If I'm going to be asked to create something during the interview though, I'd probably prefer to use my own equipment. The time to learn the quirks of their set up is maybe not in the middle of an interview. Still, apart from basic software testing at agencies, I've also never run into needing to do a demonstration during an interview.

And I love the clear disposable bags.

Yeah, they are great!

No, just tiling the whole bathroom. We only have one bathroom, so redoing it is a logistical issue, plus lots of dough, probably.

Why can't the world go to a nighttime existence in the height of summer? Does anyone really need to be out under the sizzling orb? An existence where I say it's "only" 93 degrees is not a happy one.

Ugh. I just spent 3½ hours cleaning, I’m exhausted, and yet my apartment? Still not clean. More of the same tomorrow.

I picked up my vegetables this morning and put everything away, including kitten-proofing the sweet corn on the counter. I went back out to get a haircut with a new stylist, which turned out fine. I walked 5 miles. I made corn, tomato, and cucumber salad. Now I'm decluttering my bedroom to make it easier to DUST ALL THE THINGS later on.

I need to figure out what I'm making for dinner.

But my laptop is a Mac! Normally I wouldn't even have Office on it, just a clone, and I think it's weird to expect people to have a work-ready laptop. My home work machine is my desktop. I don't even know if they'll have the right cabling to set it up for display, that's how out of touch I am.

I'd rather a standard work PC rather than battling with OS X Office (still haven't found Save As, for the record). Odd, oddliness.

I have created a new login so I don't have to tidy up my normal stuff, but still...

My landlord is replacing the external, metal stairs in a neighboring apartment. It's great that he's up on repairs, but it's super noisy. So I spent most of today out and about: brunch, a coffee house, a winery, a produce stand (fresh corn for dinner!).

I've never had to bring a laptop to an interview.

I have done yard work and clipped the small dog's nails* and purchased groceries and finished the laundry. Still to do: bills, vacuuming, make a pot of ground-nut stew. Possibly clear out the bathroom cabinets, which are in desperate need of organizing. Too much to do.

But if I get a lot done today, I can take much of tomorrow off--I'm going to a tasting at a distillery and then out for a nice dinner.

*It's probable that I will be taking permanent ownership of Dad's dog, who is a small yappy cockapoo. He's not a bad dog, aside from the yappiness, although he wasn't very well trained beyond the very basics. But he's not the kind of dog I would have chosen--for one thing, I certainly can't run with him.

So does anyone have any use for unopened packages of electrodes for a TENS unit?