Hot Hot Hot
So today is supposed to be uncommonly hot, even for the sweltering South. Heat index of 106 degrees. Nice. So our air conditioning breaks. I didn't notice at first, as the ambient coolness kept things nice, as did our being on the bottom floor of the building and not near any windows. But its been getting fairly warm the last couple hours, and I am watching the thermostat go up a degree about every 20 minutes. Yuck.
Got a fun care package from the folks yesterday...lots of goodies. 'His' and 'Herr's' potato chips (for reals...look it up). Some candy, some old photos that I'm going to put on Facebook. Gotta be careful of those old polaroids, though, as I went through them yesterday and had silver nitrate all over my hands by the end. Gross. And probably not healthy. But my fingertips would not be eaten by a werewolf, so there is that. Silver lining...heh heh heh...
I'm not too jazzed about my birthday this year. The only thing I can say is 'at least 33 is over'. And 34 had better be a vast improvment or I will LOSE it. No joke. 33 was ROUGH. Still, got a nice visit from Charles, and my parents sent some gift cards to amazon.com and my great-grandfather's Victorian-era pocketwatch. Yes, I'm that old. My father's father had siblings born in the 1800's. Three or four generations will get you back to pre-Civil War, depending on which side of the family you go to. Anyway, that's weird, just three generations of my family stretching across 3 centuries. If I happen to live to be 123 years old, it'll be 4 centuries. Do NOT want to be that old, though. Man. My body is ALREADY starting to break down on me.
Started reading the 'Mistborn' series by Brandon Sanderson. Its pretty good so far. I figure I'd give him a try since he's co-writing the last few Wheel of Time books. Which he REALLY NEEDS TO FINISH! Started reading the series about the time the fourth book came out, which was in 1993. 18 years. EIGHTEEN YEARS I've been reading this series, waiting for closure. If it goes too much longer before the last book comes out, it'll have been more than HALF MY LIFE. That's just sad. Anyway.
This is kind-of a hodge-podge post, isn't it? Oh well.
Also, I found a HUGE black spider in our back yard this morning. The dog almost pooped on it, which would have been hysterical, but I had to catch it to check if it was poisonous or not. Turns out it was not, but still good for scaring the wife. She thought it was fake and came from a cereal box or something. Ha ha...until it started running around the tupperware I had it in. When I say huge in reference to spider size, I am talking about 2 1/2 inches in length, black and hairy. Nasty thing. I threw it back in the woods.
Am going to melt into a puddle of goo now.
Got a fun care package from the folks yesterday...lots of goodies. 'His' and 'Herr's' potato chips (for reals...look it up). Some candy, some old photos that I'm going to put on Facebook. Gotta be careful of those old polaroids, though, as I went through them yesterday and had silver nitrate all over my hands by the end. Gross. And probably not healthy. But my fingertips would not be eaten by a werewolf, so there is that. Silver lining...heh heh heh...
I'm not too jazzed about my birthday this year. The only thing I can say is 'at least 33 is over'. And 34 had better be a vast improvment or I will LOSE it. No joke. 33 was ROUGH. Still, got a nice visit from Charles, and my parents sent some gift cards to amazon.com and my great-grandfather's Victorian-era pocketwatch. Yes, I'm that old. My father's father had siblings born in the 1800's. Three or four generations will get you back to pre-Civil War, depending on which side of the family you go to. Anyway, that's weird, just three generations of my family stretching across 3 centuries. If I happen to live to be 123 years old, it'll be 4 centuries. Do NOT want to be that old, though. Man. My body is ALREADY starting to break down on me.
Started reading the 'Mistborn' series by Brandon Sanderson. Its pretty good so far. I figure I'd give him a try since he's co-writing the last few Wheel of Time books. Which he REALLY NEEDS TO FINISH! Started reading the series about the time the fourth book came out, which was in 1993. 18 years. EIGHTEEN YEARS I've been reading this series, waiting for closure. If it goes too much longer before the last book comes out, it'll have been more than HALF MY LIFE. That's just sad. Anyway.
This is kind-of a hodge-podge post, isn't it? Oh well.
Also, I found a HUGE black spider in our back yard this morning. The dog almost pooped on it, which would have been hysterical, but I had to catch it to check if it was poisonous or not. Turns out it was not, but still good for scaring the wife. She thought it was fake and came from a cereal box or something. Ha ha...until it started running around the tupperware I had it in. When I say huge in reference to spider size, I am talking about 2 1/2 inches in length, black and hairy. Nasty thing. I threw it back in the woods.
Am going to melt into a puddle of goo now.
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