Not, despite appearances, dead. Put the bonus check in the bank today. Then had the enjoyable experience of paying all the bills early, which will allow the bank account to lie fallow for several weeks and build up its money so I can continue to pay the bills early without there being any scrambling or waiting for checks to clear or anything. HOORAY. I have been saying for about the last three years that all we /really/ needed was a /small/ windfall, to get everything on a cycle where I…
a nice evening
We went over to Mom & Dad’s for dinner with Deirdre and Gavin and Breic and Allison and Marge and Lizzie and Issac and dessert with all those people and also Branwyn and Juna, and it was v. good. Mom made really really yummy halibut and garlic mashed potatoes and broccoli and fruit salad, and strawberry shortcake for dessert. I had a glass of water which I had sitting on a not terribly safe place, and Gavin kicked it over and broke it. Ten minutes later, I spilled my new…
bonus check!
Bonus check! Bonus check which they withheld a full 33% of for taxes and whatnot. Sheesh. Still! Bonus check!
happy birthday!
HAPPY LAURADAY!
el yucko
El yucko. Managed to food poison myself and Ted with pot roast last night (who the hell ever heard of getting food poisoning from /pot roast/? but there was nothing else we’d eaten in common, so) and so the last day has been full of ick and tiredness. Fortunately for our tiny little brains, we were able to re-arrange the Family Gathering schedule, and so didn’t have to do anything like entertain today. Which is good, ’cause Ted slept until 4pm, and I’ve been a useless lump. I did go…