I watched "It's Complicated", a fun movie. John Krasinski nailed his part.

TheDonF and I are watching Maury while we're waiting for Specklet to wake up.

I wish I didn't have hundreds of miles to drive today, but I want to get home, so . . . . what woman has done, woman can do.

I'm home, watching dr who, cat purring on my lap. It's sad how quickly a holiday retreats.

Back to work tomorrow. Sigh.

Sitting in my (mostly) dark apartment. The first movement of Beethoven's 9th came up on iTunes, which is wonderful. Contemplating dinner.

I don't much feel like getting out of bed.

Wondering why sleep is such a battleground.

Watching the French Open. Later will watch what Jon calls my "Talking Heads" (Meet the Press, et al). Then more French Open. Laundry (I get the clothes together and put them away and Jon takes them to the laundromat, bless his dirty socks.) I really should do the dishes in the sink rather than just add more soap. School year almost over! I already turned the calendar to June. Want to spend money, need to save money. Satisfied craving by making a list of wants. Midnight buffet... I am very spoiled.

I went to the premier of It's Complicated. There was a party at MoMa. That was even more complicated.

Am I going to a drag brunch what? I guess I am .

Why do I have so many pairs of white socks all subtly different from each other?

Also, starting a new experimental project in lab when all you've done before has been computational: stressful. Doing that while also moving the same week: insanely stressful.

I just poured boiling water over a bunch of weeds to see if that would kill them. We cannot use traditional weed killer, because our stupid/awesome dog would just eat it and get sick. Then I would have weeds AND a pukey dog, and no one deserves both. Not even me.

msali, if you use some Roundup and let it dry before letting the dog out, I doubt that it would make your dog sick, even if it ate the weeds.

Once it dries, it's toxic basically to foliage.

Thanks for the tip, danf, but this year (and probably only this year), we made the pledge to do everything organically in our yard/garden. It's meant a lot of extra work, which may or may not be worth it. My husband and I took a four week intensive course on organic gardening in the springtime, and we were pumped about going full monty. Now that summer has set in for reals, and the weeds and ivy threaten to choke out everything else, I may start regretting that decision.

My hand is stained by beets, i planted another roma tomato plant, my sungolds weren't the tomato that died so I'll have two of those, i made pasta salad yesterday, my carrots look gorgeous, I'm buying wheat straw today, i need a plumber BADLY for a number of little things, I want to put up my bird feeder for once and for all, I bought a couple of DVDs at Big Lots yesterday, I'm gaining weight. I exercised today, and Got. Things. Done. Which is excellent for my mental health. Speaking of which, a new "band aid" medicine has helped tons and quickly! with my recent depression. Mosquito Dunks are the best thing evar to get rid of mosquito larva (and they're bacterial pesticides, msali! you, too, can use them). Um, I saw the fox again last night, I have a house wren (so teensy!), and I think the towhees decided not to nest near the house again. It's hot but there's been enough rain. I need a nail brush. I rather despise those rubber bracelets with words on them, and yet I'm wearing one. Ever since the fella came, I've been spending way too much money and eating too much. I could use a housekeeper, but I don't have that level of income.

Stream Of Consciousness at its best.

My scanner will cost just as much to fix as it will to get a new one. !@#$^@!. In the interests of saving the planet, I just might go ahead and fix it.

Heat instills gut motility.

msali - have y'all considered giving the goat patrol a go?

caterpillars

Lots of rain followed by hot sunny weather is making for great garden harvests.

I feel antsy still like I am wasting time whatever it is that I am doing. I have mushrooms to cook but I don't know what I want to do with them.

Sitting on the side porch looking at the roses in the garden, drinking a beer, listening to music on my Droid and browsing the web until the battery dies. Nice.

My back is itchy from sunburn. I gardened today - got rid of all the weeds and still have to mow. Wish my teenage boys were less grouchy about mowing..they get fed on a regular basis, why gripe about helping out? Yeah, I know, they're teens.

Almost blew myself up with propane when the grill attachment did not ... attach. Woo! Propane fireball!

redvixen. .you are a redhead, by genetics. . please don't get sunburned. Take care of yourself, OK?

Stream of consciousness:
looked at a good apartment today, excellent place, slightly dodgy area, of course. Still, I think it shakes down on the positive side... baby was a trooper, getting carted around the city all day... went for dinner at our local pub and she charmed the other customers and then when we got home she went to bed without a peep, which was a change. working now, and drinking wine... husband watching "Night Must Fall" and I am watching it out of the corner of my eye while I am indexing. We just started watching "Deadwood" and are enjoying it very much.

caterpillars

Just bought a sunhat. Big, floppy, eccentric sunhat, because the dermatologist put the fear in me. Had first swim of the season Saturday night. I am a person of paleness, yet I love summer!