Legal Geek: I keep refreshing links waiting for someone to summarize the oral arguments from the Heller case this a.m. at the Supreme Court. Latest word is that the arguments probably won't end for another 15 minutes or so.

Legal Geek: I keep refreshing links waiting for someone to summarize the oral arguments from the Heller case this a.m. at the Supreme Court. Latest word is that the arguments probably won't end for another 15 minutes or so.

I had to turn off the radio this morning because that case makes me so mad!

Connie's World, or, How fast can one go through several thousand dollars of Social Security settlement?

All the credit cards are gone, paid off, out of here. I can answer the phone with impunity now, and odds are it won't be ringing nearly as much. Yay.

But, damn, my husband can shop. If anyone is monitoring our bank account and computer usage, it looks like we're about to ship off in the middle of the night for a secret South American location or something--spare clips for his no-longer-produced German Lugar, bids on PropertyRoom.com for seized gems and jewelry (which we lost, thank heaven for residual frugality), the practice at the shooting range, the new .22 pistol--I expect ATF to show up when we start putting together the trip to Vegas. Hopefully the X-Files Ultimate Collection and the Firefly/Serenity purchase I made from Amazone will convince any observers that we're not putting together something clandestine.

The vast majority of the money has gone to ancient bills that have haunted us. The rest of the purchases are going towards Hubby's feelings that he's Done Me Wrong all these years. I was on the phone with him when he was going through PropertyRoom.Com (where police departments etc. put their seized property, the collection is amazing), and he was saying, "Do you want a diamond watch? What about those ruby earrings?" Fortunately he has a self-imposed limit of $50 on stuff like that.

I tried to tell him last night that I much preferred cash in the bank to jewelry I'm never going to wear, but he looked me in the eye and said, "I've never been able to give you the things you deserve, I'm making up for lost time." How the heck do you tell a man, "No, you may not be the man you've longed to be for ten years and show your wife how much you appreciate her"?

I wish I could claim it's frugality and not massive distrust of fate that makes me leery of the spending", but I'm more than capable of frittering money away. It's the chutzpah of putting a couple of hundred dollars at a time down for something that makes me twitch. I love that he wants to get me stuff, but a diamond watch is not really something that fits into my lifestyle.

Aimee, could you e-mail your paper to my profile address? I'd be interested in reading it when I get home.

Gronk. We are headed home today. I wonder if I can fit my nephews in my luggage?

Ye gods, I can't spell or read today. Thanks for correcting me there.

Oh ye gods, too, I am so sorry! I wasn't meaning to correct you, it's just after my research paper, it got to be second-hand typing it! Sorry if that came off asshole-ish.

Aimee, could you e-mail your paper to my profile address? I'd be interested in reading it when I get home.

Absolutely. It'll have to wait til I get home - I don't have it at work like I thought I did.

Sorry if that came off asshole-ish.

Not at all! I didn't mean to imply that you were - seriously, my brain is mush right now, so I need all the help I can get. What with the plague and all.

I didn't mean to imply that you were

You didn't imply - I inferred.

And together, we're one big ball of silly!!

My mom wants some vibes...she's looking to trade in her truck(for another truck) I'd be worried about autism, but I wouldn't want the germs coming back either.

Turns out? I'm salaried. Didn't know that until last Friday. I get the satisfaction of a job well done.

I don't know any CFOs who are hourly.

And, your boss is exploiting your loyalty and I really hate him. This bullshit is only going to end when you quit. Did you ever get the raise or the medical benefits that he promised you?

Vibes for new truck!!!

Well, looks like Em missed pre-school again. Not sure why and I'm trying really hard not be pissed off since it's free babysitting, but it's starting to overwhelm me.

I think I need to go vent my spleen on lj.

Or get drunk.

One of those.