Wow. That is TOTALLY awesome.

JZ, all my digits are crossed for you (except the 2 that I'm using to type).

sumi, did you see your birthday wishes from yester-evening?

On this season of The Amazing Race, there is a team of dating goths

The Boy referred to them as "punk-rockers," and I had to correct him. When he disagreed, I busted out the Lady of the Manners trump card.

The Mall of America is having a big three day appliance/computer/anything you plug in recycling event this weekend.

Humor blogger/writer James Lileks has a short video entry up on Minnesota Buzz. [link]

Worth a look.

Well, I got vampires on Supernatural. (But I knew that was happening.)

My friend M. sent me a signed copy of Tim Gunn's book and when I spoke to her she told me she's expecting - so I got to hear some good news. Always nice.

Now, if only I could have slept for 5 or 6 more hours.

Hooray for the good interview yesterday and crossed fingers for today, JZ!

Good luck, JZ!

I have been calling pest control companies to come and get rid of the crickets. I have no idea what an exterminator costs, and none of the companies will tell me. Does the hivemind know how many hundreds of dollars this will cost me?

In other news, we have our Thanksgiving here today. I'm calling it "Practice Thanksgiving" and have already warned the Director not to expect anything from me at the Dept Heads meeting this afternoon.

We had exterminators in for roaches and it was $75 for a one-time and $125 if we wanted them to come back every 3 months for some unspecified period.

We have cave crickets in the basement, too, but since all we do there is store stuff and do laundry, they don't worry me too much.

Last night, combined with monthly hormones, I wanted to have a good cry over Koogie, but I couldn't bring myself to because Hubby was there. For some reason, I don't want to let myself become too emotional around him, because he'll want to be all comforting and clingy, and the idea of it drives me nuts. I just want to pull myself into a cave with my stuff and blubber in peace to myself. IE, I want him to go away for a while.

{{connie}} It's not ideal, but how about in the shower? No one knows you're crying with the water running.

We have cave crickets in the basement, too, but since all we do there is store stuff and do laundry, they don't worry me too much.

Ours has a rec-room and an office/bedroom, in addition to the 2nd bath and laundry room, so we'll be down there. And by that I mean I'm a big coward about bugs and don't want to share the space, nor would I feel comfortable sending houseguests down there to sleep.

{{connie}} It's not ideal, but how about in the shower?

Or go to a cemetary. People expect you to cry there.