wild night

My student assistant just came in our office and asked if we'd been in our conference area yet today. ("No.") My co-worker and I went over there and found beer cans (they didn't even finish them), an empty 18-pack box, and the vault (which is just used for a storage closet) door open. Apparently some students had a wild night up here. I had to smile at that.

since we got snow again last night

I thought a cheering up post was in order. Thus, I give you hilarious pictures of a kitten. If the same people who own this cat had a son, he would be my nephew, so that's how I know this kitten. The last one cracks me up every time. It's worth seeing full size.

hug, chocolate, sunshine, kitties, warm

Well, the weather today is not at all depressing me, so who wants to go to my blog and read those words? Not me, I tell you, not me. But I don't know what words I do want to read. Well, I can think of some nice ones; I'll go make those my title now.

oh, the weather outside is

...depressing me.

weekend recap

Friday – ate Chinese food for supper; saw Juno
Saturday, aka the day of beautiful weather – slept in; got in a couple-hour workout; took in some Kansas Day activities at the museum, including a lecture from a local tv meteorologist about severe weather in KS; took my book to the coffee shop and read while drinking (and spilling) a pumpkin spice latte; pizza with Nate and Esther; went to the basketball game, which ended favorably for our team
Sunday – church; chili/potato soup dinner; church meeting...until 3pm; shelf assembly; kitchen organization; really quick Taco Tico supper; cookie baking with Esther and Alice; Buffy with Ruth and Jesse

Last night was perhaps the first time since the new year I haven't taken some sort of NyQuil-esque medication before bed. I think there are warnings about that kind of thing, but sheesh, my dang nose and throat preventing me from sleeping! I hope this will soon end for good. Now I will go make myself some chai.

2 things from the week that were no fun at first, but good in the end

1. Sewer problems. The floor drain in the basement wasn't so much draining as it was allowing nasty stuff to come up onto our floor. Luckily the basement is unfinished and we don't store anything near the drain, so nothing was ruined, but it sure was gross. Brian was wonderful and took care of getting the people out, helping them when they were there, and even doing all of the clean-up. How generous. The cause of the problem was a big old ball of roots in the pipes.
   
2. Monday night we were going to cook supper, and I realized if we did that, we'd really have no place in the refrigerator to put leftovers and really no place on the counter for more dirty dishes. Sobering. So we did an entire refrigerator clean-out, including washing all of the shelves, and then did the dishes. The difference in the refrigerator is amazing, and it's still kind of satisfying to look in there and see so much empty space and cleanness.
   

faker

Yesterday I unfortunately ate a dessert masquerading as Marsh Bars. What disappointment ensued. What sadness for eating all of those calories -- and for what? Some chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and marshmallows? A shame.