That’s a cute place that I bet you could do up really nice, Matt. Hope the showing answers your questions

Some dishes are washed and dinner is on the way. My only other goal for tonight is to wash the rest of the dishes before I go to bed.

Timelies all!

Woke up at 5 for no reason(other than my stupid brain keeps doing this shit) and didn't really get back to sleep. Went grocery shopping in the morning, and put away the clean dishes/cups/utensils in the afternoon.

I’ve had an excellent 24 hours, even though it did not involve TJ’s or pumpkin. I took the afternoon off yesterday to do my Halloween decorations and make up for working Monday which I wasn’t supposed to. Today I’ve dog walked x several and did yard work and enjoyed some seriously beautiful fall weather, and then this afternoon took a friend to see a dynamite play at the Goodman, courtesy of our own awesome aurelia. Then stopped and got a slice of caramel apple cider pie on the way home.

I might have to work some tomorrow but I feel like I’ve done some solid weekending.

Autumnal gold star for brenda!

Thanks so much, Brenda. It's wonderful to be off the hamster wheel of death.

Good luck with the house hunting, Matt. If the last 4 years have taught me anything, it boils down to: Ask all the questions. Do not trust...verify. Keep looking. The right thing is out there. Signed: Thirty (30) buildings visited before this one.

Shout out to msbelle for patience, insight, patience, driving, patience, going above and beyond...and some of those incredible donuts she mentioned. mmmmnnnnn.

I hope radiation and further treatment is effective, Epic.

Matt, I like the details in the kitchen. I hope an inspection shows that the owners just want to move to FL before winter or suchlike.

May I have some interview ~ma next Wednesday, please? I have an interview at a place near my sister (and near Matt’s potential home for that matter), that looks awesome. Interesting work, good reviews on Glassdoor (unless you’re an adjunct, but they get screwed over everywhere), potentially a serious pay hike. I’d lose proximity to my current localistas, but gain a lot more to family.

Best of luck with the interview Calli, and with the house-viewing Matt! And to you as well, Epic: may the new plan work as it should.

Today I ran in the woods (left the aging GSD behind), made bread, bought a case of wine for my niece's birthday present, bought groceries, did laundry, and listened to podcasts about LotR:RoP. Dinner was salad with roast chicken.

Tonight I'm reading and sort of watching Chef's Table: Pizza, which I find very soothing.

Bought glasses, ate Caribbean sandwiches, and did the corn maze! But it was so smoky out that my throat hurts now. Did not watch the crazy 18 inning playoff game. Apparently they stopped selling beer in the 7th inning (normal) but did not restart.

I saw some very cute glasses that I was tempted by but they would’ve been $300 or so, and the pair I got were $95. Since they’re really just for distance/driving at night, I can’t justify the crazy expensive glasses like I used to when I wore them all day every day.

We really need groceries and I should go grocery shopping. I don't want to. But I ran to Food Lion the other day and ended up with a ton of really good coupons-- I think someone left theirs and the cashier gave them to me. So I should go buy groceries and use them up but I don't want to go anywhere.

Well, I would like to go to the downtown thing I just don't want to deal with the driving and then trying to find parking and all that part of it.

Yesterday wasn't the greatest day emotionally for me. I was very fussy...that is the only word I have to describe it because I felt like a fussy kid. The past couple of days I've realized I haven't done a lot to stretch myself intellectually since the concussion. I haven't really been reading (well fanfic ) and news but nothing really long and in depth or anything that takes more effort. So I'm going to try and push myself a bit...nothing really stupidly hard, just reread books I have and see how that goes. That and it's becoming clear that my brain just doesn't work the way it did. It's probably not considered that much of an impairment but it feels like I don't make the kind of mental connections to things or my thoughts don't follow along the same threads like they used to. It's really hard to describe...maybe it's just being out of practice but it's frustrating because I except my thoughts to keep going along a certain way and then it just stops. I don't stop thinking, it's just ...it's like expecting to go on an interesting corn maze only to find out it's very small and ends abruptly instead of leading you along in various ways . Or something.