Ack, Mal!

Congrats, Hil!

Aww, Mal, feel better!

I also had a productivity lapse, as I took a bath (necessary! and I am dressed now!) but then lolled around on the bed for a while and cried because the SO reminded me to feed the dog while he was gone and I took it as a condemnation of my fitness as a dog owner and thus human being. Which he so was not saying, poor thing, but he's awesome and hugged me and talked me down, and I read a few chapters of The Good Earth, and now I'm back!

Okay. So linens laundering, and for once I did things in the right order and dusted the fanblades above the bed *before* laundering the bedlinens. And I need to check how long the pork loin roast needs to be in the oven and then I think it's time to head up in the attic to install the final storage panel and move some empty boxes up there.

Mal. Don't do that.

I brainstormed, packed a backpack, switched the laundry all around, and now by all that is holy I am leaving the damn house. Frankie's coming with, so he'll get a nice long walk. I think I might get dinner out as a reward for being so productive, especially since I'll be hungry in an hour or so.

Mal. Don't abuse your human servant.

Mal, Harvey would like to recommend walking on your human servant's hair as a means of asserting your authority - it does less permanent damage.

Was at a fandom friend's wedding this weekend. It was truly beautiful. Victorian gothic theme, with one of the most gorgeous wedding cakes I've ever seen, and her dress was incredible. And someone kept bringing me double vodkas.

Wishing mental health to all non-human companions of Buffistas. (I'm fairly sure Hamish had social anxiety disorder. And I think she was nearly blind, but that's quite possibly normal for very small hamsters.)

Isn't Hamish a boy's name? Large, redheaded Scotsmen's name?

Generally, it is. We have odd pet names. Our previous hamster was named after a seaside town in Yorkshire. If we get a cat or dog, which we are thinking about doing (if we can find a breed to which The Girl is not allergic), I might start naming them after electrical household objects. Or schools of philosophical thought. Or sociologists. "Walkies, Bourdieu!"

I have purple nails.

I should really do another 1/2 chapter and review the 3 in the other book mom sent, but now I'm wanting a nap, and I should maybe also eat.

Maybe eat and see how I feel after?

Seska, your happy post is making me smile.

I went to the pharmacy, picked up my ADs and smokes, and am now installed at an outside table with herbal tea and a maple cupcake. I'd like to work for an hour before getting dinner.

Today is full of fail. It's 78º, my apartment is hot and I have a sinus headache. Bah!

Erin, I'm sorry Mal's causing pain for no good reason.

Sounds like a lovely wedding, Seska.

It's great to hear about everybody's productive day. So far I've gone grocery shopping, picked up a few plants at the botanical garden, discovered a fresh luna moth drying its wings [link] finished some stuff for my spring altar, and planted the new plants. I suspect that's the end of today's productivity.