► God, what a rough night and morning. I was jittery and exhausted all night but didn't finally start drifting off to sleep until around 5:30am, only to be awoken by a sudden bang at 6:00am. I spun over in bed and flicked my desk lap on to find Storm sitting atop of my night table, some items knocked over, including my previously full glass of ( Read more... )

► My anxiety is starting to get more overwhelming the closer I get to Friday. I really do not want to leave the apartment this week, although I should go to the electric company and the pension offices and just get that over with. I could try fitting everything into next Friday, but that'll just turn it into an even bigger hassle since I have a ( Read more... )

► No notices from the landlord regarding my having a cat so far. Granted it's only been one day. It's going to take several weeks or a few months before I start relaxing and stop expecting trouble ( Read more... )

► So yeah, it turns out that the television Dad picked up yesterday was the right one after all. We went to Sears early this afternoon and found out that the specifications card in the display for the TV was actually for a 42" television, and that they don't have any 32" TVs with 1080p. So it's the right television, and despite only having 720p ( Read more... )

► Stormy has been increasingly difficult this week, which has been hard for me to deal with. For the first two months I've had him the big issues have been him climbing window screens and climbing and perching up on top of bookcases and kitchen cabinets. Now it's suddenly shredding things ( Read more... )

► This has been a surprisingly busy week for me, and as such I've let several days slip by without updating. The gist of the week is that Dad and Clare finally moved into their new condo last week after 3 years of construction (there are still unfinished details in their unit). Dad had me go over on Sunday because of problems with his television ( Read more... )

► For the past few days I've had an unusual sore throat. Normally a sore throat means itchy and scratchy pain, but this time I don't have that. Instead the pain feels more like a crushing pain, as if someone is digging their fingers into the sides of my windpipe. I haven't been able to tell if this is a physical pain caused by eating something ( Read more... )

► Are we no longer getting mail? It certainly seems that way. We haven't received any mail since last Wednesday, not a single junk flyer. Earlier this afternoon I happened to glance out the front window and saw the mailman across the street walking away from our end of the street (our building is at a dead end). I went down and checked the ( Read more... )

► **sigh** Dean was only able to pick up 3 things from my grocery list today, one of which was the wrong thing (Texas style white bread instead of Texas style whole wheat). She said she's going out for more groceries tomorrow so she should be able to get the rest of the stuff. Except for Harry and the Hendersons. She couldn't find the DVD at ( Read more... )

► I was supposed to go out with Dad tomorrow for our weekly "get Derek out of the apartment and pick up groceries" get together. Dad called me earlier this evening and said he was going to be going to my grandmother's early in the morning and paint the front deck at her house, and would pick me up in the afternoon. I said that was fine ( Read more... )