It's Friday!

Technically it's Saturday now. Oh well.

Spent all day with owldaughter in a pretty productive writing jam. I wrote a bit about it in secret_history so I won't go into it here, but let's just say it went very well indeed and industrial quantities of tea were consumed. I also snagged myself some more Amelia Peabody and Jane Austen mysteries. I am a happy camper.

Went to my dance club afterward, where I met up with miseri who was kind enough to lend me a few copies of the Alfred Hitchock Mystery Magazine and the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. He left early, and I ended up only staying until about 11:30 or so, since I was hit with a massive anvil of tired.

Skippy (one of the members of my club) and I have finally, we think, mastered this dance that was giving us trouble. It's a fun little dance, with a "windmill" step (basically it's a half-turn shuffle, but instead of keeping your arms either at shoulder or waist level, you raise them over your head in a windmill motion) and some tricky little steps in the middle that it took us forever to figure out. However, tonight we conquered it, and it was fun.

Tomorrow there will be band practice, and then I've agreed to drive miseri to IKEA after to get a wardrobe. He's moving on Sunday, and has nowhere to put his clothes. After IKEA, depending on how much time I have left over, there will be chili, and then I'm off to my club again for a special event.

I wasn't going to go to the special event, actually, given the state of my finances. See, it costs $15 to get in (not counting drinks and whatnot) and, well, I just don't have that kind of money these days. However, my friend C from the club, upon learning that $15 was all that was standing between me and the special event, informed me that he was going to buy a ticket for me and that I had no choice whatsoever in the matter. :)

Have I mentioned that my friends rock? Even the ones you all don't know. If there's one thing I can pride myself on, it's my excellent choice of friends.

Sunday will be spent continuing my cleaning spree. I haven't come close to finishing yet, but I am making headway, slowly but surely. I shall also make chili, if I don't have time tomorrow.


As you may have noticed, I am still connected to the internet. I managed to get Bell Canada the minimal amount of money it would take to not get all my services cut. Go me!

I have decided to get rid of the car when the lease expires in August. I realized I was just being stubborn about it, and when that realization hit I actually felt relieved. The car was, like I said before, a huge damn financial albatross, and while it was useful while I had it, I don't think it's worth the massive amounts of stress it generated for me.

So, as of August 31st, the car goes bye-bye.

More as events unfold. ;)


Good night!

Chili on the stove, and GIP!

So the chili is simmering. It's a bastardized version of all the recipes my darling flist provided me with the other day. I think I may have burnt the bottom a bit, but I lowered the heat with impressive alacrity, and am now waiting for it to thicken.

It smells really, really good. :)

So today was productive in spite of the migraine I started to develop about halfway through band practice. I'm beginning to wonder if it isn't something about the fumes from the Molson brewery next door, because that's not the first time I've developed migraines at the rehearsal space.

I have since taken Excedrin, and the migraine is receding. Go me!

I have a new webcomic to fangirl about: Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic by my pal shenlo, featuring Bob the Beholder. It's hilarious. Makes me laugh out loud every time. Go check it out, it's worth it.

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Check out the new icon! It's from YAFGC. Go read the comic now!

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I am in a good mood, but still inexplicably tired. Either I'm getting anemic again (which would suck), or else the stress of the past two weeks has finally caught up with me and is insisting I take care of it by sleeping more. I will try to eat more spinach and other iron-rich stuff and get a bit more sleep, and see if that helps. The fact that I'm overtired is probably not helping keep the migraines at bay, either.