Catching Up

In fact, I seem to be caught up. I still haven't tackled the BIG PROJECTS I had hoped to get to the summer (i.e., the basement), but otherwise, I have a blank to-do list. I'm having a facial on Friday, I have an appointment at the Apple Store Monday morning to take care of a few computer details (I STILL LOVE MY MAC), and I have an appointment for a ... *ahem* ... procedure on Tuesday.

In other news, the new living room curtains are up, I got new couch pillows, my living room looks as good as it's ever going to. I could actually invite a stranger -- or someone I know, more likely -- into my house and not die of mortal embarrassment. My kitchen is clean and neat. You know, I had said very early in the summer that I usually clean as soon as vacation starts but that I didn't do it this year, and I've also had issues with it not feeling like summer vacation. My house has now achieved my desire level of clean/neat. So that feels very good.

I went to the chiropractor again today, and I'm giving it the old college try, but so far I don't so much see the point. The only good thing is that if my back goes out, I can get an appointment with someone who knows me right away, more or less. Otherwise, it's just weird. But I'm going.

We had insane thunderstorms last night and this morning, which were cleared up by eight or nine, but which had done their damage by then. There was a tornado in Brooklyn, which is not so terribly far from here, maybe 25 miles, if that, and all the city commuters were totally screwed. R's train line was flooded, but fortunately for her, there was a power failure on her block, and by the time it came back and she was ready to leave for work at ten, the trains were running again.

Stopped for a bit just now to have a nice talk with the Sibs, who is away for a few days with her hubs and their youngest, Little K, to look at colleges. (He's starting his senior year next month.) Looks like they may have found a good one, just by dropping in to see the school his father went to, so that would be nice, if he liked it and they know he can get in. Interview tomorrow; he's a very personable kid with great grades and excellent activities. Fingers crossed for Little K.

And now it's late, so I'm posting and collapsing.

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