some thinks i would like to accomplish today: – a nap – find a vet to get food for stupid poopy-butt zilli UTTER FAIL but I did get food for stupid picky-pants lucy – buy a bristle broom to scrub down the back ‘garden’ – find the toddler group UTTER FAIL but only because I decided I was tired of walking around – write we shall see.
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it’s a busy life, somehow
Mmm. Cherries are good. I wonder if I plant some of these cherry pits if I’ll get cherry trees eventually. My life seems very busy, although I think in absolute terms it’s actually not. Still, yesterday we went into Dublin, I said as if we weren’t living in Dublin, but meaning the city centre when I say that, and wandered about buying important things like barrettes, hair dye, and athlete’s-foot-cure. And new socks. Does anybody know if semi-permanent hair dye really washes out, or if it just fades unpleasantly? I…
ugh.
For reasons not entirely clear to us, though the landlords had kept the recycling and trash bins in front of the house, the compost bin was in the back garden. Today is compost-collection day, so last night Ted brought the bin in through the kitchen (the only way it can be brought in) out to the front. In the brief time it took to do that, one jillion fruit flies swarmed out of it. We set out hole-punctured plastic-wrap-covered jars of cider vinegar, which got most of the little fuckers,…
Year of Miracles commission & more
I’m running an ad for “Year of Miracles” over on Bitten by Books, so I thought I’d put it up here, too. What the heck. :) It links to a new page on cemurphy.net with both the teasers, so if people want to boost the signal, that’s the perfect place to boost to. And there’s this shiny ad here you can use to boost it with! :) On a totally different subject, I also posted a teaser chapter for TRUTHSEEKER, which is out on September 1! Also, Young Indiana and…
first day
Today is Ted’s first day of work. I’m alone with the baby for, oh, 10 or 11 hours. Things I would like to accomplish today: – writing 1K – pilates – going for a walk Things I will be satisfied with accomplishing: – not dying