I Still Love This. Plus, Another Electrical Malady.

I love paper. I realize this makes me a hopeless nerd in every way, but I am okay with that. I picked all this up in Lubbock a couple of months ago, and am only now getting a chance to use it. Actually, I've had plenty of chances to use it, but it's so pretty, I just hate cutting into it. It almost makes me cry.

Did you notice the fortune teller fish? Remember when we would win those at the carnival and at the Halloween Carnival at school, back in the days when Halloween (and any other activity involving singing and gaiety) was not against school policy? I love those. Tomorrow, I will post a link to the site where I bought them. It is the same site, incidentally, where I got 24 fabulous yards of this:
Punchinella. This used to be EVERYWHERE, and twenty years ago, to my own chagrin, we made hairbows out of it and wore them. Proudly.

I must be getting some interest back on the bad karma I generated yesterday by moaning about electricity, because this evening at around 5, I went to run an errand, and when I got home, my ELECTRICITY WAS COMPLETELY OFF. I was all, DAMMIT, and I had to call the electric company (thankfully my computer still had a little bit of battery left so I could get the phone number) and they told me that yes, I was correct, I did not have a past due balance, and to call the actual electric provider, Onstar or Oncor or something, and so I did, and it turns out something happened to the generator here at the condos I live in, and THAT'S why the electricity was off, and it went on about an hour later, and I was glad, because SOMEBODY in the apartment office was about to replace all the beef and chicken and the bag of ice I bought earlier today.

Anyhoo, the day went well. I got bills paid, visited Rick for a little while, and I'm winding down. I would have been in bed already, but I went and ate a bowl of cereal, which was stupid, because A) it is too late to eat, and B) I am lactose intolerant.

I'm exhausted. More tomorrow. If you read my blog, please comment. I know you're out there, because when half of you call me or I call you, you're like, "Oh yeah, I read about that on your blog." ARE YOU OUT THERE?

Ciao!