Hee. Except I might type like a cat.

Elizabethan

Shiny. I wondered where the name came from.

My plans for housework are a bust. My new programmer just arrived from his drive from Iowa and I need to drive him around town, stake out potential apartments, and so forth. But yay for new helping hands come Monday.

The weather is fantastic today. A cool front came through yesterday. I think it will be park time when I get home today.

I got some housework done yesterday, I cleaned up the living room and the kitchen as well as cooking dinner, going to the grocery store, bathing the kids, and putting them in bed. Unfortunately, the kitchen faucet broke last night (really broke, the metal on the handle sheared off). So, come to think of it, it will be plumbing time rather than park time. Oh well.

Same for here. It was only 60 degrees when I walked out the door this morning (with a high of 76 today). WTF?! It was 94 degrees three days ago! I want my warm weather back!

Hey, another anti-me! 76 is heaven. 94 is hell. It's supposed to be 85 today, so not quite hell, but hellish. Purgatory, maybe. I might have to seek out AC this afternoon despite the difficulties of Annabel-wrangling with a sore shoulder outside of our more or less childproof environment.

Mmmm....nectarines. I prefer nectarines over peaches because I don't like the fuzz on peaches and I am too lazy to peel them. I also love a good, ripe plum. Underripe, NSM, because they can be sour.

vw, laundry at dawn? Wow, you are amazing.

I'm with sumi and Gud over the wonderfulness of the weather. Nice cool streak hit town last night and I actually turned off my air for the first time in a long time. It was lovely.

tommyrot, now I'm wondering how many cats it would take to eventually type the word 'human'.

And AFAICT all the resting and serious drugs I threw at my shoulder yesterday did no good at all. I'ma call my PT and see if they can fit me in today instead of tomorrow. I wish I knew WTF was up with me and back pain this year. I didn't have these problems when I was pregnant. I'm overweight, but not obese, and my weight has held steady for years. I live in front of a computer, but that's been the case for 15 years or so now. And I'm only 34. Something's gotta give.

I did some laundry last night, but didn't finish up with the folding, so now a bunch of clothes are quietly wrinkling in a basket downstairs, possibly becoming a nest for the cats. I don't think the dog has any interest in laundry once it's clean.

I prefer nectarines to peaches because of the fuzz factor. I love a good plum, but it's hard to tell if they're gonna be good before you bite into them, unfortunately. My favorite is probably apricots, hot off the tree, torn in half and eaten from the inside out. Yum.

Eddie, I don't think throwing more cats at the keyboard is going to help their accuracy.

I hope you find out what the deal is, Susan, and something to do about it. Random pains are no good.

Susan, FWIW, I've NEVER had any back problems before in my life. Ever since O was about 6 months, I've had constantly nagging lower back and hip pain. I'm hoping it will go away when I'm not dragging a toddler or baby around. Of course that means another couple of years for me.

I think I know why humans are more fertile when they're in their teens and 20's.

Yay! PT has an opening at 10:45.

If I'm ever a rich bestselling author, one of my minions will be a personal physical therapist.

Anyway, I hope if I can just lose weight and get in shape, this stuff will improve. And I'm working on that, albeit very gradually, since every time I try to change my entire lifestyle at once I burn out within days. It would also help to have a better, more ergonomic work space, which I can't do anything about now, but if I get a job in the next few months, a better desk for the home office is high on my list of things to buy.