The interwebs are being incredibly slow right now, so I cannot appreciate the mind blowingosity.

My DH just called to say he (and a friend visiting from CA with her kids) just got turned away from the Washington Monument because the NPS was anticipating golf-ball sized hail.

This morning I had to convince my DH it was our 3rd, not our 2nd anniversary.

To make matters even more complicated, it's on a separate contract entirely, with really rigid accounting and I don't know if I'm even allowed to do work for them. But if left to their own devices, they might royally screw up my work.

And I just stuttered madly trying to ask a question because I got yanked so thoroughly from one line of thought to the other.

Thunder!

Yay for feeling better, ita!

So much for my going for a noon swim--I got over to the pool, and as I was about to head into the locker room, a woman stopped me and told me that they had closed both the indoor and outdoor pools because of the possibility of lightning storms. It was bright sunshine outside, and they had the damn pools closed! I unloaded on her a bit (and apologized afterwards), then headed over to get my mattress shopping done. Since the local place was willing to match the floor model price I had gotten from the Joliet store on Saturday and hold the mattress set until payday next Friday, I put the $20 down and committed to it. A queen-size Sealy Posteurpedic (no pillowtop, but with the extra cushioning on top) for $815 (after tax, free delivery)--not too bad! It's a $1400 set normally, and I don't think I'd be able to get it cheaper any time soon.

Then, after I finished at the mattress store, I headed over to the Barnes & Noble in the same strip mall, and filled out an application and had an interview for a part-time job. It sounds rather favorable--they're looking for four people for 15-20 hours a week, and they sound pretty willing to work around my availability. $7.25 to start, and the manager I interviewed with said that, with my bookselling/library experience, they might be able to bump that up a bit.

Yay, new bed! Kathy, you don't want a pillowtop, it gets super lumpy and you can't flip the matress over like you can a regular one. I know this from experience (glares at 5 year old mattress that is now super uncomfortable).

Also, you can't use your old sheets (my mom just gave me all her old standard queen-sized sheet sets because she has a pillowtop).

The salespeople are telling me that pretty much all the mattresses are no-flip nowadays, even the non-pillowtop ones. Is that right?

This morning I had to convince my DH it was our 3rd, not our 2nd anniversary.

awww did he say it was his time married to you was so pleasant it was flying by? Happy anniversary!

Happy Sparky & Dh Day!

did he say it was his time married to you was so pleasant it was flying by?

Only to cover up his faux pas. Hee! What I found funny is that he didn't remember our first anniversary, where he went to a lot of trouble to have the baker ship a redux of our wedding cake from San Juan Is, WA to Boothbay Harbor, ME overnight mail, just because I'd never gotten a piece of our wedding cake. Trying to keep the surprise a secret -- especially with a bunch of my nieces and nephews dying to spill the beans -- must have been stressful enough that he repressed it.

Happy anniversary, Sparky!

Once again, I really feel that I have been at work for MORE THAN ENOUGH time already today. And yet? NSM.

Happy Anniversary Sparky!

And suddenly, it's pouring here. Yep, coming down in sheets.