Is it for tonight?

Nope. Tuesday morning.

yup.

I really dislike that woman. That's just... the nicest thing I can possibly come up with right now. Yeah... Me no likey. She's evil.

Ok, I need to leave the house. I'm running on fumes at this point, but I think the nicotine cravings will win this fight. After that I just need to figure out how to get out of a bbq later today. Hmmm.

eta: vw, I will hold onto my It'll Be Fine ~ma until Tuesday, then. Wheee!

ensalada rusa

ooh what's this??

I am home working...well, I'm trying to work. This document is PAINFUL plus it's gorgeous outside. So, I'm going to leave in a bit and go hang out at the pool. But that means I'll have a ton to do tomorrow.

My fun thing for today was learning that I'm going to have to get a new furnace before the winter! Home ownership is sometimes not the best thing ever. and I have to figure out do I convert to gas now? Or what? Of course the salesguy from my oil company says that's a bad idea but what else would he say?

I knew it was bound to happen eventually. The furnace I have is ancient. Probably as old or older than me. And it's been really inefficient. feh

Nope. Tuesday morning.

Coffee?

Good luck on your date, vw.

Sorry to hear about the furnace, lisah.

Glad you're having so much fun on your vacation, Laga.

Sorry about the frustrating MIL(ish), sj.

Gronk. I really have to shift my sleeping patterns back to school hours this week. I need to be in bed by midnight and up by 8:00 the first part of the week and work my way back to asleep by 10 and up by 5:45 by a week from Monday. I also need to go into school and figure out what the heck I'm doing. Every summer I completely forget how to teach and feel like I have to do a crash course the week before school starts. It would be funny if it didn't cause panic and anxiety dreams every. single. summer. Blah. Bad brain, no cookie.

I mean, I love teaching, and I'm entering into my (gulp) second decade of it. This is absurd.

Yay date!

Boo bad furnace!

Ugh on frustrating parental units.

{{All the teachers}} I appreciate you so very much and can't wait to dump my boys on you get my boys back to the thrilling learning environment. School starts for us 7:25am Wednesday. I don't even know their schedules yet. I'll have to swing by the schools on Tuesday and get the scoop.

My fun thing for today was learning that I'm going to have to get a new furnace before the winter! Home ownership is sometimes not the best thing ever.

Oof, lisah. Yeah, I'd easily agree that owning is not a bed of roses at times.

Made it out of the house for a trip to PetSmart and SuperTarget. Oh, and the cig store. Yay! I was hoping that being productive would get rid of my headache. NSM.

Ensalada Rusa means "Russian Salad" but it's from Spain. It's sometimes called Ensaladilla. I'm making mine with boiled red potaotes, mayo, peas, carrots, roasted red peppers, hard boiled eggs and tuna.

Fernet in a cut crystal apertif glass (from the first class cabin of Singapore Air) backed by Reed's Ginger Brew on ice is so far my favorite cocktail of vacation.

Home from the zoo. Our team ended up painting the animal hospital. Now, this is at the Oakland Zoo. The "animal hospital" is a small set of three tiny rooms, one for x-rays, one for surgery, and one for examinations. Tiny. Low tech. Tiny. Sad. Tiny. But now with a fresh coat of paint.

Yay for good deeds done, Suzi. Did you get to see the animals, as well?