Oh man, I just realized what I thought was an impromptu purchase the other day (Starbucks mango iced black tea) was predicated by the full page glossy ads I've been seeing in Flipboard for the past month. I am exposed to so much less advertising than I used to be, and I think that has made me more vulnerable to the little I do see.

That does sound pretty delicious, though.

t /always been vulnerable to advertising

Cincinnati to Chicago is $700. The hell?

When the Aussie dollar peaked in value I think I could've got to Chicago for less than that.

I went to the market solo, ran my errands, picked up a dowel rod, swam 2+ miles, vacuumed and mopped the house, reengineered the catch tray on the birdfeeder and spray painted the dowel. There was a 2 hr layabout in there, but still.

Tomorrow, I need to cut the dowel and use it to replace the one on the tray table that busted. And I'd like to purchase something like this for the spare bedroom, to store spare linens and things. Rather than Rubbermaid. [link]

I just spent so much money at value village that the checkout lady gave me 30% off. Happy birthday to me!! A couple eshakti dresses, a couple other dresses, and a bunch of shirts...$100 after the discount!!

Now I am treating myself to Peruvian chicken, which I haven't had in forever because I didn't know it was here!

I made a really good start on doing stuff today. I went and got some blood tests done, and then went to Tjs without spending too much money, both before 10, but then I came home, and now it's 12 hours later.

I did finish the first season of Killjoys though.

I worked today, since it's my busy part of the month. And my baseline anxiety level has spiked back up over the last couple of days (not in response to anything bad; just free-floating anxiety). Today it ratcheted up so bad that I took an Ativan and then lost about 3 hours in an Ativan haze playing games on my phone.

Cincinnati to Chicago is $700. The hell?

Yep.

I spent the entire day sitting next to the window (with the occasional lap cat) listening to the rain and reading. Bliss.

Friday was the last spending day of the fiscal year and my equipment budget had just enough for me to get a new desk. This is something I do need, but now it will be arriving when I'm in the middle of managing load-in for two shows at the same time. Meep.

We had a "female energy presence" named Gillian on the ghost walk yesterday

I find this hilarious for some reason.

Also - have you gotten any info on that house you were asking about on tumblr? I have the address but not floor plans, if that might be helpful.

I did get a bit of info -- mostly that it's a private residence, so finding floor plans is not really going to happen. Of course, after I made that post, Pete was all "Do you need floor plans drawn up? I love doing that sort of thing! Why didn't you ask me?!" Because you're BUSY, dear, and I didn't want to pester you.