Burrell, what's the long-term forecast? Pix warned me about motorists, and I brought an umbrella just in case, but I'm going to be sad if it's going to rain the entire time I'm there.

I think it's supposed to rain all day and into the night, but most of the time the rain has been moderate, not too heavy. That squall for instance is already past my house.

Yeah, the rain's been pretty light here. Too bad you couldn't have caught the weeks of "unseasonably" warm weather we've had lately. (I'm sick of it, but an Easterner would probably have appreciated it).

Note to self: painkillers work better if you take them than if you just have the unopened bottle nearby.

You'd be surprised how often I forget that one, -t.

I probably would not be, considering how hard I find it to remember.

Timelies all!

Rained here most of the day. Luckily, no sleet that I know of.

Oh, sweet mother goddess, why is it so hard for some people to think in a linear manner? I've walked this woman through the process three times, and she cannot remember a step I told her six seconds ago! There's a place in the world for all God's children, but why do some of them insist on that place being on a computer and on the phone with me?

Was hoping to spend another two hours at work getting ready for our holiday fundraiser, but the upstairs tenant came home and proceeded to be sociable. Gave me a beer (which thankfully made me sick --I had a valid reason to escape her nattering) and chitchatted, and I have absolutely zero capability to say "I'm busy, you're distracting, please go away so I can do my job". I have all this volunteer help and I feel like I'm not doing any work, what with showing everyone the ropes as they show up at their leisure, need supervision and checking of their products, dead squirrels that need disposing of, double checking other staff members work, training, for the third year in a row, how to hang an evergreen garland over a door way (measure, cut in half, flip one half, tie together, hang!). I have to have everything done and installed by 2pm tomorrow so the committee can price everything, and I have more helpful volunteers coming tomorrow morning and afternoon.

At least my boss is being more helpful than I'd expected, Grinch that he is (hoo boy, does he ever hate *bleep*mas).

The one super good thing is that my spring intern came to help, and she's competent and creative and independent, and the staff managed to gently disallow the (converted to Judaism for his husband) ED from reliving his Catholic Italian holiday memories via forcing all his tacky Christmas decorations and lights on us, so instead of blue tinsel and felt-pig ornaments (seriously), we actually got something classy and woodsy on the tree.

Parents are visiting, but are staying at a hotel, because I told them my apartment was a mess and I had no time to clean, and I also really don't want my mom with her knee revision surgery sleeping on a rock hard futon or a slowly deflating air mattress.

My child is being a lying turd bucket. Why lie to me about going to tutorials? I am going to check with the teacher. Now we BOTH know you are a lying liar who lies. OMG. Failing 3 classes, barely passing a 4th and you miss a tutorial that could bring one of the grades up. What stupid choices he is making.

I ride him and take away he preciouses and he'll end up with Bs, cause he can do the work.