various things make a post
Jun. 27th, 2018 10:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
edenfalling1. According to Downstairs Neighbor S, Upstairs Neighbor T got a new job and therefore he, Upstairs Neighbor E, and Mini-Upstairs Neighbor C will be moving away in August. I will miss them. (I am also unsure what's going to happen to the raspberries, as they were Upstairs Neighbor E's pet project. I mean, I'm willing to keep an eye on them -- maybe even acquire some long sticks and a bit of twine to give them stuff to climb on -- but I don't have a lot of use for raspberries myself. Allergies suck, you know? I suppose Downstairs Neighbor S might make them into preserves if enough survive the depredations of our local birds and squirrels.)
2. I made a run out to Target today in search of A) a potato masher, B) a grater, C) a set of plastic hangers, and D) a new shower liner. I acquired all but the fourth, because they had a frosted fabric liner and a clear plastic liner, but no frosted plastic liners. Ugh. So I ordered one online from Bed, Bath, & Beyond.
3. I also walked into the Bon-Ton again while I was at the mall, and lost a good hour and a half clothes-shopping. (Everything was on sale for at least 60% off! And they're pretty good quality clothes, too!) I came away with two new pairs of pants, one super-comfy work-appropriate sweater for this fall and winter, and one work-appropriate t-shirt.
4. When I dumped my kitchen compost into the communal bin this evening, there were so many maggots squirming around the rim of the plastic liner. SO MANY. I mean, they're harmless and a natural part of the decomposition cycle, but still. Gross. Also they grow up to be flies. But I left them alone, because see above in re: part of the natural decomposition cycle. (I am so dragging the bin to the curb for pickup next Tuesday, though. Blech.)
5. I cannot believe it took me an entire year to realize this was an option, but a couple days ago I took my two rescued spider plants out of the plastic bin they'd been sitting in, and put each of them into their own separate plastic saucer. (Which are just repurposed takeout container lids, but whatever, they're saucers if I say they are.) Now they finally have room to properly stretch their leaves without getting in each other's way! :)
6. I've finished two of the three child psych quizzes for this two-week unit, because upon occasion I can be efficient. *wry* I plan to do the third tomorrow, after I read the relevant chapter during slow periods at work. Also, I am very proud of myself for correctly figuring out how Prof. S meant one of the questions to read instead of getting caught up in the technicalities of what he'd actually written. (He screwed up his example so it didn't actually mirror the example from the textbook, but I figured he wanted the answer that did mirror the textbook, and lo and behold I was right.)
7. I hadn't seen Wilson (the house cat, who technically belongs to Diagonal Neighbors Z and T) since before I left for Minnesota, but I ran into her in the stairwell Monday evening on my way home from work, and she was happy to see me. So I sat on the stairs and petted her for ten or fifteen minutes, and she jumped quite eagerly into my lap, which was gratifying. :)
8. I voted in my House primary last night, but we're all still uncertain who's going to challenge Reed in November. The current front-runner is Max Della Pia, but he's only leading Tracy Mitrano by 26 votes and there's potentially up to 1,000 absentee ballots still to count, so... I guess we'll find out in a week or two.
2. I made a run out to Target today in search of A) a potato masher, B) a grater, C) a set of plastic hangers, and D) a new shower liner. I acquired all but the fourth, because they had a frosted fabric liner and a clear plastic liner, but no frosted plastic liners. Ugh. So I ordered one online from Bed, Bath, & Beyond.
3. I also walked into the Bon-Ton again while I was at the mall, and lost a good hour and a half clothes-shopping. (Everything was on sale for at least 60% off! And they're pretty good quality clothes, too!) I came away with two new pairs of pants, one super-comfy work-appropriate sweater for this fall and winter, and one work-appropriate t-shirt.
4. When I dumped my kitchen compost into the communal bin this evening, there were so many maggots squirming around the rim of the plastic liner. SO MANY. I mean, they're harmless and a natural part of the decomposition cycle, but still. Gross. Also they grow up to be flies. But I left them alone, because see above in re: part of the natural decomposition cycle. (I am so dragging the bin to the curb for pickup next Tuesday, though. Blech.)
5. I cannot believe it took me an entire year to realize this was an option, but a couple days ago I took my two rescued spider plants out of the plastic bin they'd been sitting in, and put each of them into their own separate plastic saucer. (Which are just repurposed takeout container lids, but whatever, they're saucers if I say they are.) Now they finally have room to properly stretch their leaves without getting in each other's way! :)
6. I've finished two of the three child psych quizzes for this two-week unit, because upon occasion I can be efficient. *wry* I plan to do the third tomorrow, after I read the relevant chapter during slow periods at work. Also, I am very proud of myself for correctly figuring out how Prof. S meant one of the questions to read instead of getting caught up in the technicalities of what he'd actually written. (He screwed up his example so it didn't actually mirror the example from the textbook, but I figured he wanted the answer that did mirror the textbook, and lo and behold I was right.)
7. I hadn't seen Wilson (the house cat, who technically belongs to Diagonal Neighbors Z and T) since before I left for Minnesota, but I ran into her in the stairwell Monday evening on my way home from work, and she was happy to see me. So I sat on the stairs and petted her for ten or fifteen minutes, and she jumped quite eagerly into my lap, which was gratifying. :)
8. I voted in my House primary last night, but we're all still uncertain who's going to challenge Reed in November. The current front-runner is Max Della Pia, but he's only leading Tracy Mitrano by 26 votes and there's potentially up to 1,000 absentee ballots still to count, so... I guess we'll find out in a week or two.
