So I am SLOWLY starting to feel more human, which is a good thing since I'm singing a brazillion songs in a week ( Read more... )

Sorry I've been gone all week. I got hit with a nasty sinus infection/laryngitis and have been fighting it since Monday morning. Have to go back to work on Monday (no more sick days, damnit) so I should be able to catch up then.

So, first and foremost, Happy Birthday to hfleming8. Darling Hez was my first true Partner in Crime in the HP universe, and I will NEVER be able to read HBP without thinking of her ( Read more... )

Car is fixed. Huzzah, no more angry squirrels in the wheels.

In a funk today. Not really sure why, but I think it might be partly because COG is stressed and moody. Contract is up, I think, tomorrow night, which means the strike (and lack of paycheck it will bring) looms every closer.

I'm reading Devil in the White City by Erik Larson and ( Read more... )

So I dropped my car off at the dealership for a routine oil change and to check on a squeak. Turns out I need 4 new rotors AND all new pads ( Read more... )

ronkaperplexous ROCKS MY SOCKS. Seriously, this is quite possibly one of the coolest things I've ever recieved.

*huggles the terrifying magenta dragon**

There's a huge thunderstorm brewing here in Chicago. I was actually watching the clouds swirl and churn out there on break. . . and while I don't think we'll actually get a tornado here in the loop, I can't help but be a bit wary. Growing up in the heart of Tornado Alley will do that to you ( Read more... )

So divinemum tagged me for the most recent meme circulating. She had laundry to avoid, I have phone calls to ignore. :-D

Once you have been tagged, you are supposed to write down 25/30 songs you cannot live without. You know, the ones you can listen to over and over and never get tired of. They don't have to be in any particular order. These are the ( Read more... )

I apologize, but this is the first chance I've had at ELJay since the last update really, so I haven't read anything from y'all in. . . a long time. Mea culpa ( Read more... )

Guess what I have sitting in my purse right now. . .

Why, I have a check. For $524.89. And an apology letter. From my old landlord.

15 months, umpteen phone calls and one nasty letter threatening a law suit later, and I think I am finally DONE.

HUZZAH!

I think I shall order a pizza to celebrate.