and when it heals it beats for you

I had a v. unusual day. It was quite rainy this morning and I felt a distinct lack of motivation to do anything, but I forced myself to go to Des Moines to stock up on many tings. The day job is putting a cramp in my style when it comes to being able to do these errands on weekdays, and I know every weekend between now and Christmas will only get worse in terms of shopping.

So, I made a speed run through Costco, Whole Foods, Menards, and Target, and I also got my nails done, and I somehow still made it home by 5:15. I unloaded the many tings from my car and was looking forward to a relaxing evening + getting some work done, but [censored] discovered that the sump pump wasn't working, which was not a pleasant revelation given that we've gotten a lot of rain and will soon get some more. So I went ahead and fixed dinner (with brunch items) while [censored] scrounged for supplies, and we ate while watching last night's SNL.

Then, we spent more time than either of us wanted to messing around in the basement - it was really all [censored], but it was a two-person effort to try to pump water out of the pit and into any drain in the basement that could handle a fire hose of water. The issue still isn't resolved, but to be clear, my basement wasn't flooded - and hopefully [censored] can figure out a solution in the near future.

But for now, that's a problem for Future Sara (or, more likely, Future [censored]) - for now it's time for bed. Goodnight!

i got edges that scratch

Apologies for not blogging the last couple of days - I was trying to be diligent with work and also with bedtime, and that often eliminated my desire to sit on my laptop/phone and write a post before bed.

Yesterday was lovely, though - I worked all morning, and then [censored] and I picked up takeout and went out to Mom and Dad's for a rare Friday lunch. Aunt Kathy had come down to hang out, so we all ate together, which was v. nice. And then we took a tour of my new holdings, which were a pleasant surprise for some people since everyone was expecting a garbage dump based on the last neighbor. That's not to say that it's amazing, but for my purposes, it will suffice.

I spent the rest of yesterday slogging until almost eight p.m., and then I ate leftover chicken and mashed potatoes while watching 'Stargate' with [censored]. Today, I got up with more urgency than I usually do on a Saturday (but still not exactly early) because I had volunteered to host a writing thing at the library at 10am. No one showed up, which suited me just fine - we didn't really publicize it much, and NaNoWriMo is basically defunct this year, so people who don't follow the library on Facebook were unlikely to see it. But I got a couple of hours of writing done, which I will totally take.

Then I went across the street and voted, and I felt v. lucky because there happened to be no one in line in front of me when I got there (although someone walked out as I walked in, and three or four people were behind me by the time I was done). Then I came home, ate lunch, did some tings with [censored], and then spent the rest of the afternoon organizing my office papers. Eventually, I stopped so that I could make some chili for dinner, which hit the spot, and then I spent the last couple of hours doing various online things.

And now I need to sleep - goodnight!