Day 229: Wasted on sudoku

Pretty much a waste of a day. Sure, I did some more job hunting and sent out some more applications, but with a long weekend coming up, clearly nothing's gonna happen for at least 4 days. And no word from the marcom company I might freelance for either. Just what I need. A long weekend trying not to spend money, stuck at home, unable to move the job hunt forward. Great. Just. Great. Went to the post office to mail some bills, then offset that by depositing my tax refund. Course, a month ago, I was under the impression I'd also be depositing a salary check by now. But, no.

I was hoping Trish and Brian would need some Spiceburst help this weekend, just to have an excuse to leave my house without having to spend any money. But I hadn't said anything, preferring to leave it up to fate. Sure enough, midafternoon, Brian called asking if I could help out tomorrow. So, I'll be able to escape my house for at least a short while tomorrow ... and get a free meal to boot. Plus a little socializing. Every little bit helps now.

Did a little organizing around the house, but wasn't motivated to do much else but surf and watch TV. And I wasted a couple hours trying to solve the one USA Today online sudoku puzzle I failed to finish this week. In times like this, you gotta take any small, insignificant victories where you can get them, right? But I kept trying and trying, but somehow I couldn't get it, even though I'd solved an allegedly more difficult one before that. So, I couldn't even eke out a victory on something like a stupid puzzle.

Watered the yard in the evening; I seem to be about to lose some of the plants I put down just a couple months ago. They were fine when I watered earlier this week; now they may be past the point of no return. I hate it when plants wither and die so quickly you can't even save them. They'd been doing well, too. Or so I thought. Dammit.

Somehow, I just wasn't hungry come dinnertime (lunch was yesterday's leftover frozen pizza). Finally fixed myself a peanut butter sandwich shortly before bedtime just so I'd have eaten something.