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Jun. 29th, 2014 09:36 pmAnd so it begins, and by "it" I mean "somebody's annual indulgence in fireworks". It's somebody really close to here, too. Every year I hope it will be over after the 4th, and every year it isn't. Although at least it tends to be over by half past August or so. The Hairy Beasts do not like it at all, and if I were that sort of person, I would sue for damages on account of the damages I get when a sleeping cat in my lap wakes up and tries to be elsewhere instantly. (OW.)
Don't mind me, I'm grumpy. The only things I really did today were take out the trash and make apricot crumble. I just didn't have any energy for much of anything else. The apricot crumble is ridiculously good, though, and I would have eaten huge amounts of it if today had been Wednesday. Since it's Sunday, I had one spoonful while it was warm. It's supposed to be better cold with yogurt under it, which is what I made it for, but there was absolutely nothing wrong with it warm either. And for once I had all the ingredients in the house already, which is practically unheard of.
I also have a recipe for an Iranian sugar syrup-and-vinegar-and-mint concoction you put in seltzer, but I have to go buy mint in order to make it. Which I could have done, but I didn't have the energy to go any farther than the driveway, never mind figuring out the WF parking lot. (I hate that parking lot, because nobody in it has any use for pedestrians whatsoever. They'll try to run over you to turn in, and try to run over you some more to get out. GRRR. See above about me being grumpy.)
Tomorrow being postdoc orientation starting at 8:45, and I having thrown myself on the grenade of "an extra person there at 7:30 wouldn't be a bad thing", I have to get up at P&R time tomorrow. I think I'm glad we have Friday off. My major question at the moment is whether the coworker I lent $20 to on Thursday, who swore up down and sideways that I'd have it back on Friday and then didn't come in, will be in tomorrow and whether I'll ever see the $20 again. That's what I get for being a pushover, I suppose. (Yep, still grumpy.)
At least I can quit worrying about the underwear situation. I finally got rid of all the underwear with unauthorized holes in it (underwear with no holes in it at all is hard to put on), and got replacements, and that situation at least is all good now.
Don't mind me, I'm grumpy. The only things I really did today were take out the trash and make apricot crumble. I just didn't have any energy for much of anything else. The apricot crumble is ridiculously good, though, and I would have eaten huge amounts of it if today had been Wednesday. Since it's Sunday, I had one spoonful while it was warm. It's supposed to be better cold with yogurt under it, which is what I made it for, but there was absolutely nothing wrong with it warm either. And for once I had all the ingredients in the house already, which is practically unheard of.
I also have a recipe for an Iranian sugar syrup-and-vinegar-and-mint concoction you put in seltzer, but I have to go buy mint in order to make it. Which I could have done, but I didn't have the energy to go any farther than the driveway, never mind figuring out the WF parking lot. (I hate that parking lot, because nobody in it has any use for pedestrians whatsoever. They'll try to run over you to turn in, and try to run over you some more to get out. GRRR. See above about me being grumpy.)
Tomorrow being postdoc orientation starting at 8:45, and I having thrown myself on the grenade of "an extra person there at 7:30 wouldn't be a bad thing", I have to get up at P&R time tomorrow. I think I'm glad we have Friday off. My major question at the moment is whether the coworker I lent $20 to on Thursday, who swore up down and sideways that I'd have it back on Friday and then didn't come in, will be in tomorrow and whether I'll ever see the $20 again. That's what I get for being a pushover, I suppose. (Yep, still grumpy.)
At least I can quit worrying about the underwear situation. I finally got rid of all the underwear with unauthorized holes in it (underwear with no holes in it at all is hard to put on), and got replacements, and that situation at least is all good now.
