 And most of us replace that final O with an A, fixin' to. As my mom would say, I'm fixin' to vacuum in there so y'all don't get too comfortable. Fixin' to is about three things. Intentionality, something we intend to do, which is why so little gets done in many homes. We're always fixin' to and not fixin'. Congress has the same problem. Always fixin' to fix something, but not fixin' it.