Damn, Rebecca, that was an awful dream.

and in depressing news, birth control pill strongly linked to depression, especially in teens.

Not a surprise to me either. I've always been depressed, but I went off the deep end taking BC pills, and didn't realize until way later, when I ran out of money for them, that they were the trigger. My depression still ebbs and tides with my cycle, it's clearly hormonally influenced for me.

I am crashing hard at work.

hoo boy, I laid down to take a quick nap during my lunch break and slept for two hours. Geez. Luckily no one was looking for me. I feel extremely much better, though.

Despite tired, I AM going to the gym tonight.

Despite no longer being tired, I'm not! I have a massive backlog of work that's starting to attract attention, and I've got deal with it.

Political analysis is the gossip of the self-proclaimed intellectual elite. Policy wonks go after every phrase and gesture the same way small-town gossips do. Intellectuals like to think they're (we're) above mere petty gossip. But no, we're just turning the fur-grooming nit-picking on different people.

Just had a conversation with my sister about politics (see above post, re: wonk and gossip). hahaha I love my sister. She's bananas and she drives me crazy and I'm sure the feeling is mutual, but I love her. She's smart as hell and she doesn't put up with anybody's BS.

So, without actually GOING to either city, the Dude and I are now thinking more seriously about moving to Portland, OR than Detroit. It's a cool place with good weather and, more importantly, we each already know people there. Plus I think there are one or two Buffistas there, too, right?

It's more expensive, but the gamble on whether the house will lose value after we buy it is not there, plus when we decide to retire, we have always talked about living on the Oregon Coast. This way, we'd just be starting a decade early.

Portland is a great city, I've been there two or three times. It's on the short list of places I'd be happy to move to if I left here.

Mike Pence looks like a Star Wars villain. Not a Sith Lord; one of the generic British dudes with pinched faces on the bridge of a Star Destroyer.

Super-boring home buying news: Our homeowner's insurance is going to be a third of what it is with the current house.

Also, our mortgage guy is seriously pissing me off. We've asked about five times for him to get a comprehensive list of what documents he needs from us. Instead, we get one or two emails each day, asking for something else. He's approaching dentist-levels of hate for me.

For a second there I thought Pence was going to break into a Journey song.

I now have a new spare room mattress, thank to Nanita's rec. Even fit in my egg car! The frame might be another story, as at least one piece might be longer than the cabin. But I still might be able to manage it if I unbox certain things. Saves a delivery fee or rental/zipcar. Of course now I have to unburden myself of the old mattress and boxspring and all the full sized sheet sets. I can probably give some to the parents for the full guestbeds they have.

One thing down on countdown to the parents!

Mike Pence looks like a Star Wars villain. Not a Sith Lord; one of the generic British dudes with pinched faces on the bridge of a Star Destroyer.

Definitely Empire. I think it's the too perfect hair.