We are down to less than a month to the ARP Silent Auction and I'm going nuts with all the last minute donations. Very happy to get them, byt why last minute?

Nature of the beast with these things. As an event planner/fundraiser organizer, I don't even think about less than a month as last minute anymore. Last minute is within 24 hours of the event for me at this point. I would get stuff for auctions/raffles AT the event that I'd have to go set up.

The mens only golf club thing is stupid.

One of my friends seems to have disappeared from the internet. She used to have a facebook account and a blog, but her facebook account and her husband's are both gone, and the blog is set to invitation-only, with a note that says to contact the blog owner if you want access, but no contact link. I tried asking a few mutual friends, and they've got no idea what's going on -- one of them said that the last post she saw before the blog was closed said that they were moving to Korea. None of us have an email address for her.

That's weird and creepy, Hil.

Oh dear, JZ -- I hope someone eventually tells you something!

And everyone else having crankymaking days: I wish you a day as nice as mine! I sat around some in the morning, saw a noon movie, walked around the Public Gardens, picked up my new sunglasses, got a massage, and had a beer with the temporary tenants and a friend of theirs.

I was reading The Night Circus, and enjoying it very much. I checked it out of the library in kindle format on a 7-day loan that I thought I would have the option to renew, but I have somehow messed that up and the loan has apparently ended.

I hear that turning off the wi-fi on your device allows you to keep stuff past the deadline, for what that's worth.

As an event planner/fundraiser organizer, I don't even think about less than a month as last minute anymore. Last minute is within 24 hours of the event for me at this point. I would get stuff for auctions/raffles AT the event that I'd have to go set up.

Any tips for sanity would be greatly appreciated. My mantra has been "let me get to October 11th" since the event is the day before.

Cooking for one is surprisingly satisfying. I made another calzone and have discovered that croissant dough makes an acceptable crust. As a grownup I realized that I can overload my calzone with ricotta cheese and Canadian bacon. I can also discover why overloading with ricotta is not a good idea and that I need to mix my cheeses. And I can additionally discover that there doesn't seem to be a downside to overloading on Canadian bacon.

It seemed like I could keep reading it as long as I didn't try to open another book. Curse my foolish looking up of recipes!

In this particular case, I've given in to my impatience and just bought a copy. And upped my default loan time to 14-days for the future.

Croissant stuffed with ricotta and canadian bacon sounds fabulous, Connie! I also find it liberating to cook for just myself. If it doesn't come out great, it's not like anyone but me cares and I can try again later with lessons learned.

Cooking for one is surprisingly satisfying.

Whereas I was just coming here to whinge about my loathing for cooking, especially for myself, and I understand why I was so skinny when I lived on my own in my 20s. Besides my youthful metabolism, that is.

Parts of this month of bachlorette life are fun. Cooking for myself is not one of those parts.

Dan and I were going to stay in and have some drinks, finally watch "Snowpircer."

But we got a last minute invite to go over to some friends' house, eat pizza and play Settlers of Cataan. And drink wine. So that's going to be our evening.

It'll be an early night, since I have an 8:30 yoga class tomorrow & my friend is getting her yoga certification and has to be at her studio at 7 am, but that's A-OK. I'm pretty beat.

Oh, Snowpiercer, that's a good idea. I haven't done that yet. I could make popcorn.

I would like it noted for the record that I am a nice person who answers these damn phone surveys about whatever election is coming up.