Tuesday

Mornings in DFW can be a grab bag.  Today, for instance, it was crisp and cold, no clouds, and a bit of wind.  Last week it was in the low eighties during the day.  And other days it is rainy, at least this time of year.  

Today was a continuation of yesterday.  I knew the office would be one of the worst rooms.  Usually when I come home from a week on the road this would be the first place I would go, dumping things out of my bag, scattering things hither and yon.  There was a lot of stuff in there, and there still is, but it is better organized.

I've got a number of boxes of stuff to go to the thrift shop, some stuff to toss onto eBay, and a few things to offer to friends and family that might want them.  I found a fanny pack I had been seeking for a while, a number of games, and a lot of dust.  I tossed out half a rolling bin of old papers, and around 400 hotel key cards. Yes, 400. And that probably isn't all of them around the house.  For I'm like most other travelers.  I check in, do my work, check out, and sometimes don't give the key cards back.  The hotels don't care - they get them in large boxes and reprogram them as needed.  

Now those cards represent a large amount of time spend away from home.  Each card in itself represents three to four nights away, and I don't have all the cards from every stay I've ever made.  I figure I have probably spent roughly around seven years cumulative in hotel rooms.  

I mostly got the dining room cleared out, but since it is sort of a staging area for the movement of stuff, there is a bunch of boxes ready to go to the Salvation Army.  Now I just have to remember not to buy any of it back. Tomorrow it will be the kitchen, breakfast nook, and the pantry.  These shouldn't be as bad since I try to keep them reasonably organized so I can actually use those spaces.  

I'm also plowing through a bunch of back issues of magazines, books, podcasts, and music I haven't had time to read and listen to.  I've got about three months of each, stretching back to November. So that takes care of breaks and after dinner entertainment. 

Tonight's dinner is Culver's.  My daughters elementary school has a spirit night/fundraiser there every once in a while, and we usually try to go.  So no adventures in cooking today.  And I'll pick her up a bit early so she can build a Valentine's box for school.  A couple of quick errands and back home.

So nothing profound today.  More moving things around tomorrow, physical therapy on the back, and getting a cracked window on the house replaced.