It has definitely been a whirlwind week.  With the holidays coming up, I have been running around like crazy.  Last Monday I went to Sprint to take back the Samsung Galaxy Tab--the amount of money it was going to cost on a monthly basis just wasn't worth the money--and I found out I was one day over the time frame to return it.  This was devastating.  I ended up canceling the service and was able to reduce the penalty for early cancellation since I am a Sprint Premiere customer and have had Sprint service forever.  I was on the phone a long time to make this happen, but I feel it was worth it.  Unfortunately, I still have the device.  I thought I had someone who wanted to buy it, but I haven't heard back in a while.  I need to list it on Craig's List, but that is one of my issues I have had for a while.  I have a lot of junk that I want to get rid of, but I just don't do it.  Someday I will sell my PS/2, my Wii, and maybe some collectibles.

Tuesday, I spent a lot of time in bed.  I was having kind of a bad day from a depression point of view.  I had a lot of things I felt I needed to do for the resume class and decided not to play games that night.  I didn't get nearly as much done as I wanted, but we have been through that.  Wednesday I went to fill out some paperwork at a temp agency so that I could get paid for some extra work I will be doing for a non-profit for whom I have been volunteering.  They wanted me to give a urine sample, so I had to get that done before I went home for my resume class.  I stopped at Wendy's for a bite to eat and then headed over.  I could not find the location and tried to call them.  Of course, there was no answer.  There was another location I had been given--and it had a similar name, so I called them to see if they could give me directions to the place nearby or any additional information I might need to go to their site.  Luckily they answered and got me to where I needed to go.  And then I went home for the class and followed up with D&D Encounters at my Friendly Local Game Store.

Of course, afterward, I went to a friends and played a game--A Game of Thrones LCG.  It is a "Living Card Game" which means they come out with new card sets every so often, but you buy the whole set at once instead of like "Collectible Card Games" where you buy packages of 11 or cards and hope to find a rare card in the mix that is worth some money.  Magic:The Gathering started the whole CCG thing if I am not mistaken.  Anyhow, the game was kind of interesting, but we only had two players so we didn't get to use the title figures or the board.  I ended up losing because my opponent was able to play a plot card that enabled him to go through his plots faster so that on the last round I was stuck with my one remaining plot and he had just refreshed his plot deck.  It was very close and had the stars aligned just right I could have won.

Thursday was spent all day practically volunteering.  I did some Christmas shopping for my sister, went home, and then went to a confession service at the church--I have not been to confession in over 25 years.  It went well, but I am not sure I feel forgiven--but then again my life has been on overdrive the last couple of days.  Friday was my trip to the psychologist and then I went looking for a coach's jacket for my sister to give to her boyfriend.  That was kind of a hopeless cause.  These jackets are no longer fashionable and I am not sure coaches even wear them any more.  I was unable to find one and then I was left rushing to get ready to meet some friends for dinner prior to going to the club.

A friend of mine had knee surgery Friday morning and somewhere in all this time she called and asked if I would stay with her overnight.  Because of the anesthesia she was not supposed to be alone for the first 24 hours.  Reluctantly, I agreed.  So while getting ready, I also had to pack a bag for the night.  She came to the club with other friends for the party and then I took her home after.  At the party she won the 19" LED flat screen TV they were giving away and she was so excited.  I didn't sleep well Friday night since it was a strange place and I was worried she would stop breathing and I wouldn't notice--it wasn't until I got to her house that she tells me the reason they want someone there is that death is one of the complications from anesthesia.  I must have had a weird look on my face because she kind of laughed and started teasing me.  Anyhow, she lived through the night and in the morning, she made some breakfast and we watched a little TV.  As we were leaving Friday night, she had muttered something about me hooking up the TV, so Saturday I told her I wanted to see the picture and we should set up.  So we did--of course, that meant moving the old TV to one of the bedrooms--where there was already a TV--and doing some shuffling of other things.  All I can say is that even without high def service, the picture is really good.  While I was reconnecting the TV in the bedroom, the light went out.  I thought I had blown a fuse, but turns out the bulb was separating.  I went to unscrew the bulb and the glass part moved but the metal base did not.  I got some pliers and went to remove the metal base and she got kind of nervous and made me promise I wouldn't electrocute myself--I wondered if she understood I was thinking similar thoughts the night before.  We watched some more TV and talked about some things, which was all good and I finally left with enough time to go home, clean up a little and get to some other friends' house for games--usually Settlers of Catan with most of the expansions.

I enjoy Settlers, but honestly I play it an awful lot these days. Anyway I got there a little late and they already had six players, so they had already started a game.  I sat one the sidelines giving advice and quoting rules--I am very much a rules lawyer, but I try not to be too obnoxious--I evidently failed by interrupting one of the other players when he was trying to explain certain rules.  Once they finished there were 8 people so we broke off into 2 groups with one group playing Settlers of Catan and the other playing Dominion.  I played Dominion with two other guys--one of whom had played Dominion a couple of times and one who had never played.  The games were good and I won the first game, but lost all the rest.  I managed to leave at a decent time since I knew I had a busy day on Sunday.

I got home Saturday night and tried to go straight to bed, but it didn't work and I didn't get to sleep until around 2:00 PM.  I had planned to go to church prior to playing games, but spent too long with my injured friend.  When the alarm went off Sunday morning, I just couldn't get out of bed and I was supposed to make pierogie at my friends' up north.  When I finally got up, there was a message to buy some kolache before I came to their house.  I ended getting there about a half hour late.  It wasn't a problem though, I still helped make some 300 pierogie before the end of the day.  I enjoyed it, but it was very tiring.  I stayed for dinner, but came home shortly after--which is unusual for me, but I was tired.  I got home and was ready for bed at 8:00 PM.  I got ready for bed and did some stuff on the computer until about 10:00 PM when my battery ran out and I was so tired I was having trouble keeping my eyes open.  I was asleep shortly after.

I woke up this morning around 6:00 AM and instead of getting up and embracing the day, I turned over and slept a little while longer.  When I couldn't sleep anymore, I watched a little TV and kind of zoned out--again not getting up and embracing the day.  I didn't get out of bed until my resume class.  After that, I finally got in touch with the people to close down the corporation--and the news didn't seem that good.  I am thinking I am going to have to hired a certified valuation professional.  I am never going to get this done.  I really want the corporation closed this year, but now I am not sure it is going to happen.