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Busy today. Folded two loads of laundry before breakfast, then emptied the dishwasher. Did some web work. Took Stephen to school, then off to Home Despot to pick up a rake and some window sealing products. Sophia was completely crazy, and even worse in the grocery store. (I asked her if she wanted to go in the sling (nononono) or in the cart (mm-hmm) so I didn't bother bringing the sling with me, and 2 minutes into the store, she started HOWLING to be held. Great. I can't push a cart and hold a baby at the same time, so I held her just until she calmed down a little and then plopped her back in the cart, feeling like it was her own damned fault for saying she didn't want the sling :P Of course, that's not fair because she's only 2, but damn. I'm so tired of tantrums!)
She fell asleep on the way home, so I listened to an awful report on NPR about how the Kansans have *redefined science* to include supernatural phenomena (buh buh buh -- that's the sound of me gibbering...) and now all the reactionaries are going to teach that evolution is "just a theory" and give bogus explanations about why it's wrong and let the children decide whether they think it's true or not (never mind that you don't get into the real nuts and bolts of it until graduate school.... ARGH!). Fucking Kansas. It's ridiculous. At least the person they interviewed to rebut was halfway decent, but Christ, voters should NOT be allowed to decide what's science and what's not! Science is not a democratic endevor! If it were, the world would still be flat, disease would be caused by divine providence, and babies would come from the fucking stork. WTFF. Pardon my language, but this kind of shit makes me crazy.
Anyway. After listening to that, I raked the yard (even though that's our landlord's job, he hasn't been here in months and doesn't seem to care that the parking lot drain is totally clogged with leaves and that the leaves are piling up on their own in drifts). Took me forever, but I bagged 90 gallons worth of leaves, cleared the drain, swept our steps, and piled the rest of the leaves next to the sidewalk where he can't possibly miss them. I hope he gets his ass over here soon. I also put plastic on the outside windows that I can reach, because the place is wretchedly poorly insulated, especially the windows. I'm sure he'll whine about that because, despite his failings, he is immensely house-proud of his properties, and will probably think the plastic is ugly, but I called two months ago and asked if he'd provide some storm windows and he said no. If he's willing to reduce our rent $200/month for the extra heating oil, I'll be happy to take down the plastic, but if not, it's staying whether he likes it or not. He's not the one paying our heating bills.
After doing the plastic, it was nearly time to get Stephen from school, so I bundled Sophia (just woken up) into the stroller and we walked to school to get him. It started to rain JUST after we got back, so I feel lucky.
Making quiche for dinner, then I'm going to sack out in front of the TV with a stupid movie ("Kung Fu Hustle", from the makers of "Shao Lin Soccer", which was SO funny and you must rent it if you haven't seen it yet) and RELAX. My back is already killing me from raking. Yet, I feel better for having done so much more physical activity lately. Would love to lose about 50 lbs, and sitting on my ass is not going to accomplish that :)
She fell asleep on the way home, so I listened to an awful report on NPR about how the Kansans have *redefined science* to include supernatural phenomena (buh buh buh -- that's the sound of me gibbering...) and now all the reactionaries are going to teach that evolution is "just a theory" and give bogus explanations about why it's wrong and let the children decide whether they think it's true or not (never mind that you don't get into the real nuts and bolts of it until graduate school.... ARGH!). Fucking Kansas. It's ridiculous. At least the person they interviewed to rebut was halfway decent, but Christ, voters should NOT be allowed to decide what's science and what's not! Science is not a democratic endevor! If it were, the world would still be flat, disease would be caused by divine providence, and babies would come from the fucking stork. WTFF. Pardon my language, but this kind of shit makes me crazy.
Anyway. After listening to that, I raked the yard (even though that's our landlord's job, he hasn't been here in months and doesn't seem to care that the parking lot drain is totally clogged with leaves and that the leaves are piling up on their own in drifts). Took me forever, but I bagged 90 gallons worth of leaves, cleared the drain, swept our steps, and piled the rest of the leaves next to the sidewalk where he can't possibly miss them. I hope he gets his ass over here soon. I also put plastic on the outside windows that I can reach, because the place is wretchedly poorly insulated, especially the windows. I'm sure he'll whine about that because, despite his failings, he is immensely house-proud of his properties, and will probably think the plastic is ugly, but I called two months ago and asked if he'd provide some storm windows and he said no. If he's willing to reduce our rent $200/month for the extra heating oil, I'll be happy to take down the plastic, but if not, it's staying whether he likes it or not. He's not the one paying our heating bills.
After doing the plastic, it was nearly time to get Stephen from school, so I bundled Sophia (just woken up) into the stroller and we walked to school to get him. It started to rain JUST after we got back, so I feel lucky.
Making quiche for dinner, then I'm going to sack out in front of the TV with a stupid movie ("Kung Fu Hustle", from the makers of "Shao Lin Soccer", which was SO funny and you must rent it if you haven't seen it yet) and RELAX. My back is already killing me from raking. Yet, I feel better for having done so much more physical activity lately. Would love to lose about 50 lbs, and sitting on my ass is not going to accomplish that :)
