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.

Good luck, JZ!

Connie, can you just say "honey, I just gotta let the waterworks go. Can you give me some space? I know you want to comfort me, and I love that about you. But I just need to be by myself."

Dunno. That might be worse. Not sure.

ION... Sssssshhhhh. Tonight I'm shooting pool with Cute Graphics Girl. We'll see if anything comes of it. Wish me luck(& anti-shyness).

Aimee- Em is awesome! What happened with your estimator? Was there any indication he was unhappy?

JZ- Yay for good interviews! I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you.

Nora- I forgot what I was going to say to you.

connie- I'm so sorry for your loss, and I agree with Sparky. The shower is my favorite place to cry.

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

I can' read anything that man writes anymore.

Nora- I forgot what I was going to say to you.

That I'm pretty and have shiny hair?