Woke up to...

• the fact that my meds are still determined not to let me sleep until my alarm goes off.  No one who doesn't work 3rd shift ever needs to see two 3:30s in a day.

• A former co-teacher and someone I thought of as a friend is under arrest for sexual assault.

• I'm losing half my prep time each week starting right after the state test in ( Read more... )

And I say that with all the love in the world ( Read more... )

• Woke up early to take the El to work.  Took the Red Line the ... I don't know 15 stops I need without incident and transfer to the Blue Line.  I only need the Blue line for like, 5 stops.  We get three stops in and the guy in the thing gets on the PA and says, "Oh and this is the last stop for this train.  Get off the train.  All of you.  Now.   ( Read more... )

• Went to Target to hit the sales today.  Store was moderately busy, but no one was a jackass.  Walked out with $50 in gifts for each NIP (which I've decided will become Niece/Nephew in Pre-school once Karen starts daycare :p), much half priced chocolate, some groceries and a set of really cute cookie cutters I can use for soap making (once I ( Read more... )

• My computer trackpad weirdness is solved by plugging in a mouse. I don't need to USE the mouse, but having it plugged in makes the trackpad work *right* which it hasn't been for the past week or so. Dad says I need to replace something called a p-list. He seems to think it's one of those 'self-sealing' computer amputations. You know, where ( Read more... )

Apparently some porn spammers hacked my "smallwaldo" email account ( Read more... )

• There was a "Ferret IQ" test online this morning. Gaia is apparently gifted. Kári is apparently brighter than average. Logi - no joke - is a TMH ferret. He scores in all kinds of odd places - like "learns 'tricks' on his own to get attention/treats", but doesn't do things like "sleeps in comfy places like your sock and/or underwear drawer." ( ( Read more... )

OMG ( Read more... )

I have several tasks of SERIOUSLY DO NOT WANT on the schedule for today ( Read more... )

This is my new acronym for dealing with "customer service". It means, "I Solved My Own (Fucking) Problem.) (I like the F being in there, but it's harder to pronounce that way). Eye-Smop, is much easier ( Read more... )