Woke up at 5:15. Ugh. So much for sleeping in today.

Online pool schedule still hasn't been updated, so I'm not too sure exactly when they're open today. The only reason I think they have open swim from 11-3 is because that's what the woman at the desk told me last week, but she was only going by office rumor, not anything written down. No one is there right now, so I can't even call to find out.

Shady Maple Smorgasbord

That's the one that's a mile down the road from my stepsister!! I'll definitely have to remember that discount for the next time I'm out there.

Crap. My Y isn't open at all today. Ah, well. I'll shift the weights workout to tomorrow and go for a long walk this morning before it gets too hot. If the walk ends at Kaldi's Coffee, well, that's the way things go, isn't it?

In other news, msbelle inspired me to do some much needed virtual decluttering. Email inbox has been whittled down to 4,000. I hate to say it, but that's a significant improvement.

You guys were very productive yesterday! I spent the afternoon sitting on my grandmother's porch, basically, since my mother didn't feel like driving us anywhere, and she's the only one who can drive. Maybe I should re-learn...

I love hearing about your progress, FWIW. And sarameg's house, and Kat's yoga and tommy's cars, and so on. I know I've been a little on the "My New Job Loves Carrots" train of recent weeks but seriously the excitement of getting paid for something I actually trained for and like still hasn't worn off. Not to mention the "getting paid" part of it, too.

Also, should mention: you've lost a virtual me of weight. Imagine you were carrying me on your back... no wonder the garbage was hard to manage.

Oh yeah, Kathy -- I can't imagine anything better than "cluttering" Natter up with good news and progress!

the excitement of getting paid for something I actually trained for and like still hasn't worn off.

This is terrific. I'm glad you're in a good place with your work.

Kathy, go you with the progress!

Speaking of progress, some of us were talking about sort of a virtual couch-to-5k thing. Was that in Natter? Are some people still interested? Jogging's one of the few exercises I enjoy kinda-like tolerate maintain, and it would be fun to check in with fellow running Buffistae.

I love hearing about everything, too, even though I don't "talk" as much anymore.

I just spent 20 minutes on the phone with the internet guy (Clearwire) to get my signal back, but now I have my device perched on my bookcase, and I knock it off every time I get up. It is driving me batshit.

also, I last night I spilled an entire bottle- the large one- of red wine on my bed. Oxyclean has been a miracle cleaner, but now I have to deal with the memory foam mattress pad. I am not even sure if it can be cleaned, and if it can be, where I would dry it. If I didn't live in the upper, with my neighbors and her grandkids all over the lawn, I would drag it outside and hose it off, but I am not sure I want to explain how I got the giant red stain on my bed! I guess I should be glad I use my bed as the sofa, because the sofa would be a lot harder to clean!

Ib been sig.

I mean, I've been sick.

I felt shitty all day Friday, but thought it was allergies (yes) and then the business of graduation.

I came home after graduation and crashed, and I have been Sicky McSickerson since then.

I'm pretty sure it's an allergy exacerbated cold -- I am stuff up, my ears are clogged, my throat is swollen and sore and I am tired and sleepy and my joints hurt.

Right when D's out of town till Tuesday, and I have a ton of stuff to do.

BLEARGH.

Ah, well, at least I didn't get behind on my grading. I FINALLY feel a little better this morning, but not enough to have coffee instead of tea. I made it to the store at 7 am yesterday -- which shows you how crap I feel since I DO NOT get up on Sunday's before 8, much less GO anywhere.

Trying Xrtec instead of Claritin. Got cat food and dog food

I think, though, I will try to clean my office and get a few things done, and then spend the balance of the day in the Safe Room -- cat-free bedroom, with window-unit going. I am sure I will make it, and this is the last week of school.

I am random. OK.

I started the process of using the treadmill at the mini-gym here (instead of the one at the mini-gym at work as I have been), but I had forgotten how much the mini-gym here SUCKS ASS, and my ipod needed charging, so now I am home at least long enough to put on more sun screen, grab a different ipod, and head out for a walk somewhere else.