Now that some of the vague-but-panicked headlines have started to pass, we’re starting to learn what happened in the trenches to allow the market to go whacky. I’m not a huge math fan, being not-so-great at it, but I appreciate a good analysis, and this is a good analysis of one aspect of the mortgage problem.
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A few quick notes
Spent Friday working from home because Kaylee tried to choke herself on her leash that morning. At least, that’s our current guess… Vet said she could’ve also tried to swallow something weird, and considering that on a walk around our building she usually tries to eat or carry around no less than six things, I can’t say that idea would shock me much. The short-short story was that in the amount of time it took me to turn away to holler at Chance and then turn back she went from bouncy and bubbly and causing trouble to quiet and subdued and clearly in pain. She was also making a nasty nasty choking noise every few minutes, and my extremely vocal dog wasn’t even whining.
Anyway, within 36 hours she was totally back to normal, though we have moved both dogs to harnesses on walks instead of clipping their leashes directly to their collars just to keep that from reoccurring.
Saturday I took a well-deserved break to go out and visit my sister at LVC, and we decided to go to Hershey Park in the pouring rain. We got in free because some group in front of us had two extra tickets and they’d already paid for them so they just gave them to us, so I paid $10 to go ride roller coasters and flume rides with my awesome sister all day. Can’t beat that.
(OK, $10 plus the money to buy some sweats at Walmart so I didn’t have to drive 1.5 hours home in incredibly sopping wet clothes. The Tidal Force was one of the rides that was still open.)
Today was lots and lots of errands and chores, and a huuuuuge sinus headache. Plus, the Eagles pissed me off. But altogether I can’t complain.
Tomorrow (whoops, today, Monday) I test for orange belt so I’m really hoping my sinuses clear by then. And considering that I test for orange belt, I’m thinking I should go to bed. Now: sleep.
I figured it out.
Chance is to Kaylee as Garfield is to Nermal.
xkcd
I did not do this with my new staple gun, but the temptation was there once I realized that Easyfire really means easyfire.
New comic schedule
With martial arts wiping me out every Monday night, it’s been a long time since I had a Tuesday comic up on time. I hate that.
I mulled over a number of solutions, but the one I like best is shifting to a Wednesday/Saturday schedule. So that’s what we’re doing, starting today.
Things I did this weekend:
Friday:
Came home to a holy couch.
Cleaned up the stuffing and tried duct taping the couch closed. (DISCLAIMER: I didn’t want to duct tape the couch. I think duct tape on living room furniture looks trashy. I was talked into it as a temporary fix and it did get us from Friday to Sunday, but dude, do not duct tape the couch.) Mopped the pee off the kitchen floor for the third time this week, cleaned up some other stuff, did some chore-like things.
Saturday:
Played me some Civilization IV
Gave Chance a bath. He was less than thrilled and when all was said and done he voiced his opinion by peeing on the towel. Took Kaylee to get her lyme vaccine and discovered the back window of my car (which I previously learned no longer closes) now opens randomly when it feels like it.
Invited my brother and sister over for baseball, steak sandwiches, sushi, and Mario Party 8
Sunday:
Got up relatively late with the terror twins, since Nighthawk got up with them for the 6:00 pee break. Cleaned up the kitchen, cleaned up the livingroom a little, helped with the laundry. Gave Kaylee a bath. She cried and cried and cried and I’m pretty sure the neighbors think I was killing her, but she was so dirty that the water actually ran brown for the first 30 seconds or so as the mud washed off her paws. She didn’t pee on the towels at the end, but that was about the only break I got on that front.
Then, some retail therapy. Bought a swiffer wet jet so I won’t have to drag the whole mop/bucket combination in the house every time Kaylee decides the pee pads don’t really apply to her. Bought some dog supplies for vet trips and the like as well.
Also bought a staple gun. Half inch staples hold the couch’s gaping wounds closed much more successfully than duct tape. Planning to have new livingroom furniture by the holidays. Maybe sooner if I have to keep sleeping on the couch in the morning because the dogs are up stupid-early.
Got a bean bag chair for $20 from K-Mart. It’s no Sumo but if the dogs shred it I’m only out $20. And considering that it’s relatively small, it’s still billions of times more comfortable than the floor.
More on my K-Mart trip coming later this week in Life is Odd comics if I get to it.
Mopped the floor with the wet jet and it’s much easier than doing the whole mop/bucket dance. Helped with laundry, did a KFC run for dinner, did the food shopping, came home, and bought a new camera
Now I’ve got a terror at my feet asleep and another terror in my lap who keeps resting her chin on the keyboard and typing (but “ttttt tttttttttttttttttttt” isn’t exactly riveting conversation so I’ve taken her opinion back out of this article at least three times now.) In a few seconds I’m taking them up to bed and then trying to get some sleep. Tomorrow is work, of course, so it’s back to the grind.
Accomplishments
Today I broke two boards: one with a hammer punch (strike?) and the other with a side kick.
Earlier this week I learned how to twirl a bong (that’s a bo in Japanese and a staff for the rest of you) and I didn’t make a single Daffy Duck Robin Hood reference. Which shows I’m learning self-restraint as well.
I didn’t think I’d be tired tonight since most of class was breaking, but I’m exhausted anyway. Maybe it was the 15 minutes of cardio at the beginning. Or the fact that I’m up at 5:30 with the dogs.
Anyway, almost all of my side projects are on hold while I try to get a routine set with the dogs. Ironically, that includes posting pictures of the dogs. We’ll see what the weekend brings.