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Thanks, friends.

The Outside Lands music festival is taking place this weekend not far from my apartment, so I will be able to hear it all weekend, whether I want to or not. I've always been in Chicago for VividCon the same weekend as Outside Lands, but VividCon is no more. I'm planning to hole up and not spend much time out and about in my neighborhood while it's overrun with festival goers, so I guess I should knock off some things on my To Do lists.

OR I could just sit around and read all the library hold books that just came in and eat Jaffa cakes. I guess we'll see.

It's a perfect beach day out here right now, and is supposed to be the same all weekend I think, but I just want to lay around my house and also get some things done and I don't think I can do all of those AND go to the beach. Maybe the hammock, though!

people with robot vacuums - what kind do you have and are you happy with it?

I am getting a fair amount of work work done, which is good. I should still probably put in a few hours each day this weekend because I AM DISTRACTED AS FUCK!

Things that have made me stop and go look at pictures of the new place today:

- worry that the backyard has no shade and I will need to immediately plant trees (it has shade)
- wondering if the oven has a handle I can use as a towel holder (may seem small, but I hate ones that can't. it does btw)

My boss is about to leave on vacation so she's going through her email and finally responding to everything.

I should have spent more time outside at the ice cream social, but I didn't really have a "buddy" so spent a few minutes talking to several different people and then just came back in. But now I just want to leave!

people with robot vacuums

I have a Deebot and I think it is might nice. I love watching it do its thing. You might say the place here in Otter Lake presents many challenges, but it does a good job. I really hate to vacuum.

DH is heading out tonight. Back to visit his sister then back to Florida. He is outside doing a bonfire of a bunch of trash from his yard cleanup. Mmmmm, fire. I gave him a list of stuff to do before he left and he has been very busy the last few days!

I was supposed to go backpacking this weekend and was all into it and they just canceled because of lightning. Boo!! Now I have to make other plans for this weekend and they are bound to not be as cool. It's going to be gray and rainy. But I was going to be doing something new and different and learning (it was a beginner class from REI where they loan you all the equipment you need.

Bummer, meara.