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 ETA: Already got one!!!! fringedweller is my hero today!! Thank you dear!

So I'm home all day today so they can get my heater replaced (and doesn't that just suck for my poor wallet?). I really was not thrilled about it, but better to get it done now rather than waiting for it to die again and being bundled up and running space heaters 24/7 like I was earlier in the month. Caity is WAY too cold natured to handle that.

Gotta say though, I'm not all that impressed with this guy's organizational skills. If it wasn't a decent price and he hadn't let me cut the overall cost into payments (which most of the places I called weren't willing to do), I'd probably have gone through someone else. It was hell getting him to settle on an acutal day to get this done. And considering I'm going to be gone all next week, I did NOT need to be taking off more work this week. Not without pissing off my boss anyway.

But overall, considering that my furnace was older than I am and I did know I'd need to replace it sooner rather than later, I guess I can deal.  I just hope the air conditioner lasts another year at least. It ran fine this past summer so hopefully it will next summer too.

So I'm making headway on my list of December writing/stocking stuffing plans which is good. My goal for today is to finish my Supernatural Secret Santa (I may be posting a beta call as my askita hasn't seen much of that show) and get at least 1-2 more stockings filled as well. I'm noticing that my bigbang_mixup claims are NOT going as well as I'd hoped, but next week I'll be up in the mountains with minimal internet so I might actually get something accomplished then lol. (Ohhhh that reminds me that I need to get an actual download playlist from one of my mixers considering I may be without internet... *makes mental note*).

On the LJ front, I've somehow managed to have a comment style that works with no changes so I'm crossing my fingers that I don't screw it up. God knows I do NOT have the techy ability to figure out how to fix it on my own lol.

But yeah, I'll be around today if yall are bored and wanna chat and can stand the comment features!

So had a pretty darned productive day so far, though no writing has been accomplished as yet. Mostly a Caity babble entry but feel free to read at will lol.

I got off work early today (as I am FINALLY caught up after being sick.. at this rate I may actually get my department ahead before I have my week of for Christmas) to do some Christmas shopping. Managed to snag gifts for three people, my mom, my aunt (who I drew for our family Secret Santa), and askita who already knows what she's getting lol. I had 3 other people to shop for before our family Christmas on Saturday, but unfortunately those gifts were a total bust. I really really suck at buying gifts guys. There's a reason I tend to ask for specific things to look for. Blah.

Anyway, came home, paid bills, bought another gift online. Then forced my ass off the couch and managed to get some domestic type stuff done including trimming the kitten's claws, sweeping, starting a load of laundry, and even repairing the faucet knob in my shower and re-hanging a toilet paper holder. I felt all proud of that let me tell ya - not only did I have the proper tools needed, but I even knew what said tools were called! (Hex-key and Phillips head screw drivers btw). Go me being all Handy Cait and stuff.

I may or may not have a friend coming over - her phone has been fried so I didn't get a for sure on our weekly girl night. If she does show, the writing will probably not happen tonight, but I am determined to get something done if we don't hang out.

And can I just say, the Secret Santas are annoying the crap out of me. It's not that I don't like the stories I'm writing, I just have no push TO write them. I dunno - the Supernatural SS is definitely out of my comfort zone, so I could kinda understand the slow rate on that one, but the Primeval one? Totally had the oppurtunity to write one of my go-to pairings AND got to incorporate one of my favorite cliche tropes. That one at least should be working great for me! And god knows I seem to be flying through fandom_stocking stuff, so I'm not sure what the fuck my problem is.

Hell maybe it's that the SSs were assigned to me where the fandom_stocking stuff is all damned near at random. Plus it has the "random acts of fannish glee" mentality which is probably helping too. *headdesk*

Gah, I just need to get some progress done on those soon. There are deadlines approaching and I really need to try NOT to miss them!