Happy Fourth. We were going to grill and have friends over, but friends' plans got altered and ended up sending late regrets. Kevin and I have spent the day together in the air conditioned bedroom, watching TV with headphones on. I tried to walk Charlie earlier but it was still too hot; now I've forgotten to walk him for the day. I am not good at ( Read more... )

Kevin and I have been giving out cookies this week, and those we've mailed have been reaching their destinations, so the stories have begun. People are hiding these cookies from their families, eating huge quantities of them in place of a meal. It makes me queasy to think of it. What evil do we cause, innocently, with our butter and love ( Read more... )

On Saturday I went back to the co-op where I'd interviewed for a job in the meat department. I don't think I got the job, because no one ever called me. I chatted very briefly with the meat department manager as he weighed out a pound of the sausage he'd bragged on at the interview: they make it in-house. I took home some turkey sausage stuffed ( Read more... )

I've spent the last two days at work in a meeting that promises to last at least another half day. That conference room is sucking the life out of me. I battled most of the day to stay awake. I felt like I never fully woke up properly because I didn't get a shower before work. For some reason, that seems to be the deal-breaker in whether I ever ( Read more... )