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I just bought two T-shirts yesterday cuz I ran out of clean ones. I feel your pain.

i did this with socks. costco sells them for something like 14 pairs, i bought two sets so this is contributing to laziness.

Somehow I was unaware that a new Menomena album came out. I'm really excited to listen to it, but I feel like I'm not done fully appreciating "Mines" yet.

Me too, man. I just don't want to. I have to walk to a laundromat to dry them. Or do some Huckleberry Finn shit and air-dry them on a clothesline.

I am out of clean clothes, But I get off work and its to late to do laundry and I dont want to wake up early. So I just deal with it. and dig out random socks.

I did all my goddamned laundry. I even did all three sets of bedclothes and put them in a closet which could now be considered a linen closet, and I have enough bedclothes for fucking ever.

I do laundry every single day.

yep.

I bet you actually have it caught up more often than not, because you rock like that.

I wash everyday, yet it seems like I always have a mountain. that is even after constantly going through and sorting out all the old yucky stuff and outgrown tings and tossing them. I am a terrible housekeeper, even though I do try. I got the homemaking side down quite well, pies and decorations and all that. Chores, nah. Every time I turn around I've fallen behind again.

Woke up to a text from my friend saying he decided against killing himself. I called his brother. In retrospect if he was going to do it, he probably wouldn't have told me.

I wasn't going to talk about this here, and probably won't after this, and kicked myself for the little I said before (because of the whole 'Pepper has a problematic life' thing [which really I have minimal personal problems, it is just the people I love all seem to have at least one a piece] as well, it is personal to some one close to me)

Anyway, I have been trying to get a hold of my friend I usually go to for emotional things all day, but she hasn't been available.

My other close friend (not the one I have been trying to get a hold of) got her test results on the lump in her breast. It isn't cancer- yet. keyword.

A rare rapid growing tumor that usually only hits women in pre- menopause and often turns cancerous if not removed. (my friend is only 30)

Rapid growing as in it has doubled in size since she found it.

If a tumor like this is larger than 4cm it is considered a full mastectomy situation.

Hers was that large when she found it.

The good news it isn't cancer (yet) there shouldn't be any need for chemo or radiation or fear of death or any of that, but. My friend has been told she has to have, basically, a mastectomy to prevent that.

I just want to cry for her.

I have to go home and clean. But what I want to do it go to the bar and get a beer.

What made my day (even if it's just a little over 9 am) is that I am not in pain. The side of my head hurt a bit last night after I decided it was a good idea to do some push-ups, but I took 400mg ibuprofen and it just went away. This is much lighter than the other tooth, I was in constant pain back then and it only went away briefly with Ketonal. Can't say I'm upset, though. This means I can actually go about town. Also, my cheek isn't swollen at all, so yay for the dentist. Real pro.

Sorry about your friend, Pepper. I hope she has good health insurance that covers reconstructive surgery.

the only time i ever got a teeth removed i wanted to avoid swelling at all cost and basically shock frosting one side of my faces with frozen peas for a whole day. the next morning i woke up with the worst tonsillitis ever and had to be on antibiotics for three full weeks to not get inflammatory blood. but hey, no swollen cheeks !

got vaccinated for polio and hep a/b this morning, my arms feel heavy like bricks.

I go back to university on Monday. Whilst I am looking forward to the lectures, I couldn't give two fucks about engaging in small-talk with my fellow students.

Hey stranger! What subjects will you be taking?

Bit freaked out. At 9am this morning a guy got stabbed in the head and chest when he refused to hand over his iPhone. This happened on my street (the same one where I got hit over the head by a crazy woman last week). I suppose it's my lucky day because I was walking along the pavement where it happened a few minutes to 9; I do everyday. Hope they catch the assailant quickly.

Oh and hi Kerry.

She has none. (something like a good forty percent of American's have little to none) So far Planned Parenthood has been taking care of her and they gave her info for how to apply for financial help from the Susan Komen foundation for the surgery.

All these people that want to defund PP and say not to donate to Susan Komen because of the whole abortion issue just completely ignore the fact that it isn't all trashy floosies getting their monthly abortion for free from the organisations.

I talked to my mom last night about it all since I never got a hold of my friend. So that was helpful.

PA: I showed gabe the ornaments I was making and he said, after I had him look close at the particular pages I was using from the book, he said "These are actually really cool." and then he started trying to think of other books that could be used. That was the big thing for me when I found the idea on a site at first- I didn't want to use just any old story, someone who doesn't read much might just like the way any old words look, but I needed it to really come together even when looked at closely. So that was awesome that he liked my crafty little mom project.

Jesus.

I hope you carry mace or something. Your neighborhood has scary people running around!

Secret Santa gift? That and a tazer.

I should get a razor-backed key. Some day swearing them in a loud voice won't be enough.

I got a MacBook Air today!!! I'm totally in love!!

I'm doing the first internship work for the publishing house run by my MA programme. Transcribing a very old translation (with old Romanian spelling) of Flaubert's Herodias. I offered to do more pages than required because I'm an eager beaver

I gotta go to Auburn, Alabama tonight for a work meeting tomorrow morning, then I'll be coming right back home. Auburn, as in Auburn University, as in the oppisite of the The University of Alabama (Roll Tide). I told Anthony I'd get him an Auburn t-shirt and he told me not to come home.

Took the day off from work. Went to 3 doctors. I'm fit as an athletic fiddle.

I know this game is considered ancient history in the football world, but I couldn't help myself...

I snorted.

McDonalds for dinner is an okay idea because then you'll do one of those vigorously punishing STOP BEING PATHETIC work-outs the next day. Plus, that guy on the Olympics likes it, so there.

...that was disgusting. I hate myself.

I had McDonalds the other day for the first time in forever and I hated myself afterwards. In particular, because it was utterly nasty and tasteless.

McDonald's sucks.

In-N-Out rules.

Gabe got that job. He just sort of hired him. I like that guy, he throws good parties and has big ideas and just decides to give my kid a job because he has and opening.

nervous, though. Having your kid work for someone you know and associate with means a reflection on you as to his performance. I guess that is what happens, with the kids getting older.

Today I drove Zachariah all the way to football practice only to get there and the field be empty. Came home and checked my email to find a last minute cancellation of practice. Then he was annoyed because he had to go grocery shopping with me in his gear. Fun times.

The grocery shopping occurred before the email checking.

Mixed up the order of that story.

Look, I don't even like football, but even I know the Crimson Tide is the best football team in all of college football history.

Really, though, I don't care. I don't understand how football works and why the games have to be so long. STOP STOPPING EVERY FEW FEET AND IT'LL GO A LOT FASTER.

Anyway, my hotel is nice. I just checked in about 45 minutes ago and I took a hot shower. The shower's pretty cool. It's the kind that you walk into and there's no shower curtain or door. I have to ask what kind of shampoo, conditioner, and lotion this is because I need it in full sizes (because it smells so, so, so good). I will take every bit of the freebie stuff while I'm here because I'm such a jew.

Seriously, y'all. Pens and toiletries and stuff amirite?

The carpet freaks me out, though. Patterned hotel carpet wigs my shit and I think it's because I saw The Shining when I was really young and that creepy ass carpet left a lasting impression on me.

Holy fuck. So I'm going on that cabin-/mountain trip this weekend. I borrowed a major backpack, which is now stuffed with my things and SO HEAVY, and I don't know how I managed to walk to work with it (30 minute walk).

The backpack looks similar to this:

After work, we'll be driving 2,5 hours, and then we'll have to walk 1,5 hour to get to the cabin. How am I going to do that? No fucking clue. This weekend's gonna kick. My. Ass. So freaking hard.

Wish me luck.

So, you're taking all the things?

Imke, please, take pictures, too. That cabin looked amazing.

I'll have to take pictures with my phone, but yeah, I'll do my best.

I wanted to take my camera, but I no longer have the cable to connect it to the pc, so I wouldn't be able to get to my pictures, which is lame. Hopefully the others are taking a camera with them!

I think your country is beautiful, Imke.

is it not getting quite cold over there already ? i hope you packed tons of warm stuff.

According to a weather website, it'll be about 7 or 8 degrees celcius during the day and around 0 during the night.

eeek, oh i hate the cold.

Uh. It's really cold today here, too. Only 7 in the morning and it has been raining since last night.

By the way. Is there any other country where road tunnels get flooded whenever it rains more heavily? Because that happens EVERY TIME in Bucharest.

So jealous of Imke! I'd love to do that.

Rammstein are coming back to Romania and maybe this time I'll be going, too. It's next July, so I'll be on holiday.

Hattie is so freaking cute.

It is raining.

!!

My cats are all being brats this morning.

Sampson is walking around looking despondent because the rain forced him in doors. I'm not keeping him in, he could just quite with the attitude and go out if the dry warm house is too offensive.

Winnie is making the crankiest noises every time I get near or heaven forbid touch her.

And Gizmo kept biting my feet and pretending I was playing when I tried to push him away. Now he is in a standoff with Sampson about who is going to sit in the window.

It looks like I've gone past 5000 posts here. I guess that makes me legit now.

One day... I'll be legit too.