hey! look at me! twice in one week! you are the luckiest person in the world to be reading this drivel. speaking of "drivel," i wasn't sure if i spelled that correctly so i checking teh internets and this is what i got:
driv·el 
[driv-uhl] -eled, -el·ing or (especially British) -elled, -el·ling.
–noun
| 1. | saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver. |
| 2. | childish, silly, or meaningless talk or thinking; nonsense; twaddle. |
| 3. | to let saliva flow from the mouth or mucus from the nose; slaver. |
| 4. | to talk childishly or idiotically. |
| 5. | Archaic. to issue like spittle. |
| 6. | to utter childishly or idiotically. |
| 7. | to waste foolishly. |
so maybe i should change the name of this blog to something more drivel-y. because, honestly, i don't like talking about "issues" and current events. i listen to NPR every morning and every afternoon. i read US weekly at the grocery, and i read the funnies on sunday. that's about all the news i like to hear. i used to be more embarrassed about that, especially living in washington. but now... nyah, i don't care so much. people can suck my toe. i like to gossip about celebrities sometimes, and i will step up my news coverage during times of elections and big ticket items. but i can only stand discussing my views on partial-birth abortions for so long before i just want to give up.
so don't read on, thinking you will be expanding your world view. you'll be sorely disappointed if you do. instead, i prefer to pretend that no one is reading this (since, probably, no one is...) and that i am talking to myself! how pleasant. on the plus side, if i keep posting more regularly... think of how nice it will be, about ten years from now, for me to have a record of the minutiae of my days. my memory being what it is, i will have likely forgotten most of the details.
mi·nu·ti·a
[mi-noo-shee-uh, -shuh, -nyoo-] plural -ti·ae [-shee-ee –noun
| 1. | precise details; small or trifling matters: the minutiae of his craft. |
so! that said, on to the drivel!
i am FINALLY moving my indoor wundergarten to the great outdoors, where it belongs. this creepy awful cold miserable weather is finally over, so it's safe for my little plantlings to go outside and stop dirtying up my house. my peas and lettuce are still doing fine outside, but soon (read: tonight and sunday) they will be joined by poppies, bells of scotland, hollyhocks, marigolds, cosmos, parsley, dill, basil, chives, spring onion! probably more, but i can't remember... i am pretty excited about it all. i also want to go pick out our hedge plants sometime soon.
the sugar-caffeine diet continues: i cheated twice - scott brought home cadbury creme eggs and i ate two. i am trying to not eat refined flour, but i haven't been good about advanced planning for that. today, for instance, i ate soup that contained noodles. it's only been 4 days, so i am going to wait a week or two before judging any results.
i am attempting to kill the last 40 minutes before i can safely leave. *technically* i shouldn't leave until 4:30... but my boss is gone for the afternoon... and it's friday, dammit. i am leaving at 4:00, and no one can stop me.
yesterday, two of my co-workers were leaving a little early to go to a wine-tasting festival thingie downtown. i was working on the reference desk, and julie was stopping by to talk before she left. we chatted for a bit, then she said quite loudly "well, i'm off to go drink some wine!", then stomped into her office - just as our boss walked by with a puzzled look on his face. the thought-bubble over his head said "julie? wine? in your office?" i am still laughing on the inside about that one.
well, i've managed to whittle my time down to a half hour. one last time-draining thought to share: play this game. it's so peaceful and addictive.
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