I suspect everyone was in the store today, getting their shopping done, so they could enjoy the spring-like weather that we're supposed to have tomorrow. Everyone's all ready for spring, and here I am feeling like the first day of winter was just yesterday. The problem with spring is, that means summer is coming, and that means mosquitoes, hot, ( Read more... )

Quiet day of housework and trying to write today (and having a bit too much fun with carpe_ho_ras, the multi-fandom craziness RPG I've recently joined: you might have Tolkien elves chattering with Japanese death gods or characters from "The Scarlet Pimpernel" rubbing elbows with characters from George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire"). But yesterday, I ( Read more... )

Or, Why I Need a Laptop or a Blackberry ( Read more... )

I've mentioned that we usually go to Mass at a parish which has the pre-Vatican II Mass in Latin, plus the young pastor has revived a lot of the older traditions, such as sprinkling the congregation with holy water before Mass begins. Well, today, I was right in the line of fire during said sprinkling and I got a liberal shower over my head ( ( Read more... )

Okay, got that off my chest, and now I can focus on other things, like ( Read more... )

Inventory last night: They did this differently than they have in previous years. Instead of having all of us gather in the back room and get our assigned aisle there, we had our assignments listed on a sheet near the time clock and when we punched in, we had to head right to our assigned aisles. Except I somehow wasn't on the list, so I had to ( Read more... )