I also think my dad just likes disconcerting people by announcing gleefully "Look! It's nursing!" when it is recharging (its little light pulses.)

My god, I must be the laziest lazy person in Slothville. This is a symptom of depression, isn't it? This not being able to move even to do things you want to do? I'm pretty sure it is.

It seems fairly simple to deduce that my purchase of a Roomba should therefore be tax-deductible.

Though I'd honestly prefer an apartment with hardwood floors.

Weirdly rare here, given how plentiful they were in, say, Montreal. I figured carpets made more sense in cold weather places, but there must be something else I'm missing.

there are sprays you can use on mattresses and other surfaces that kill the mites or some sucha nd then you vaccuum them out

I may have to use those on my many cushions. Not sure I have a vacuum cleaner powerful enough to suck mites out of my futon mattresses. I like them for their density.

Weirdly rare here, given how plentiful they were in, say, Montreal.

I periodically get distracted by the great variations (some seemingly illogical) in housing stock in various geographic locations. It's fascinating. Climate, demand, history, boom/bust cycles, keeping up with the Joneses and the intersection of that with tech...

I still want a 20s-ish vintage, adobe-styled-after-um-I-dunno cottage house like in the older parts of my hometown. Wood floors, lots of arched doorways, neat wall niches, tin roof.

Zen -- yeah, that's one of the bigger depression signs. There's a test online in a couple of places, the Burns Depression Checklist that gives you some simple questions to evaluate how you're really feeling. There's an online checklist here:

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That scale ranks me as moderately depressed.

Which reminds me, I should vacuum the living room too.

X-post made me blink...

Heh. Now I want to start using "Great lamp!" as an interjection all over the place. "Great lamp, what knockers!"

Not being able to do things you want to do sounds like something to investigate and hopefully make better, Zen, whatever it signifies.

Hope the banishment of the mites helps, ita.

Deemed allergic. May be contributing to migraines.

Would this be a good time to bring up my "I think it's something in your apartment causing the migraines" theory again? 'Cuz I do.

I really should vacuum everyday, especially during molting season. I don't, but I should.

ita, do you have a HEPA filter for your bedroom? Like the Ionic Breeze dealie? (Note: I am not endorsing or dissing the Ionic Breeze, as I have never used it.) It seems that a freestanding HEPA filter contraption would get dust/mites out of the air fairly well.

Just got back from my dad's for the holiday dinner. Even though I told my stepmom about the whole losing weight/dieting/exercise thing, she still gave me the humongo easter egg (with more chocolate inside of it, I'm sure) she bought for each of us kids. She told me to freeze it, but Dad had already told me to accept it from her with my thanks, but then bring it into work tomorrow. I left it in the car for overnight, so I'm not tempted to crack it open. Good thing is that my cubicle is right next to the aisle's printer, so I'm just going to set up the egg right in front of the printer with a stack of napkins and let the temps go to town.