► Overall I think I've handled having a cat pretty well, given my obsessive compulsive disorder. That said, I really could do without Stormy's occasionally kicking or dropping poop outside of his litter box.

► This morning I received a phone call from my disability pension caseworker. She had gone over my receipts I brought in last week and ( Read more... )

► Just before 6:00am the power flipped off for a moment before coming back on. When this happened there was an audible "pop" sound. Deana was in the front room watching a DVD and she heard it too, on the other end of the apartment. Neither of us could tell which direction it came in, or whether it from inside the apartment or outside. I checked ( Read more... )

► Dad's been after me to clear out the back hallway (off of my bedroom, it leads to the back stairwell), almost since we moved in. I have a lot of boxes lining the walls that are filled with junk. I wasn't able to put the boxes in the storage room or my closet so they've just sat out there in the hall. Over time I've also taken to dumping empty ( Read more... )

► Dad gets back from Italy in two days. Phewww.

► From chat regarding The Avett Brothers' January Wedding:Derek: listening to the lyrics... it's a song about a guy who's fiance is dying, right?
Clare: no?
Clare: i don't think so?
Derek: well I won't say anymore :-)
Derek: it IS a beautiful song
Clare: my god, i hope not. i like that song. ( Read more... )

► Oh how they get you with those hidden fees! We got our gas bill yesterday and Dean showed it to me. According to the bill we used $18 worth of natural gas, but our bill has increased from $50 to $80 because of raised and additional "service fees". The price of needing to live in a modern society I guess ( Read more... )

► Dean definitely seems a lot better today, and I am glad for that. I guess the test will be whether or not she finally goes to work tomorrow. God, I hope so ( Read more... )

► Dean's home from the hospital. She was released late in the afternoon and Dad picked her up and drove her home. She's still very groggy but seems much more lucid. Apparently she had no idea how often she called me while she was at the hospital ( Read more... )

► I think it might take me a couple of days to readjust to the conditions here in the apartment. I spent the past 4 days wearing a sweater in the very cold central-air-conditioned house. Suddenly going back to my warm and humid apartment seems to have me feeling sluggish and drowsy. I got a full night's sleep and woke up at a surprisingly ( Read more... )

► And with that, I'm back. The four days house sitting for my brother and sister-in-law went by faster than I expected. I managed to watch 22 movies while there, 15 of which were from my unwatched DVDs (a couple were double feature DVDs, in all I had 13 DVDs to finally put into my proper collection ( Read more... )

► It's been a hell of a fortnight. I think it's safe to say I'll be spending June trying not to spend money, and paying off my credit card. Cause despite all this recent excess, I'm technically considered poor.

► If I seemed particularly bitchy in my last journal, it's because today had been a bit trying. Last night I could barely manage any ( Read more... )