logical choice to sort out the discrepancy in the rate because he's a tough negotiator. Either way, I don't want to be stuck with this after they go.