random bits, of scant interest to anyone but me

I was sorely tempted to take a personal day today, but I didn't want to split up the week like that. This would have been the only day this week I could have done it, because I had committee meetings Monday and Tuesday and I have various other meetings Thursday and Friday. I'll hold out for Columbus Day in two weeks or so. I really need a long weekend that doesn't involve traveling anywhere longer than maybe a day trip.

For no reason at all, it feels like somebody wearing a stiletto heel stomped on the top of my right foot. I haven't dropped anything on it (this time; last time I dropped my trombone on it), and I haven't been wearing odd shoes, so I don't know what the deal is.

Discovery of the week: If I want to not be hungry at 10:30 in the morning, I have to have protein for breakfast. (This discovery brought on by my being in Trader Joe's last week and saying "What the heck is kefir?". So I had kefir and an egg for breakfast for a couple of days, and it was quite nice not to be hungry again before lunch.)

It's STILL September. Me and the time warp I seem to be stuck in are gonna have words, I tell you...

...but I have the opposable thumbs

HA!

One of the mice got brave and got to shuffling around under my climbing gear bag. I scared him and he shot back under the fridge, and I found the hole. I moved the fridge sideways and stuffed six or seven Brillo pads into the hole, and will figure out some way to keep steel wool there permanently tomorrow.

So there.

I wonder if the guy in the basement has Brillo pads falling through his ceiling?