I could do drapey. Only if I could still wear my cargo pants. Hmph.

Yeah, I say rental. Rentals are not ideal, but you are not in an ideal situation and it would buy you some more time to get in the right place for you long-term.

Okay, I gotta get off my tail and get out to replenish the sugar water for the finches. There is a whole family out there complaining at me. And then housecleaning. And then work.

Pics, Cash! I need to get a new haircut too, but I can't ever figure out what I want to do.

That drapey reminds me of the batwing silhouette I rocked in high school. And it's one of the few pieces of 80s style I have no urge to relive.

Excuse me, I have to go wander the halls in order to get people to respond to emails.

Is this why they wanted me in the office more? So sad that NO ONE ELSE IN MY TEAM is in the building.

Oatmeal: So, birds! The fledgling process with my phoebe made me suddenly recognize the fledgling process with the finches. That is, there was a dad finch eating the sugar water and feeding it to his three fledglings, sitting on our fence. And now there's another immature bird who is just sitting on the hummingbird feeder, causing all kinds of distress to the hummingbird who wants on it. I am waiting for it to leave so I can go out an retrieve and refill the feeders, but it is just chilling, waiting for dad to come back with more food. I don't think I realized before just how long the feeding process goes on, even after they've got basic flight skills down. The phoebe chick is flying really well, it just has some landing issues.

Toenails: silver metallic (Revlon Silver Dollar) or dark red (Revlon Raven Red)?

I went and got a sassy new haircut and am now cleaning up the house. It should work out.

Yeah, yeah, where's the pix?

flea: dark red

...breakfast on the diet not going so well. I don't remember the protein shakes being quite so gross. Ick.

meara, are you low-carbing? I went back on low-carb this morning. Now I want to eat all the French fries in the world.

Kat,

FWIW, I am looking at rentals next month for my move.

Trulia and realtor.com have some good alerts (for new rentals in the areas you specify. I got accounts on both and am getting emails regularly.

The only thing you need to be aware of (since I have a rough idea of the area of country you are in) is to check the tax records of the house/place you will rent if you can. Apparently, local/state laws differ if a home goes into foreclosure while the renter has a lease, but suffice it to say you may get 30 days to get the fuck out.

Zen, I am--I had done it about two months ago, and lost a bit, and kept it off, but it's starting to creep back up and I still need to lose bunches more, so I'ma try. So hard to stay on though. I love me some carbs. But I'm pretty sure my body likes me better when it's getting plenty of protein.

This is a truly weird set of stock photos: [link]

Is there a secret get-rich-fast scheme that involves taking one-in-a-million stock photos that just sit there waiting for that one Powerpoint presentation to make their existence worthwhile?