Saturday, August 02, 2003

I can’t believe it’s already 5pm! Sheesh. I had a very productive day:

1. Ran errands - managed to get everything I needed at two stores - Wal-Mart and Target. Yay!

2. Went to my parents to scope out my mother’s discarded stuff. I came home with three lamps and the Amish quilt that we drove up to Pennsylvania for about 20 years ago when we were getting ready to redecorate my room. It’s faded from the sun in places, but I love it and I’m very happy to have it. Thanks, Mom.

She showed me some stuff that she had bagged. Knick-knack stuff. So I opened one bag and in amidst the country stuff was something that didn’t go - a Rubik’s cube. It’s in very good condition. Dad snagged it with plans to Google the trick to solving it.

While I was there they had a Culligan water guy stop by to discuss a water softening system for their house. At one point, Spanky the cat made that weird noise that I had heard once before when she was visiting at my place for a week. I looked at Mom and we managed to communicate nonverbally:

ME: You want me to get her?

MOM: Yes, please!

So I ran to steer the cat to the basement where she yakked at the base of the stairs then flew up the stairs to cough up the hairball right there in the hallway. Nice. Some of you may remember my experience with Sympathetic Puker Reflex™. SPR™ immediately kicked in, with me praying fervently that I wouldn’t make horrible gagging sounds while the Culligan man was discussing chlorine and whatnot with my parents. God is good indeed, as I was able to clean up the mess with only one half-gag. *shudder*

Dad made it up to me by offering to buy lunch, so while Mom and I discussed some of her redecorating ideas, he went out to get lunch. After we ate I helped Dad take down the vertical blinds in their sunroom because their new blinds are being installed this week, I think.

Then Mom hooked me up with cookies from her freezer and I came home. Yay! Thanks again, Mom!

Monday, June 30, 2003

Is it really after 4pm already?

Sheesh.

LATER (4:53pm): Payroll is complete and we will all get paid.

In an interesting wrinkle, MD (my supervisor friend) handed me a weird note when I walked into her office to get a timesheet signed. She was on the phone so couldn’t explain what it was. So later she came to explain that it was for a job that’s just come open with Justice that she thought I’d be good for. Looking at it, I’m excited at the possibility even if it means commuting to the main Justice building in DC. And it would involve some travel. So I’m going to think and pray about putting in my resume for it. It would mean a lot more money and a promotion too if I got it.