i haven't really even sat down at the home computer in days. i've read the blogs in snatches of quiet time at work. i read mine too, wondering if anything has changed. but it strangely doesn't. linda's on the computer a lot, not that this is the reason i haven't been on. but it's amusing that everytime i come down stairs she starts guiltily and asks if i want to go on. "no," i say pleasantly, "i just want to use a toilet that flushes." (we've had plumbing problems. somebody who won't come forward even though nobody's mad, broke the flusher-handle-thing off and then i, in trying to flush manually broke the bobber thingy off and it took a couple of days to be rectified. (no pun intended)). i just haven't felt like it. on thursday it was nice out and i wanted to be outside after work, so i raked the leaves. raking the leaves was fun for me. i made two huge piles of moldy purple maple leaves and then went in search of a garbage bag, but we had none big enough. that night was stormy and the next day the piles were still there but a fresh scattering of leaves dotted the lawn. ah well, i knew it would happen. i mean the tree's not bare yet.

i've done nothing today. no really. i've done nothing. well ok the things that i've done include these fabulous achievements:
1. got out of bed at 10:08
2. flipped through a new magazine that i got that looks good called real simple. unfortunately due to numbers 3 and 4, didn't really absorb much of the magazine.
3. watched felicity
4. watched some of the first season of arrested development with sarita, and by some i mean at least a whole dvd and a half. not sure what i think of it. i mean i like the quirkiness and the way it's done and the funny characters, but something about it just isn't good.
5. ate yoghurt and a cookie
6. ate some left over chicken cacciatore from work
7. ate about 7 mini freezies, most of them white.
8. got dressed, brushed my teeth and washed my face.

that's it. scum on the surface of a stagnating pool might have done more with a free day.

boy, that sounds harsh, what's wrong with giving yourself a day to relax? be quiet. what would you know.

while those two fight it out i will relate yesterday. yesterday i was the picture of activity. i not only was done everything, but i also scrubbed down the grill and stove top, just for kicks, or in other words just to be a good girl. the morning and lunch ran smoothly, i got the daily done, the money done and the laundry done. done also describes the state of the dishes and the floors. on the way h9ome i stopped at safeway to buy some large garbage bags. a man zoomed into the parking space i was waiting for, with no thought to safety, but i did not condecsend to being irked at him. i chatted pleasantly with the elderly lady who had bumped my arm when we both stood contemplating the lysol. she was short and had been trying to see the price of the lysol on the top shelf by standing on her tottering tippy toes. she said she thought she has seen it cheaper somewhere else. we ended up at the same checkout and when she saw my magazine's cover story about organizing your closets she confessed that hers was a horrible mess. at home i hadn't gotten through the adds that fester and multiply in the front of all magazines, but was feeling snoozie when karey got home and stated her opinion that we ought to leave for our evening of light shopping and dinner and movie right away. i groaned at the thought. a nap sounded so good. but i got up and changed out of the chicken cacciatore stained t-shirt. gas at our neighbourhood esso was 106. but not condusive of the direction we were going. i wanted to get some and told karey of my dilema. karey got a tear in her eye and looked off into the distance "i promise you, laura", her voice tremored " i promise you that we will find it at 104." well i believed her and we shook hands on it. sure enough, a shell on our way was at 104. that karey. she keeps her promises. karey and i had a fun night. i found jeans for 29.99 and a hoodie for 9.99 and a cute sweater at regular price and i stil think i kept within my self imposed spending limit. karey got a green fleece that i'm a tad jealous about. christine phoned karey's cell and we invited her to the movie. she said she had phoned our house and linda said this "i think karey's at pete's or something and laura's sleeping." hahaha. meanwhile karey and i had to make a critical decision--do we eat at the food fair and thus make it to reitman's or, do we skip reitman's and eat at TGI Friday's like planned. in the end reitman's won out luckily for us because that's where i found my jeans and karey her fleece. we met christine at the stand where you season your popcorn if you're so inclined or where you condiment your dog. she was dressing the dog if you will. we saw flight plan. karey really really liked it. i enjoyed it. it was what i expected. we had a good night. we were just in a good mood and it made everything fun. on the way home i said we should get panic room to complete our jodi foster thriller night, so we stopped at blockbuster and picked it up. it was raining hard. dramatic hey? well anyways a lady parked so close to me and at such an angle so ast to make it very risky in backing out before she did. we tried a little bit, but the kids getting in and out of the car just as we were inching towards them and thereby narrowly missing the door that they opened and other such stresses led me to stop the effort. the funny thing was that the mom was sitting in the car the whole time. finally i got out (because karey couldn't) and asked her if she could please pull out so that i could leave. she seemed as surprised as her teeny tiny dog was happy to see me. when we got home, our tensions still high from flight plan and all ready for some more it was discovered that the dvd was too scratched to play at all. so i would have maybe gone back but instead we watched the rm, which was a different experience, but alright.

and now i'm going to go up to my room and see if i'm inspired to do anything to it, or to find some other way to do nothing with my life.