Ack. Was having lovely time with ex-roomie, in the national park in an adorable 1926 cabin, with fire and s'mores...until we saw a mouse run under the bed. And both of us last night woke up thinking we'd felt something move. So now we are convinced mice are running amok over our sleeping bodies tonight, and are afraid we won't be able to sleep.

But mice are so cute! If I had to pick a species I'd like to have running amok over my sleeping body, it would be mice. I mean, consider the alternatives - cockroaches, those nasty little lizards...

Real nice, flea! But also, yes -- they're practically kittens.

Hope you got some sleep, meara.

My body is trying to kill me today.

Too late for last night, but do a search for mice repellent app for your phone. I haven't used them, but the insect ones work great.

They also hate peppermint oil if that is an option.

And you wake minty-fresh!

There's a high school student who has been working here part-time in some kind of internship program for the last year or more, and I have never met him -- and actually had no idea who he was until last week -- but he sends out these "Good Morning!" emails on days he's here that are so great! He totally brightens my day. And today's his last day. Sad. This morning's email was especially lovely.

You should tell him that.

Yeah, do let him know. That's nice just to hear about.

Bike ride before breakfast! I meant to eat first, but oh well. My bike is rideable and I put it in 2.5 miles in 20 minutes, which is farther than my to work ride would be, I think, so I will have to start thinking about routes.

I still need to try to fit in swimming and a half hour walk today, and get my hair cut after work. It's all me-time, technically, but is really cutting into my doing-nothing and watching-tv schedules.

And once again forgot I have sunglasses. But it wasn't exactly bright out, yet.