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i think- i hope- i am experiencing the storm before the calm. my upstairs neighbors and their MIL and two screaming kids are monopolizing the stairwell. why are these kids screaming at the tops of their lungs (in distress, not happy screams)? they are going to china for a month, this month, and i really truly hope that they are on their way to the ( Read more... )

yeah, it's winter. that means it's time to bitch about the neighbors again. in the summer, i pretty much only have a problem with their kids screaming at insane decibels and since the windows and back door are open, everything sounds like it's actually in my head ( Read more... )

i don't even really mind shoveling slush. I DO, HOWEVER, MIND SHOVELING FROZEN ROCKS LEFT BY THE SNOW PLOW AT THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY THAT PEOPLE HAVE DRIVEN OVER.

seriously, it makes me want to cut a bitch.

today. walked dogs (short loop - 1 mile). went to work. came home. ate lunch. finished priming the blue (soon to be orange) room. put tape up. walked the dogs (long loop - 2 miles - i power walked and it took 40 mins!!). did the dishes. fed the pigs. currently eating dinner (leftover lo mein, yay) and the dogs are very much enjoying a couple of big ( Read more... )

i'm gonna take charlie swimming ( Read more... )

the day before yesterday, a couple approached us in the park and introduced themselves (they didn't give their names though, now that i think about it). they've moved into the building next door and they have 2 largish mutts, one of which is shy/DA. maggie had to bark at them, but quieted quickly and i fed her through it ( Read more... )

i was woken up before sunrise by a nightmare in which a lady i didn't recognize was yelling at me via webcam. prior to that, in the dream, was a lot of stress surrounding catching a flight. my stress dreams always involve airport. i love flying and i don't find it stressful at all, but i always have pre-travel anxiety about missing my flight (which ( Read more... )

i took bec to REI to get shoes today. it was a successful mission (including her waking up readily at a reasonable hour and getting out of the house by the specified time), complete with a nice 2 mile walk outside in the sunshine. i also got my honey a watch to replace the one he lost ( Read more... )

yesterday morning jef walked the dogs with me because he had a day off. after we crossed the bridge (where we usually part ways), there were 3 offleash dogs, one of which was a pup. i walked with jef and charlie, taking maggie down by the riverside where she'd be too distracted to freak out and after we were past, i handed maggie's leash to jef and ( Read more... )