The weekend was different because the stupid downstairs a/c died sometime late Friday afternoon, and no one noticed until we were sitting down to dinner and thinking "Gee it's kinda warm in here". Normally it wouldn't matter by the first week of November, but summer has continued to chug along in the south with highs over 80°. We've had precisely ( Read more... )

Saturday was Silent Book Club, so after making breakfast I got in the shower right away. I went to the grocery store, came back and and put away the groceries and cleaned up the kitchen, then went back out for book club. (I'm currently reading The Sympathizer and keep being surprised by how good it is, then reminding myself that it won a Pulitzer ( Read more... )

I finally decided to stop fucking around and buy the "Redrum" caftan from Lauren of Palm Springs:

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We're still under a boil water advisory, and we somehow went through all the water I bought in less than 2 days. Boil water advisories can last for days or even weeks, because the provider has to keep sending the water to the Dept. of Health for testing to make very sure it's safe to drink. That means they have to get the replacement equipment (and ( Read more... )

The only thing surprising about any of this is that he’s alive to see it. That’s the real bet they all made, isn’t it? It will come. But not until we’re gone.Woof, this was a heavy book to read right at the start of hurricane season. It takes place in Florida in the near future, when climate change tips over into something that can no longer be ( Read more... )

Saturday I made breakfast, then went to CVS and the gas station. Then I went to Michael's, because I've been using my white paint pen a lot and those tend to run out kind of abruptly so I wanted a backup. Then I just decided to buy an entire 48-set of paint pens because they had one for about $20 and fuck it, that's a good deal. Then I went to ( Read more... )

Saturday was one of the busier Saturdays I've had in a while. I looked at everything and decided I simply did not have time for Silent Book Club; David also wanted me to buy catfish that was on sale at Rouse's for dinner, and shopping after SBC ended at 4:00 would have put me home kind of late for that. Anyway, deciding I just couldn't do it made ( Read more... )

It's starting to get hot but I'm trying not to take too much notice of it. To people complaining about the heat in Louisiana when it technically isn't even summer for another month I can only say, it's going to get worse before it gets worse.

Saturday I had every type of stupid annoying errand since I wasn't here last weekend. I did manage to ( Read more... )

I'm on vacation next week, which will culminate with the Texas road trip. I don't have a ton of plans for the rest of the week, except I probably want to go to the record store in Rayne with the weird hours. They're only open Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, so I only get to go if I'm not working on one of those days. I have kind of vague ideas ( Read more... )

Saturday I actually didn't have a lot to do, in addition to being limited to what I could do because I couldn't drive across Lafayette. I didn't have any prescriptions to pick up for once. I made breakfast for myself and the 'rents, and had a little bit more of a relaxed morning than I usually do on Saturday. I went to Michael's and the grocery ( Read more... )