So Erich and I dragged every last piece of dirty laundry over to the laundromat last night-- we had to put the seats down in the back of the Jeep to get it to fit. Laundry of Biblical proportions, I tell ya. Seriously. The only people who should have this much laundry to do at once are people with umpteen children.
It came to sixteen loads. Thank Goddess for the Uber washer. :) Five loads at once? Yeah... all the colored clothes? Get yer azzes in there.
We also had two sets of king sized sheets and the plethora of towels for the house. By the time I finished folding towels, Erich was vastly amused. Granted, they were on a table-- but the stack was taller than my head.
Total quarter cost for this little adventure ran somewhere in the high $20.00 range. Gah.
But it's DONE. Thank Goddess.
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Rejoice, Florida, for today is the last official day of hurricane season...
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Colley's checkup went okay. He gained two pounds in the last year (he's at 12.5 pounds-- pretty small for a Norwegian, but still perfectly healthy weight for a male cat), and has a healthier heartrate than he did last year. I'm guessing both of these are due to romping with Gus, now that he's got a similarly-sized and strengthed buddy.
He DOES have serious inflamation on his teeth from gingivitis and the starting signs of periodontal (sp?) disease. This was no surprise to me-- they warned me of this possibility last year, so I was mentally preparing for it. So in the next few months, we have to bring him back to get his teeth cleaned and possibly get a tooth or two extracted if it's really bad. Poor baby. He was blessed with good looks, but he lost three milk teeth before age two. He wasn't blessed with good teeth. It's not a cheap procedure, however-- somewhere between $275 and $550. *sigh*
(I'm seeing this happen around April when I get my bonus from work).
Otherwise, he was just fine.
And I'll see them for Round Two (aka Gus) in late December.
Yay for me. Can I skip work today? *whimpers*
30 November 2004
29 November 2004
Holidaze and all that Jazz
Hope everyone else had a nice Thanksgiving. Mine was nice and quiet-- Erich and I visited his dad up in New Hampshire for the day and had a quiet three-person dinner. With a 14 pound turkey. Heh. Needless to say, lotsa leftovers. I'm going to be getting creative with turkey salad this week. What I couldn't believe was how WARM it was on Thanksgiving. It was in the low 60's in New Hampshire. In late November. Really. WTF?
On Friday I got up bright and early with Erich and went into the city. I had a relaxing morning sitting at the Red Cross with an IV in my arm for platelet donation, getting a free movie pass, t-shirt, and got to watch Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind for the first time. It was surprisingly good. I'm not a Carrey fan at all, but found it a great movie. Funny and touching just where it should have been, with a very true (albeit painful) message behind it. It also was the first time I perfectly timed my pay-per-view movie there. Usually I pick a movie that's either too short or too long and grumble a bit at missing the end of something (or have nothing to watch... 'cause you can't move your arms while you're in the chair). If you want to know how long it takes to literally be in the chair for donation of platelets? Exactly the length of that movie. Very weird. But the donation went fine. My blood pressure was the highest I've ever seen it, however... so I'm going to keep an eye on that when I go again next month. If it's still high, I'll call my doctor to get checked out. I'm well aware, being in the obese category of body weight, that I need to be really careful about the high blood pressure thing. Also well aware that with no family medical history available to me, if I have concerns, I should get them checked.
After the donation, I met up with Erich since his office is only a short walk across Chinatown. We grabbed sushi at Ginza for lunch (yummy!) and I headed home, hoping to have a quiet afternoon at the apartment by myself to putter. But as I got off the highway in Randolph, Jason called-- and was only about five minutes behind me on Rt. 24. He'd driven back up from Staten Island to be home for Erich's game on Saturday. So no quiet time. But I was oddly tired (not related to the donation) and really didn't get anything done anyway. Played lots and lots of Sims 2. I have families with three generations now. I feel proud. Heh.
On Saturday, we headed to Tone's for Erich's D&D game. Our poor group got transported to the Barrens of Doom and Despair. But we managed to survive (yay!) and now owe the God of Vengeance some time as indentured servants. I wasn't in the mood to play on the way over, but by the evening I got into it a bit.
Yesterday was penpal haven for me-- getting tons of letters and cards done. I got a few swaps caught up and need to do some more this week so I don't have people on yahoogroups shooting me. They probably already are. *shrug* The weather was sucktastic all day yesterday, I have to say. I made kielbasa and sauerkraut (babci recipe... yummy!) over mashed potatoes for dinner. I rarely cook, so it's noteworthy. :)
Tonight's laundry night from hell-- we're loading up the Jeep and taking it all to the mat. Between the LAN party and busy weekends, plus sheets and towels, there's easily 12 loads here between Erich and I. Quite possibly more, if you factor in towel and king-sized sheet bulk. This is why I love our neighborhood Pakistani laundromat. Because they have five-load washers for six bucks. :) AND even with all of that laundry to do, we'll have it done in 2.5 hours. Gotta love it. :) After that, I'll probably be online, so anyone who wants to drop an IM, feel free. I'm going to be cleaning out my vat of email and getting some stuff sent off that I need to do.
Off to work, since I need to leave at two to take Colley for his checkup.
On Friday I got up bright and early with Erich and went into the city. I had a relaxing morning sitting at the Red Cross with an IV in my arm for platelet donation, getting a free movie pass, t-shirt, and got to watch Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind for the first time. It was surprisingly good. I'm not a Carrey fan at all, but found it a great movie. Funny and touching just where it should have been, with a very true (albeit painful) message behind it. It also was the first time I perfectly timed my pay-per-view movie there. Usually I pick a movie that's either too short or too long and grumble a bit at missing the end of something (or have nothing to watch... 'cause you can't move your arms while you're in the chair). If you want to know how long it takes to literally be in the chair for donation of platelets? Exactly the length of that movie. Very weird. But the donation went fine. My blood pressure was the highest I've ever seen it, however... so I'm going to keep an eye on that when I go again next month. If it's still high, I'll call my doctor to get checked out. I'm well aware, being in the obese category of body weight, that I need to be really careful about the high blood pressure thing. Also well aware that with no family medical history available to me, if I have concerns, I should get them checked.
After the donation, I met up with Erich since his office is only a short walk across Chinatown. We grabbed sushi at Ginza for lunch (yummy!) and I headed home, hoping to have a quiet afternoon at the apartment by myself to putter. But as I got off the highway in Randolph, Jason called-- and was only about five minutes behind me on Rt. 24. He'd driven back up from Staten Island to be home for Erich's game on Saturday. So no quiet time. But I was oddly tired (not related to the donation) and really didn't get anything done anyway. Played lots and lots of Sims 2. I have families with three generations now. I feel proud. Heh.
On Saturday, we headed to Tone's for Erich's D&D game. Our poor group got transported to the Barrens of Doom and Despair. But we managed to survive (yay!) and now owe the God of Vengeance some time as indentured servants. I wasn't in the mood to play on the way over, but by the evening I got into it a bit.
Yesterday was penpal haven for me-- getting tons of letters and cards done. I got a few swaps caught up and need to do some more this week so I don't have people on yahoogroups shooting me. They probably already are. *shrug* The weather was sucktastic all day yesterday, I have to say. I made kielbasa and sauerkraut (babci recipe... yummy!) over mashed potatoes for dinner. I rarely cook, so it's noteworthy. :)
Tonight's laundry night from hell-- we're loading up the Jeep and taking it all to the mat. Between the LAN party and busy weekends, plus sheets and towels, there's easily 12 loads here between Erich and I. Quite possibly more, if you factor in towel and king-sized sheet bulk. This is why I love our neighborhood Pakistani laundromat. Because they have five-load washers for six bucks. :) AND even with all of that laundry to do, we'll have it done in 2.5 hours. Gotta love it. :) After that, I'll probably be online, so anyone who wants to drop an IM, feel free. I'm going to be cleaning out my vat of email and getting some stuff sent off that I need to do.
Off to work, since I need to leave at two to take Colley for his checkup.
16 November 2004
Yay!
I think I actually have everything working. Maybe... possibly. :)
The page doesn't work in Internet Explorer for Mac, but it does on Safari, and I'm sure it'll work better on the PC, where IE and other browsers are still supported.
Perhaps I can scoot stuff over here faster than I expected. Hmm...
I think I actually have everything working. Maybe... possibly. :)
The page doesn't work in Internet Explorer for Mac, but it does on Safari, and I'm sure it'll work better on the PC, where IE and other browsers are still supported.
Perhaps I can scoot stuff over here faster than I expected. Hmm...
15 November 2004
One of these days I'll learn not to get overloaded...
I am now officially 10,000 words behind on my NaNo novel. grrrrr.... the reality of 50,000 this year is slipping away, and I'm annoyed as hell, but as Erich discussed with me last night, the living situation right now doesn't exactly give me options to find quiet time to write. Plus I was so broke until this morning (yay for getting paid) that I didn't have the money to escape to Borders for quiet time, or to $tarbuck$ during my lunch hour.
And my schedule has been so busy that I really haven't had the energy to pursue the writing much in the last week. *sigh* Perhaps if my plot hadn't completely unwound itself, I'd be in better shape.
I'll keep plugging, though. The novel's going to take turns that I didn't expect-- hopefully one of these turns will get me back into a groove. A couple of really good writing days and some inspiration, and I still could make up that 10K this weekend during the LAN.
It frustrates me, though. And because I'm stubborn as hell, I'll fight to the end of November, and probably clunk this novel attempt with the two before it.
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I went up to campus yesterday afternoon to spend time with the Sisters and celebrate the First Degree for the new membership class. It's odd, because I honestly barely remember my first degree. I remember being confused and overwhelmed by the idea of becoming apledge membership candidate. I never thought I'd be sorority material.
I have to wonder if any of the Alpha Beta class members will relate ten years from now...
Anyway, had a great time chatting before Degree and during lunch. Looking forward to Second next month. And according to Slywinkle and Ariestar, I'm now "Aunty Klutz" since I'm not in any of the current membership lines, but am related to all of them. I mock protest, but actually am very amused by it. I really didn't intend to become THAT aunt... but life takes those turns, eh? :)
In other sorority-related news.... I finally got rid of the big ol' composite photo from 1994-1995, plus history stuff that's been in my storage area since 1996 (yay!). They're in the history room where they belong, and not sitting in the shed in Stoughton.
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Tonight starts the battle of The World's Largest Dungeon. We're one of four groups being put through the dungeon by the owner of our neighborhood gaming store. Four hour sessions (timed). We accomplish what we accomplish, and then get pulled out of the dungeon and put in limbo until we go in again next month.
I've seen this book (didn't look through it, since I knew I'd be playing it). It's farking HUGE.
Yes, I'm a geek. *grins proudly*
Okay... gotta get work done... more later.
And my schedule has been so busy that I really haven't had the energy to pursue the writing much in the last week. *sigh* Perhaps if my plot hadn't completely unwound itself, I'd be in better shape.
I'll keep plugging, though. The novel's going to take turns that I didn't expect-- hopefully one of these turns will get me back into a groove. A couple of really good writing days and some inspiration, and I still could make up that 10K this weekend during the LAN.
It frustrates me, though. And because I'm stubborn as hell, I'll fight to the end of November, and probably clunk this novel attempt with the two before it.
~~~~~~~~~
I went up to campus yesterday afternoon to spend time with the Sisters and celebrate the First Degree for the new membership class. It's odd, because I honestly barely remember my first degree. I remember being confused and overwhelmed by the idea of becoming a
I have to wonder if any of the Alpha Beta class members will relate ten years from now...
Anyway, had a great time chatting before Degree and during lunch. Looking forward to Second next month. And according to Slywinkle and Ariestar, I'm now "Aunty Klutz" since I'm not in any of the current membership lines, but am related to all of them. I mock protest, but actually am very amused by it. I really didn't intend to become THAT aunt... but life takes those turns, eh? :)
In other sorority-related news.... I finally got rid of the big ol' composite photo from 1994-1995, plus history stuff that's been in my storage area since 1996 (yay!). They're in the history room where they belong, and not sitting in the shed in Stoughton.
~~~~~~~~~
Tonight starts the battle of The World's Largest Dungeon. We're one of four groups being put through the dungeon by the owner of our neighborhood gaming store. Four hour sessions (timed). We accomplish what we accomplish, and then get pulled out of the dungeon and put in limbo until we go in again next month.
I've seen this book (didn't look through it, since I knew I'd be playing it). It's farking HUGE.
Yes, I'm a geek. *grins proudly*
Okay... gotta get work done... more later.
12 November 2004
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