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…

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Bonus check! Bonus check which they withheld a full 33% of for taxes and whatnot. Sheesh. Still! Bonus check!

HAPPY LAURADAY!

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…

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Raaaaaaaining! I went on a 14 mile bike ride last night at 11pm, got up at 9 and went biking again, and it’s a good thing I did,’ cause the last couple of miles it started RAAAAAAAAINING. It was fun. *beam* 17.2 miles this morning. And there’s THUNDER! miles to Mordor: 379.2