Discovering (on Facebook of all places) that your cousin died.  The same cousin you used to hang around with as a kid.

The same cousin who grew up to be a Las Vegas Roofies manufacturer, seller and drug addict.

Who is five years younger than you.

I have 28 cousins (no really, 28), many of whom are a good piece older than I am.  Yet this is the first ( Read more... )

Tomorrow:

• Pick up ferrets - 9:00
• Work - noon
• Pick up Brambleberry order (Foster/Pulaski)
• Electric Blanket
• Drop off Quilt

Overall, I'm disappointed with NCISLA tonight.  That was a *hella* convoluted plot and the pay off... far too easy.

After the last two premieres, I expected *so* much more.

Okay, I need to do my annual bitch about my blockparty. Which, fuddy-duddy that it makes me, I can't stand because the organizers are so fucking inconsiderate of those who, you know, LIVE on this block.

I need to bitch about Cricut not mentioning *anywhere* that you have to be on Mac OS 10.6 to make the software work right (Though I saw someone ( Read more... )

I have not gotten *nearly* enough done today. I did get that one soap order done. And the bath bomb order (not the mega order to end all orders, but thankfully they did want lavender chill pills so I could just pull 8 out of the MOTEAOs.) And the other soap order for the UK done. And the big soap order just needs the last set pulled out of the ( Read more... )

• Walmart - yeah, I know.  Walmart.  But until someone with slightly better ethics does crayons for a quarter and markers for $.88 and no limits....  Teachers gotta teach.  And also, I have known for a long time that if your freezer is full of stuff, it takes less energy to run.  However, I have not been eating a lot of crap frozen food, and until ( Read more... )

Still left to do:

• Finish packing clothes - check list on iPad
• Pack up electronics (burn DVD, find little remote)
• Pack Holden's Soaps
• Run dishwasher
• Dump ferret box
• Take trash out
• Put soap in fridge/freezer (Yay, not having to AC my house during a stupid hot part of the summer, but I think, truly that my soap could melt if I don't take steps ( Read more... )

So at like 6:45 in the morning I'm making my coffee and for no good reason at all it occurs to me that I'll probably have to teach irony next year.

I kind of dread teaching irony.  It's *hard* for kids to wrap their brains around.  They usually can't quite grasp the difference between irony, a surprise and something that's just a bummer.

That last ( Read more... )

Helpful information to know: Last week THE WHOLE WORLD ran out of my allergy medicine in 24 hour formula.  I got 12 hour formula that I never ever remember to take in the morning.  This has not been a problem in a week ( Read more... )

Guess whose randomass fever-chills-body aches crud thing is back again?  Guess who doesn't have paid sick leave days this year?  Guess who can't afford the hit of being out for a whole day?

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