Perambulations in Verbiage

1) Sick. Have been so for over a week with a cold that fluctuates between giving me a few sniffles here and there and leaving me feeling like a plague victim. After sleeping about 18 hours Monday (aided by furry water bottles in the form of two cats and a dog), I'm up and moving around, but everyone still sounds like they're underwater.

2) Moving. Ack! From a two-story townhome with garage on the edge of town to a single-story house with a cellar in my favorite part of town and in walking distance to almost everything. And did I mention the built-in cupboards in the "new" place? They're everywhere. I love them. With all the bookshelves we're bringing with us, we may actually have space for ALL of our books now. Until we buy more, that is. And of course, there are all the hassles of moving to be dealt with over the next month. Did I mention I hate moving? With a firey passion that burns greater than a thousand suns? It sets off pretty much every trigger I have about security and "my stuff".

3) Item 2 sort of derailed my 52 project for now. I'm going to have some serious catching up to do after March, or I won't be pleased with myself at all. At least I'm still managing to write a bit every day.

For no discernable reason, I have Nancy Sinatra's Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) playing in my head. It's not like I've watched Kill Bill recently or anything. No, really, that's not sarcasm - I haven't.

( Lyrics here, in case you were wondering )

In other news, no major progress on purging the house this weekend. I did get rid of a car-load of recycling (including filling the back and front passenger seats), but that feels like running in place. And I mowed the lawn. Which, while neccessary, never really feels satisfying to me because I know I'll just have to do it again. At least it's excercise.

Instead of other progress on the house, we took advantage of the gorgeous weather on Saturday and larked off to Topeka to visit both branches of Dean's Used Books (where I was able to replace three of the paperbacks that I lost to termites and flooding in New York lo these many years ago), drop in unexpectedly on friends we don't see often enough, and eat lunch at Bobo's Drive-In (yes, the one featured on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives). Bobo's does in fact, make a tasty burger. The onion rings are also quite nice - not greasy, and not actually rings (they chop them in half), so they're easier to eat. We finished up the day with the latest episode of Doctor Who, and watching the KC Wizards game (they won).

Sunday included the previously mentioned recycling trip, hauling Electic Boogaloo all over creation (but now I know where her boyfriend lives, so that's good), and watching a lot of television. That would be Doctor Who (again), The Pacific, and the premiers of the Tudors and Treme. Oh, and some random football matches here and there.

As for excercise - I'm now on my second week of walking across campus at lunch time. I usually get in one circuit of stair climbing here in the library most days, but it just seemed silly to waste such a pretty campus and nice weather by eating lunch here at my desk. Also, when I venture outside, I get rewarded by silliness; like the hula hoop give-away that was happening on campus today. Yes, I may very well have attempted hula-hooping on the lawn of the administrative building. Ha! So, outdoors it is, until it gets too ridiculously hot to think about going out at noon. As an added incentive, radcliffe has agreed to join me on my perambulations, so now I will have conversation and excercise! This is made of win! (She got a hula-hoop, too.) Now if I could just find somewhere to play double-dutch jump rope again, my routine would be complete... :)

We are giving the BBC a giggle this morning. The announcers on BBC America were nearly laughing aloud during their broadcast.

Because seriously, how many other countries can have a news day like this?

President Barack Obama Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

On the same day that

NASA bombs the moon?

In local news, I had a really nice time last night. (And Hooray for everflame and her awesome accomplishment!)


This morning I am strangely dizzy. Not feverish, or with a sore throat, or anything else that feels wrong. Just mildly dizzy. I think perhaps my ears are stuffed up?

Well, not really the pain so much as the numbness that makes it near impossible to eat and drink. And I'm quite hungry. :( I saw the dentist this morning for Round One of my deep cleanings, and now I feel rather like I've been punched in the jaw.

In better news, according to my hygenist I must have really awesome genetics for bone and tooth structure. In spite of several years of no-insurance-having neglect on my teeth, I have remarkably few problems. So, YAY.

And, Owww.

In an effort to switch my eating habits around so I stop consuming most of my food for the day after 5 pm, I actually ate breakfast this morning. Well, yogurt with my coffee. Sadly, instead of helping me to feel bright and shiny and alert, I ended up feeling sluglike...or perhaps snakelike - I could certainly do with some lying in the sun and digesting time. I also ate lunch, but not a very big one, and nothing that I wouldn't normally consume. I do not know what is up with this extreme roly-poly feeling and serious need for a nap, but it is un-frakkin-pleasant.

Health:

Weight is up, endurance is down. Stairclimbing an average of 15 minutes a day is obviously not enough. To counteract these things, I started swimming last night. Score: Laura 1, Body 0. Owww. I way overestimated the length of time I can currently spend swimming laps. My legs were literally wobbling when I got out of the pool. Answer is of course, swimming more often for less time. Good thing I like swimming.

Politics:

Positive Reinforcement.

I support Barack Obamba for President because he actually answers my questions:



And because I agree with Joe Biden about a lot of issues.

And because I want smart, honest people in charge of my country.

Yeah.