It's too early to say if my knees are up to anything serious, but thanks to edda's inspiration, I hopped on the treadmill and pounded out the first workout of the Couch to 5k plan. My really bad knee was sore, but never did the sharp OMG STOP IMMEDIATELY pain, so maybe I am on the mend. Drove back to the housesitting place w/ the ice pack on my knee, ( Read more... )

About a half hour ago, the ventilation clunked off and the fire alarm started going off in our building. This happens far too frequently. Something's wonky w/ the electrical system or the condenser or somesuch, and it overloads. We all dragged ourselves out to the library plaza and waited for someone to tell us we could go back into the building ( Read more... )

In about 5 hours, I'm driving over Amanda's to drive her to Tucson Orthopedic for knee reconstruction surgery. Thanks to the evil genius of my friends and my boss, I've got all sorts of interesting pranks to pull on my poor, vicodin-addled friend. muahahahaha. I'll be hanging out with her for the next couple of days - playing nursemaid, keeping ( Read more... )

Right around 9pm, this hurricane-like thing descended upon my house. Wind was whistling under the doors, rain was lashing the windows, the palm trees outside were whipping, and my cat slunk into the bathroom in mortal terror ( Read more... )

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I've been plagued with a headache since about midnight last night. It is Not Fun. I thought I had advil with me, but it's apparently at home. ARgh ( Read more... )

A few months ago, my trusty old behemoth, the Fujitsu, started crashing. I'd be going along just fine when *BAM*, Blue Screen of Death. This started just before November, so you can imagine my dismay. NaNoWriMo without a laptop? Augh ( Read more... )

Tomorrow at oh-dark-thirty, I'm flying out of here. Thanks to the wackiness that is the airline routing system, I'm bouncing through Atlanta to get to Moline, IL. Ugh. Nothing like overshooting your destination by a few states  :P ( Read more... )

I keep my caffeine and lunch in the fridge downstairs so I'll get up and move around during the day. I just ran down to get a drink and was nearly bowled over in the stairwell. It REEKS of pot smoke. Not just a trace, or a "huh, did I just imagine it?", but full on reek ( Read more... )

Posting some goals for the week to keep myself honest ( Read more... )