well, the stove doesn't work. woke up last wednesday and click-click-click nuthin. no gas, no ignition. gas people say it's the stove. GE thinks they know the part, but it'll take a week to get the part in. (Seriously? what century is this? where is this part coming from, the stone age ( Read more... )

move accomplished, mostly as planned ( Read more... )

More boxes have been acquired. 19 hours to lift off. Almost everything is already packed, except for the food and a bunch o' dishes.

hard to concentrate on work when we're so close. too bad my lunch hour wasn't long enough to justify a trip home with the boxes. even packing one might have settled me down. i'll just have to wait a few hours, i

last night's packing was insanely productive, but i feel pretty beat up this morning. exhausted and achy, but also headachey and sinusy. not good. the wrist (lately suffering tendonitis, as a result of competitive knitting) is holding up ok, at least ( Read more... )

About 68 hours to the move. Well, the start of it. I've got Wednesday-Thursday-Friday nights to finish things off. Dr Turtle asked me last night if i was worried. i'm not so much worried as not-thoroughly planned, yet. I'm a lister without lists. It's tragic ( Read more... )

at the behest of otterkinlong weekend, ahoy. and what am i doing with it ( Read more... )

Am getting ready to leave (in the morning) for three days in lovely Athens, GA, followed by a return home and then three days in lovely Tampa, FL. All for work, sadly. I'll be back next Thursday. Long time to be away (altho I'll be home Saturday night - Sunday noon ( Read more... )

haven't seen this one before - from otterkin:
( A manyness of fairly trivial questions )

no, i haven't watched monday's episode of House, MD yet. Thanks for (not) asking.

GAH.

i'm sitting on my bed, finishing up work*, and my kitten is curled up next to my leg napping. she's been here for a while. it's so nice when she's sweet like this ( Read more... )