1. chillin in my mother's kitchen, doing some work. It's 9.50. She and the baby are both in bed and I'm drinking a beer while I work.

2. Have to make a birthday cake for tomorrow. I am too unsentimental about my baby's first birthday. She doesn't care - why should I?

3. Bought lots of new underwear today, which always makes me happy.

1. Shitty week at work last week
2. Not really shitty, but draining week at work this week
3. Company we are building our house through just folded. Don't know what's going to happen.

(Could this day GO any slower???)

1. Due to a myriad of factors, I will probably live at my current address for at least two years.
2. Whatever bug I had last week that was dragging me down and inducing constant nausea seems to have passed.
3. The apartment management is making a maintenance sweep this week looking for undeclared pet owners. After that, we are getting a cat.

1. Feeling more awake today than I have for weeks. Don't know why.

2. Rereading "Gaudy Night" (D L Sayers) for the umpteenth time, which always makes me happy.

3. Related to 1., am finding I now have the spare brain capacity to think about (fairly trivial) future plans, which I realise I haven't done for a while.

OMG gaspode.. she may not *care* now but gods help you if you don't have photographic evidence of doing something for the future. You don't want scenes of "You didn't even give me a proper first Birthday!!! I'm worthless to you!!" when she hits 15.

oh yeah points...

1. Fuck I'm tired.

2. Things gone back to civil after totally messed up weekend.

3. Even though it got deleted I was really touched by HuronBob's mefi FPP about my photos.

1. Safely back in town after holiday travel.
2. Having trouble eating -- makes my stomach hurt. I think it's an emotional stressy thing.
3. More travel this weekend, to beautiful Matinicus Island, where I will sit and stare at the ocean and attempt to come to terms with myself.

1. Not too pumped to be back at work after a less-than-ideal Friday, but at least it's a four day week.

2. Special Tuesday Chicago Meetup tonight. Didn't really think it through, and Tuesdays are not good days for these for me, but I still plan on showing up, even if it's a little bit later than usual.

3. Party at our place this coming weekend, and we forgot to do any cleaning this past weekend. Whoops.

OMG gaspode.. she may not *care* now but gods help you if you don't have photographic evidence of doing something for the future. You don't want scenes of "You didn't even give me a proper first Birthday!!! I'm worthless to you!!" when she hits 15

Nah, she won't care about that; she'll be too busy bugging you about a Sweet 16 party. Which you better give her, or she'll be mad about it forever (Mom!!!!).

1. Recruiter meeting today I'd really rather skip; I've already met someone at this office.
2. Church office stuff after that. Looking for bids on lightning rods.
3. Babysitting after that. My lil' buddy!

1. The other day at church, they announced the 90th birthday of a beloved parishioner. I greeted him warmly. After the service, my mother said to me, a 40-year-old, loudly, in front of everyone else, DID YOU REMEMBER TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO --?" Does it ever end?

2. Getting ready to visit Las Vegas this weekend. First time ever. Woo-hoo!

3. I keep having these days where I feel like I'm the only one who's normal, and everyone else is crazy.

1. I am a brunette for the first time in about twenty years. Nobody has made any comment at work. Emo, a whole new look for fall?

2. Nice rainy day.

3. First day of school, start rehearsals tonight, mercury in retrograde.

1. Back in PA after a weekend in CA. Jet Lagged.

2. Need to get the neighborhood website updated for the upcoming house tours.

3. The park that I walk through on my way to work has been taken over by the NFL and EA for a concert on Thursday by Tim McGraw and the Black Eyed Peas. They've got all kinds of trucks and trailers and scaffolding set up.

1. I got a bill yesterday from my ISP indicating that I owe them lotsa cash that needs to be paid before the 12th. a) it's the first bill I've ever received. b) I have tried multiple times to pay and have been unable to. I think I finally got it straightened out after over an hour being passed from person to person.

2. I am holding up my skirt today with two binder clips. I seem to have lost weight. Awesome. Now i need to buy clothes that fit.

3. Long weekend=short week! Woohoo!

1. Four day work week- and next week, vacation! We're taking my mom up to the mountains for several days. (The three of us have taken trips together before, and we travel well.)

2. The bosses are watching our current project today, and I'm sitting here waiting my turn. Looks like it'll be a couple of hours yet, at least. This screening will determine whether the rest of my week will be okay, or hellish. *fingers crossed*

3. I need a haircut but blew off getting one this weekend. Now thanks to the humidity I have Wolverine hair, plus bald spot.

1. omg, wtf is wrong with me? in the last month i've done nothing but crave pepper. i kid you not, i actually used 8 - EIGHT packets of pepper on my bagel this morning - EIGHT!!! i am pretty sure i am not pregnant.

2. went to see 'district 9' last night mostly to please the husband. pretty good movie and i'm still traumatized because honestly, i wasn't rooting for 'the good guy.' i can't take even a hint of horror unless it has vincent price in it.

3. i have things to read, just nothing i want to read at the moment and also i farted.

1. I think I may be getting sick. I've started to get my preliminary sick symptoms (the gums at the bottom rear side of my jaw hurt, those under-chin glands are tender, and my throat is juuuust barely starting to hurt). Next up, if I'm really getting sick: masssive nose-running and coughing. Ugh. Of course, this could all just be due to the fact that I ate Chinese food at my parents' house last night in some attempt at socializing and not wanting to just punch my brother in the face for being a racist bigoted asshole.

2. The boss left early today and since I've worked alone for the past 2 days (since I came in yesterday only to hear that someone cancelled the courier service but didn't tell me or the people working at the main library) and so I haven't done anything productive. Of course, I still have very little in the way of ideas on how to fix my goddamn film map to make it all searchable and high-tech, so I guess it doesn't really matter.

3. I'm just generally feeling bitter, cranky, and mopey. I think I could stand to just curl up in bed and sleep for the next few weeks. Of course, this is all due to a fucking perfect storm of just feeling a wee bit sick, ending a pill pack, and just general brain chemistry being a fuckface. Ugh. I seriously just took a day off last week, I should not feel this shitty this soon.

1. We had Blackberry put down on Saturday. God it was hard. He could not get up, and was peeing on the towel we had him on, and that really upset him. The vet was going to come, then she wasn't, and we finally had to take him to a local vet who had seem him once and they were very very compassionate, reasonable, and professional. Daughter cried and cried. . .I did too. Now he's wherever cat souls go, getting them all whipped into shape.

2. I finally have a slide scanner, and spent a lot of yesterday going through old slides, including a lot of trips to Mexico. Very time-consuming, but sort of fun. Some of the ones I thought were great are not so much, on further viewing but there are some nice ones in there.

3. Started The Onion Girl by de Lint. I had never heard of him before but it's a whole world to dive into, or not. I am on the fence whether I finish it or not. It's fine, but it takes maybe more concentration than I have right now.

1. Wearing a new shirt I bought yesterday, maybe someone will notice later. When I wear new things I am more motivated to go out, but I have no plans tonight. Maybe I can make some.

2. Long weekend was mostly nice but I've been in a funk since coming back from camp (actually, probably for much longer than that now that I think about it) and although my favorite friend from Boston was visiting, I couldn't fully enjoy it.

3. The bunny was very cute this morning and has taken to sleeping next to me on my pillow so I can pet him when I wake up. It was hard to leave home today and I wish I was back there.

1. Back at school.
2. Woke up this morning with a raised red ring in the exact spot I removed a tick last week.
3. Just got back from the doc's. I have Lyme disease, which I figured. This is the earliest they said they've ever caught it, they said they've never seen a rash that small (since I came in only three hours after it first appeared).

1. still looking for work, finding nothing.
2. behind in rent, stressed as anything.
3. get to start DV Counselor training this Thursday, so I don't feel like a complete failure.

Egad sperose, that is so close to how I feel these days that we might be twins.

I'm sorry about your cat, danf.

(((Dan))), I'm so sorry for your loss.

1. The mister and I saw District 9 on Sunday. Not sure who the good guys were, but we were definitely rooting for the aliens. Very good flick, not for the weak of stomach.

2. Enjoying playing WoW again; can't wait for the new expansion pack. Human hunters FTW!

3. Having a horrible period (first one since January, doc appt. is Friday). I wish menopause would hurry the fuck up already.

(I remember having to put down a cat when I was younger. Not fun. Sorry about your loss, Dan.)

1.) Very glad to hear that Jan has started dating again.

2.) Had serious carbohydrate cravings after Sunday's lifting session, which I satisfied with a huge bowl of pasta. It was the first time I'd eaten such a carb-heavy meal in a long damn time.

3.) Started a blog about my dissatisfaction with the online life and my decision to return to my book-larnin' roots and make a reader of myself. The plan is that a public declaration of my goals and a declared commitment to providing frequent updates on my progress will keep me on the straight and narrow. The blog is More Pages, Fewer Screens and you all are more than welcome to visit. Come on down!

Follow-up status update:

1. Should've blown off the meeting. Apparently she tried to cancel via e-mail, but I never got it. "Oh, my Blackberry is acting weird, maybe I should get it checked out." YEA MAYBE YOU SHOULD DO THAT.
2. Church was lovely. Got started on the lightning rod bids, and had tea and grilled cheese with the Sewing Ladies. I love those old broads.
3. Off to hang with my lil' buddy in a few minutes! Curious George time, yaaaay.

a. I bounce between stress about work/life/everything to DO NOT CARE. Feel like I should hold up a big L against my face at all times.
and back.
b. Been a long time since I was just plain happy with how things were at the moment.
c. bleh.

*hugs danf* EEEE CitrusFreak!!! I saw a documentary about people with chronic Lyme a few months ago and it really unnerved me.


Super just looked at the toilet and said it might be the wax ring causing the leak.
Have messed up my sleep schedule.
Need to get more work done in kitchen.

1) Husband lost job last week. I am still consulting for $12 an hour.
2) We, subsequently, cannot buy the house we were scheduled to close on this week and will be living out of my parents RV come September 24.
3) I can't stop crying.

1) I just ate my first honeycrisp of the season. The early honeycrisps are firmer and tarter then they get later in the season and also not as large. Especially the organic ones (which this was) which never get so huge.

Frankly after that, nothing else seems worth updating. Honeycrisps!

I'm sorry to hear about your cat, danf. :(

Danf, my condolences, LP, I am really sorry to hear about the job/house loss. I am at a loss for words.

((danf)) ((LT))

That really, really sucks and blows, Luminous. The mister and I survived in an RV for five years with similar job problems. If I can help with anything, please don't hesitate to email me.

Oh, and an update to mine three points:

The mister and I just picked, cleaned and depitted about 25 pounds of plums. They're in the freezer in freezer bags and will sometime in the near future be made into plum jam.

1. First day back to work. Students arrive tomorrow. Schedule's not as bad as I feared. I have mostly 10th graders this year, with one honor's class. I can live with that. (My stinkin', rot-in-hell, I mean, lovely Assistant Principal stole my AP class. It's a fuck lot of work, though, which I don't think she realizes. Serves her right. But at least the kids still get to take AP. Ah, well. Less work for me.)

2. My goal of working less hard this year is off to a bad start. I stayed two fucking hours longer than I had to today, moving books and trying to piece together the beginnings of not one but three different curricul"a" (google makes me look smarter than I am). It's always nice to get your schedule with all different classes the day before you start teaching. At least it wasn't the morning of.

3. Watching tennis. Serena's looking good. I'm a big Clijster's fan, too, though, so I'm torn. It's a tennis orgy this time of year.

(Happy Birthday little tadpode! No worries... There's no photographic evidence of me before age four, and I'm fine (more or less). And on my sweet 16, I had mono. We had to freeze the cake, which I think I've mentioned before. I'm getting deja vu.)

((So sorry about your kitty, dan. : (

(((deb, that sounds like what I've had a couple times, a long time without a period and then a gusher. Apparently, if you don't happen to ovulate for awhile, the lining builds up and then finally collapses, and you can get a seemingly endless and heavy period. I bled for three weeks once. (Sorry to be gross, folks.) I mention it because one doctor I went to didn't seem to know what was going on and wanted to order all these tests while I was still bleeding like the proverbial pig, while the next doctor gave me some progesterone -- five tiny pills, one per day -- and presto, it stopped like a faucet. Came back with wicked cramps after, but then stopped normally after a few days, and I had regular periods for years after that. I'm tellin' ya, if that's what's goin' on with you, a little progesterone really does the trick. I'm not a doctor, of course, but I've run into two doctors who knoew what to do and two that seemingly didn't, so I thought I'd mention it. Not that you might not still need some tests, but at least you can get the bleeding stopped first. Hope ya feel better -- you might wanna check your iron level, too, by the by. I got quite anemic from the whole thing.)))

((((Envious Mel... Go to the buffet at the Wynn. It's soooo good. The Sunday Bellagio one's great, too. I wanna go back to Vegas. Meh.))))

(((Luminous))) what a change-up to deal with. Good luck.

1. Did 23.5 miles with the bike club today. Need to pace myself, & carb-load before I start, I think.

2. Visited another care facility that might be a choice for my dad. Brand new building, but maybe too "open" for someone with his dementia. Still, I am thinking it might be a beneficial environment.

3. Fry the cat always wants to be taken back next door to my apartment while I hang out for dinner & TV and such at my mom's, but then he starts whining right about now. Make up you rmind, cat!