Monday night

Today has been incredibly wet and dreary. We didn't get the thunderstorms that hit Lexington and presumably other areas, but had a steady, comforting type of constant rain throughout the afternoon. The downside was that it made accomplishing much kind of hard. I tried several times to work on the mandolin site.. I'm beginning to feel bad about not getting it done. And my husband nags me about it. :)

My knees are back to aching a little today. Funny thing is that they only hurt when I'm in this chair. That's probably a good deal of the reason I had a hard time doing computer work today, now that I think about it. Anyway, they were hurting last week, and I finally thought to take a glucosamine tablet and they were better the next day. Perhaps I should try to remember to take one a week. I suspect that it has something to do with the constant rain, as well.

I did indeed have philly steak and swiss for lunch, but I wished that I hadn't. It just wasn't.. right. And it made me thirsty all day long. That sucked. I made chicken fettucini alfredo (canned sauce and not fresh, I admit) with garlic bread. It was pretty good. It didn't hit the spot either, really, though. I was hard to please today, I suppose. Noodles sound good..

My parents stopped by for a while tonight, just after dinner. That was nice. They stayed almost an hour, I guess, but I can't think of anything newsworthy that we talked about at the moment. The car was a major topic of conversation. Dad wants to straighten the Cavalier out enough to make it driveable, and then turn it into a somewhat trucklike vehicle. Just for embarassment purposes, as far as I can tell. *giggle* Couldn't be worse than the Beretta with its headlights mounted on a 2 x 4... or at least not much worse.

My husband thinks I'm insane for having a water system. I typically have two or three bottles of water that've been opened and partially drank in the fridge at any given time, as I like it to be cold, and I rarely drink a full bottle, but it's not like water goes flat or anything so why throw it away or drink it warm? He claims that his system--drinking any sort of fluid like a goat after a six year drought--is more efficient. Ha. I may be insane, but I think he needs a better reason for thinking so!

I went to the second mud I ever ran on the other day because this kid had told me it was up again, after being gone for.. months or longer. I was a power there but then things went wacky and I seem to recall having a fight with the owner (I honestly don't recall what this pissiness was about) and then I left. I was busy with real life things at the time and didn't care enough about it to stay and deal with everything there, I think. I've wondered how the owner was doing because he was a nice guy (in a completely non-sexual, non-relationship kind of way, which I mention only because my hubby is making me edit this to make that a little more clear.. giggle) and all, and so I sent him a mudmail asking if we were still mad at each other (essentially) and yesterday I checked to find a mail from him saying that he wasn't pissy with me and hadn't been for a very long time. So that was nice to know.. I mean, my world wouldn't have ended if he was still peeved, or anything drastic.. but it was nice, nonetheless. And it made me smile so I'm glad I did.

I brought the flowers that Magnus brought me for my birthday (wildflowers) into this room and put them on my desk so I can see them. They really are very pretty.

Soon, we're going to have to make some more detailed trip preparations. Where to go, who to see, what to bring, etc. We've started all this but not finished it, and now it's less than two weeks away. Which also means that it's almost time to start cleaning and packing. Wish I had enough room to set a suitcase out open to put things in as I think of it. Considered doing that in the little room now that it's sorta cleaned out, but there's still not enough space to do that and still get into the room. I'm somewhat of a neurotic packer. I'm one of those people who feels the need to bring everything.. just in case. And I try to anticipate my every possible need, and desparately want to bring stuff that M assures me that his parents will have. Hair dryers, for one thing. Kitchen sinks, for another. I'm just not good at leaving things unplanned. And if it were completely up to me, I'd bring two suitcases each, just in case we need more room than expected for the trip back, and besides, we're *allowed* that much. And the maximum size carryons.

I actually don't know why I feel the need for all that space.

We're going to go do the quality time thing now. See ya!