damn, i've mussed my record

Today felt like Friday.  Isn't it Friday yet?  Oh, yeah, tomorrow.  So, besides that, I managed to get up late, check the internet, watch 15 minutes or so of Lord of the Rings/Return of the King...

You know, because I've listened to them so often (yes, I have the Mind's Eye version of LOTR on CD, courtesy of sonder ) that I actually have the lines memorized.  And it's weird to be watching it instead of listening.  Weird too that the lines are coming out of different mouths, with different voices than I'm used to hearing.  But fun nonetheless.  I will bitch and moan about Tolkien with the best of them (heck, where are the people of color in his books?  yeah, i know.  it's that bad.  and women?  don't even get me started), but I really really really love him and the stories he wrote. 

So I was trying to go two weeks with an entry every day, but I've missed it by an hour or so.  GRR.  I'm half tempted to backdate this post, but am too lazy (and too much of an attention ho I suppose)

I've managed to gather a to do list while i'm not actually doing anything... ( wanna see? )

Other than that, I was a good little provider tonight and fetched wings from wing stop for me and the boy - yep, wings, for pickup.  They're not half bad.  Besides, it meant we didn't have to cook.  Not that I don't mind cooking,b ut ... it does get tedious sometimes.  Especially now that we actually clean up after every meal and generally get the dishes in the dishwasher the same night (defense against a cat who has turned part scavenger, really).  Sure there's a rhythm to it - chop, clean, cook on the stove, clean, eat dinner, clean the rest... but ... occasionally it's nice just to skip all that, get your fingers dirty with spicy cajun sauce and cole slaw out of a cup.

and this is why i don't post everyday.  could that be more boring?

grumble, grumble, grumble, hurrah.

So it wasn't the best Friday ever, I'll say that.

First, I got pulled over and ticketed because my car inspection is two years old - even though I ordered my registration last night and technically I think I have till the end of the month to get the thing reinspected.

( cut for other assorted rumbling )

Now though?  Now I'm deliciously blissed out from coming home, having Neil be ready to go out to dinner, and hitting one of our new favorite restaurants that does authentic Italian (i mean truly authentic - their carbonarra is to die for and it comes served with an actual egg yoke on the top to mix into the cream sauce - and their cesar salad is actually served with anchovies if you want it).  Yummy unpronounceable dry italian wine, sumptuous food, delightful service, and the best of all, the best company in the world.

how's that for ending on a good note?  *grin*