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Mixed feelings about the election Tuesday -- I was cautiously hopeful after Obama won, but finding out proposition 8 passed in California sort of deflated my sails quite a bit. Bah.
In any case, this week I don't think I did much of note. Well, other than voting and passing the 1000 mile landmark. Halloween pretty much didn't happen, not that I expected it to, but mild disappointment ensued from me turning on my outdoor light for nothing.
There's a mouse in my house. Possibly more than one. I spotted it late one night in my living room, and I'm pretty sure now it's hiding out in my kitchen somewhere. I think I have to kill it. The scrabbling noises late at night are annoying enough, but I don't know how long it will be before it gets into my food... if it hasn't already. Not too happy about it though -- although I generally find it necessary for my mental health to defend my humble abode from tiny invaders, I don't like having to kill something for being in the wrong place... just because my apartment is more comfy than in the snowdrifts outside.
And that's another thing. I'm not really ready for evidence of winter quite yet. OK, I'm never that fond of winter, but I still say it's too early for 8 inches of snow. It's not the cold (I don't even think my heater has turned on yet, although my thermostat is set to some ridiculously low temperature), it's the grey blahiness of winter. And worrying if my car will start. So far, so good, but there was a slightly nervous moment on Tuesday night when I wasn't sure if I'd be biking to work in the snow.
Add to that several grocery shopping trips that turned disappointing due to stores being out of the things I was looking for, and it's kind of felt like I'm being swarmed by petty annoyances. Oh, and I need to get some drain cleaner.
About the only really happy things to happen this week were watching the end of Maison Ikkoku on Sunday and going out to dinner on Tuesday. Oh well, take pleasure in small comforts... or is it take comfort in small pleasures? Either way, those two things saved this week from being a total downer. Hopefully I can turn things around this next week...
In any case, this week I don't think I did much of note. Well, other than voting and passing the 1000 mile landmark. Halloween pretty much didn't happen, not that I expected it to, but mild disappointment ensued from me turning on my outdoor light for nothing.
There's a mouse in my house. Possibly more than one. I spotted it late one night in my living room, and I'm pretty sure now it's hiding out in my kitchen somewhere. I think I have to kill it. The scrabbling noises late at night are annoying enough, but I don't know how long it will be before it gets into my food... if it hasn't already. Not too happy about it though -- although I generally find it necessary for my mental health to defend my humble abode from tiny invaders, I don't like having to kill something for being in the wrong place... just because my apartment is more comfy than in the snowdrifts outside.
And that's another thing. I'm not really ready for evidence of winter quite yet. OK, I'm never that fond of winter, but I still say it's too early for 8 inches of snow. It's not the cold (I don't even think my heater has turned on yet, although my thermostat is set to some ridiculously low temperature), it's the grey blahiness of winter. And worrying if my car will start. So far, so good, but there was a slightly nervous moment on Tuesday night when I wasn't sure if I'd be biking to work in the snow.
Add to that several grocery shopping trips that turned disappointing due to stores being out of the things I was looking for, and it's kind of felt like I'm being swarmed by petty annoyances. Oh, and I need to get some drain cleaner.
About the only really happy things to happen this week were watching the end of Maison Ikkoku on Sunday and going out to dinner on Tuesday. Oh well, take pleasure in small comforts... or is it take comfort in small pleasures? Either way, those two things saved this week from being a total downer. Hopefully I can turn things around this next week...