For values of relaxing that do not approach relaxing asymptotically, or otherwise :|

At 11.30 tomorrow morning, i have another open house. I planned PLENTY of time to do the cleaning, also timed so that the vacuuming would not be a pain for the downstairs neighbours on a Sunday morning.

At 7 pm tonight, the belt on my vacuum broke. I have spare ( Read more... )

I tried to bet various people that it would start to rain as soon as i left work ( Read more... )

Is there some sort of special hell for drinking 3 Philosopher's from a Chimay glass ( Read more... )

It only took 2 weeks, and i'm afraid i don't have a true "before" photo.  But this all started a few years ago when some foster cats dumped their water dish repeatedly, and i didn't notice. I thought they were thirsty :|

So the damaged plaster (PLASTER, not drywall.  Damn you charismatic 100 year old New England house! ;)) had to be excavated, ( Read more... )

Just to prove i'm not totally lazy, and that i have been accomplishing stuff, here is a summary of the past month or so.

During the week of scholar's spring break (15-22 March approximately) he visited.  That first Saturday was the ENWorld Boston Gameday, and it rocked :)  Can not say enough good things about that crowd, but for details just go to ( Read more... )

Monday at 5.00 am i got up, so i could fly home from Washington DC.  I did not, however, go to work.  I went home and started a badly needed week off.  Have i been lounging on the beach?  Hiking in New Hampshire?  (Damn.  Wish i'd thought of that before now.)  Enjoying the great out doors?

Nope.  I've been in my house tearing stuff apart.  And ( Read more... )

There come points in your life when you realise you have passed from one stage to the next, without realising it. The point when i realised i was no longer an impoverished grad student, but in fact a decent wage-earning adult was when my biking gloves were hole-y and impossible to clean, and i spent the $15 on a new pair really without thinking ( Read more... )

So i did my damn taxes.  That's 2 hours of my life i'll never get back.  Okay, i got off light.  I'm just whining because i can :D ( Read more... )