remember the dumbo costume i mentioned grace was wearing for halloween. go look at leta. dressed in the same costume, but picture a fatter baby, and that's my elephant niece. too adorable.
there was no blog yesterday because i was home sick. the time change is really getting me fucked up, i felt very icky yesterday. however, even feeling icky, i can't sit around my house doing nothing so i cleaned out my closets. one garbage bag of clothes for charity. and to fill in the gap (no pun intended, just wait, you'll see) in my closet i got a package from the gap today. i should have gotten it monday. one might even say a month ago. you know why it was late, it was on the floor of the post office instead of the shelf. the poor man can't be expected to look at all of the packages. what kind of insanity would that be? sigh...
the weather is disturbingly beautiful lately. sunny and warm. i had my laundry out on the fence yesterday and it dried faster than the stuff i put through the dryer. for free! if only i had more fence. what a coup that would be.
because i am a pawn of the retail masses, i've agreed to work the pajama day sale at the bookstore. i should practice saying no. i really should. i also agreed to go to a retirement dinner for the owner of the bookstore. she caught me off guard with that one and then i couldn't think of an excuse fast enough. free dinner with people i mostly like. it'll make for a more interesting evening than comparing the relative drying times of my laundry.
did i mention that the sun now sets at 4:30. i always forget this part about living downeast. it's pitch black by 5:30. bangor hydro is going to have a very good quarter, because i can't stand the darkness. i turn on every light in every room when i get home. seasonal affective disorder be damned. lights everywhere, full speed ahead. if i could get more wattage in the oven i'd leave that open too.
i cleaned the oven yesterday, which of course involves only pushing the button marked clean, but i still felt good about it. i made fudge concurrently, from a kit sold by eagle, the condensed milk people. it was suprisingly good and very easy. it comes with everything you need except the butter. even it's own little can of condensed milk (which is way more gelatinous than i remember) which was very cute.
matt is going to look at a truck today. an '89. for matt, that's like buying brand new. it also represents only like the second vehicle he's actually purchased. everything he drives is something that was given to him in varying states of function. this is really a big step for him.