Holding Pattern

This morning I ventured out into the world to do a couple of things.
I got in my car at 10:06.
I was home again by 10:29.
I don’t know whether that speaks to the efficiency with which I conduct my affairs, or to the pathetic emptiness of my life.
Whatever the case may be, I really didn’t have much to do.
First I had to stop at the bank to pick up the copies of the statements and cancelled checks that I had requested (more on that in a bit), then I had to hit the grocery store to pick up a few things.
(While I was waiting for her to finish ringing me up, the cashier decided that she also needed to pick up a few things…from her nose.  She wasn’t especially discreet about it either, and, in fact, was standing there rolling the results between her thumb and forefinger.  Fortunately everything I bought was packaged.)
Once I got home I went through the statements and cancelled checks and found the check that I wrote last year to pay off the one remaining debt that was outstanding on my credit report.
I knew I had paid the debt off, but I wanted to be sure that I had some ammunition before I called the collection agency to request that they send me a letter to that effect.
So, having the check number and the date, I gave them a call.
Turns out that I didn’t actually need any ammunition:  their records showed that it was paid in full.
*Sigh*
Now I have to wait for them to send me the letter, adding further delay to the process, a delay that could have been avoided if I’d just called them.
Beyond that, my bank charged me a $20 “research fee” for getting me the copies that I didn’t actually need.
In any case, that puts me in what the finance guy called a “holding pattern” as we wait for me to get him a copy of the letter so that we can move forward on the loan.
So that’s where things stand on that front.
Beyond that, I spent most of the day drawing and reading.
And that was about it.
Yesterday was a total nothing day, which is why I didn’t post an entry.
Here’s what happened on Monday:

My dentist’s office called to tell me that my appointment for January 2nd needed to be rescheduled, as they aren’t going to be open then.
I called my mom.
I walked over to Safeway and bought some food for lunch and dinner.
I took a nap.
I worked on a picture for hours before deciding to scrap it and draw something else.

That was the whole day.
Of course, excepting the “development” in the loan process, and the walk I went on, today wasn’t much more eventful.
Which is why this is the end of this entry.