unh

[dragonlady7]

So tired and sore. Oh hey, this is a 4-day week for me. I think. Well. Something to look forward to.
Z got his taxes done just under the wire yesterday, and the government owes him like $4,000. Which is a nice chunk of change. Had he done his taxes in Jan or Feb when we were so so very very strapped for cash it would have been a tremendous relief, but oh well; now it's just a pleasant surprise.
He has decided that he is going to use the money to save up for a scooter. On the one hand, then I need not feel bad about using the car all the time; on the other hand, it means it would be pointless to buy myself a car. Eh well. He's in love with this one.
The scooter was my idea; I am now rather sorry I mentioned it. I was kidding. He's not, though; his goal is to have the money including insurance money by next spring, and to get it then. So we'll see.

Work was far less bad than I'd thought it would be, so I'm somewhat relieved. I'm on track for a lucrative week even if it is only four days. (Five by their count; but I count Sundays as part of the next week.) Yesterday, amusingly, I made more than Z makes in two days. Unfortunately I spent the whole day today not quite having time to go to the bathroom, and so now I've gone pee like four times and don't have to, but still feel like I have to, which is very frustrating. You know the feeling, like when... You know, it's probably already TMI, so I'll shut up.

I absolutely need to do some gardening, and I just cannot make myself do it. I am too sore after work, and too tired or busy before work. This morning I woke at 7 and puttered, watered everything, picked vegetables, made Z's lunch, and then zonked out until it was time to get ready for work. I just don't have time to do anything, except for times when I'm too tired to do anything.
I wish I could afford to work fewer hours. I don't know what's wrong with me, but I just need so much time to get anything done. I haven't done any more on the novel for almost fourteen days now, but I need several hours to get into it, and I just don't have a block of time like that while conscious. Bah.

It's only 9:30. Would it be absolutely pathetic of me to go to bed now?

Comments

[mother2012.livejournal.com]

Eh, go ahead. Go to bed.

For myself, I find that I can't do much in the evening. If I get to bed early then I'll get up early, and have much more ambition.

[dragonlady7.livejournal.com]

It backfired-- I went to bed early, and slept in, and still haven't gotten anything done!

But you're right, often it works...

[kkatowll.livejournal.com]

Eh, those scooters can be very dangerous, cuz they're so low cars often don't see them, and many municipalities are banning them. So Z might want to do some research before he plunks down four grand.

A scooter, not a mini-motorcycle

[dragonlady7.livejournal.com]

It's not scooters that are being banned, it's those mini-motorcycles. Those were never street-legal in the first place, and you can't get a license for them anywhere; it's just that some places have had the wits to actively legislate against them. Scooters are the same height as motorcycles.
Scooters are available in several classes, and some of them have a top speed low enough you don't need a special license to operate them. Z's interested in the kind that has a top speed of around 60, so that they're classed along with motorcycles and you do need a license for them.
He knows more about the issue than I do, however. I believe he's clever enough to have found out whether they're illegal or not.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh no, not one of those weird miniscooter things. Those things are death-traps. I'm looking at a real, live, 150cc scooter with a top speed of 55-60 and, preferably, classic styling. At first I was looking into the Vespa PX 150 (http://vespausa.com/products/px_150.cfm), but now I'm leaning towards a bright red Stella (http://www.genuinescooters.com/scooters.html) - same powertrain, same body [as the 1980 model year], and over $1000 cheaper. Both models are approved for sale in every state except California, and that's an emissions thing rather than a safety thing.

- Z