So I'm helping out with Beau's house, right? I finally worked up the ambition to clean up the porch--it's basically a greenhouse on a 90-degree day, no thank you. Broom, dustpan and trashbag in hand, I opened the door and stepped out. That's when I saw the BIGGEST FLYING/STINGING INSECT I have ever seen. It's like, seriously the length/wingspan ( Read more... )

I can't wait to buy groceries again. It has seriously been over a month since my last Fareway visit. Maybe that's where all my money has gone ( Read more... )

So this morning I awoke on my own--which doesn't happen very often. I tried to fall back asleep before my alarms would go off, but quickly decided just to get up anyway. My body felt heavy, and I reasoned it would probably be about 8am. It was 12:30 ( Read more... )

What a week[end ( Read more... )

I have once again learned the hard way that only bad things come from consuming large amounts of caffeine. You never notice the effects at first, but man ... right now I have a wicked case of nerves. On many levels ... the most trivial of which: I find myself depressed over my currently-hospitalized horse. She's not even sick or injured, just ( Read more... )

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I am home and safe. And bored! My pre-DC life was vastly different than my post-DC life, so I'm challenged a bit by that. Granted, there's plenty TO do. But laziness is so much easier to slip into. I suppose I'll go to my place and make sure it hasn't been conquered by ants and those dirty dishes I left in the sink ...

More than $250/night and my back has been sore every morning. Good thing we're not paying for this hotel. It is kind of cool, though. There are bellhops all over the place--at the door, in the lobby (accompanied by velvet furniture, mosaic floors and oil paintings), and operating the manual elevator--Pretty Woman-style. Also: a fully-stocked ( Read more... )

I am getting burnt out of school so fast, but luckily there are only 2.5 days left. Then I will depart Ames at 6:30 a.m. Sunday for DC. The trip will be a great way to celebrate being done with school, and I kind of planned it as such, but there's a major disadvantage: I'm trying to finish up my tracks for the record (before I'm gone for a week ( Read more... )

I died.