mac is now locked with his uncle in a battle of wills. he is just not letting it go today.

I have done the touch up work on 90% of my bedroom walls and the all of the alcove hallway. I am giving it 2 hours to dry, then will do the trim touch-ups. Tomorrow I will move furniture back in my bedroom and start on the touch-ups somewhere else I think. Hate this so much.

oh, and the uncle has won, mac is doing some reading.

the uncle has won

Why is this not surprising?

Go uncle! Pity he can't come back to Texas too, but then again, it's good to have family to visit in NY.

My kids are doing the stay in the house thing too. I'm about to go make hot cocoa for everybody. Wish I had some whipped cream.

Well, I'm happy to say that I've finished the last of the post-flea bomb clean-up. This was certainly an exhausting week; but, on the upside, my possessions probably can no longer kill me.

I'm watching the tsunami on NYT's site right now: [link] (scroll down to the CBS affiliate).

It's WILD to watch the brown water recede in waikiki.

ETA and then to watch it come back in within a few minutes. WHOA. Wild.

I'm dogsitting for my FWB, which is basically just taking him for his walk tonight and tomorrow morning and putting food in his bowl.

I feel odd having a key to his place, and I'm unsure why. Something ingrained about the importance of keys.

Whenever someone hands me the keys and care of their children/home/animals, I always feel all warm and fuzzy, like a little kid "helping" to make cookies.

Look ma! I'm competent! People trust me to not light their houses on fire, steal their shit, or kill their families!

megan, wait, what? How did you get infested?

How did you get infested?

This is an excellent question. My neighbors on both sides have cats, so maybe it was that?

At least the first time back in Maryland, it was because I moved into an infested place. The fact that it happened again just made me want to cry, which is why I haven't mentioned it.

megan, damn that sucks! About 20 years ago I had a bunch of cats and a flea problem and it was awful (they would get into my black socks that I wore as a waitress and I would be scratching my ankles for my entire shift!).

I poison my dogs on a monthly basis with either Advantage or Frontline so that I never have a flea problem again. Totes worth it. I am sorry your place got infested.

Yeah, there is something wrong about never owning pets and getting fleas twice. I'm hoping it was minor and that this is the end of it.

On the upside, my apartment is super clean now. Luckily, my couch is entirely washable since it is actually slip covers and not upholstered.