Dear makeup people,

Did Maybelline discontinue Full'N Soft? mascara I can't find it anywhere. What's a good drugstore replacement? (I liked it because it was not clumpy, didn't flake, and coated nice in multiple layers without getting stumpy. And cheap.)

I had dinner with Ginger tonight! And a friend of hers who is clearly a Buffista spirit baby. Very fun! Then I went and fed a friend's cat, came home and fed mine, and then went next door to ask the neighbors if one of them could come scoop our litterboxes, which... was kind of awkward! But they were super nice and came right over. (Pregnant ladies aren't supposed to handle cat poop, but they really needed to be done at least once before M gets home on Thursday, and all our regular catsitters/helpers are out of town.)

Now I should be unloading/loading the dishwasher and doing laundry, but I think instead I will drink some tea, eat some TJ's toffee, and watch something silly on Hulu. Am tiiiiiiiiired.

I know being unemployed is not a good thing, but damn if now after almost a week of no work, I am feeling the best I have in months. The house is in better shape than it has been in months also. a link? yes, I think there is.

Unfortunately, I have not applied for jobs for the last 2 days, and I promised my mom I would everyday, so I think I better get at least one app done tonight.

I think that office was destructive to my psyche. I just hope that I am not to the point where any office will be. As I suspected, it took me about 4 days to feel recharged and now I am in get shit done mode. Hopefully I really crank through house projects while in this forced down time.

I think any time you are being productive and not stymied, it is good for the psyche. Hoping the respite allows you to find something that fits. If it weren't for the insurance, I'd suggest you go freelance as a fixer. Personal packer, organizer, planner, cleaner, plotter. Cause you saved my packing ass, and I'm not the only one.

Me! Me!

Story just related to me. Keep in mind, my mom is extremely mouse-phobic.

They (bro, SIL, boys, parents) are all heading towards a restaurant. Tyler races ahead and holds the door open. A LARGE mouse runs from nowhere towards the door. Everyone starts running towards him, yelling. He's all WTF is with you people?! I'm being helpful! Mouse runs inside. Mom and PJ climb on benches in the foyer, Mom STANDING on them. Restaurant is full. People start chasing the mouse, grabbing boxes, trying to herd it. At one point, it is chilling on my brother's shoe and he tries to use his mouse-fu to grab it, but it isn't a pedigreed lab-mouse and doesn't freeze, but leaps to the host podium and then runs into the kitchen. Chaos ensues.

My fam decides to eat anyway, is seated. But my mom has tucked her pants into her socks and PJ won't put her feet on the floor. Servers are seriously freaked, kitchen staff keeps letting out shrieks. But no one leaves early. And despite the fact that my nephew let the damned thing in, the manager comped their meal. So they tipped the server the cost of the meal.

And...all the involuntarily childless stab themselves in the reproductive organs...

Woops, yeah. That was ill-considered. I don't know if there's a way to say that I want to respect anyone's desire for a child, while at the same time believing that it's unhealthy to insist that only the creation of children is worthy. Those of us who have no children still have worth and contribute to society. It can't be only about giving birth.

Good luck getting shit done, msbelle. You seem so efficient it is hard to believe anyone would ever fire you. People baffle me.

Mouse! I ... don't know if I could have eaten there.

sara, I like CoverGirl Lashblast. It's in a fat orange tube.

Did Maybelline discontinue Full'N Soft? mascara I can't find it anywhere.

I don't think so -- I bought the waterproof version a week or two ago at the grocery store.

Well, I've been paying my own damn insurance this whole time, so I guess I could freelance as a packer/organizer while looking for a job with insurance. I am leery of going into anyone's home that I do not know though, so what, referrals only? Start with church people and friends and get the word out? I could TOTALLY do that. I should see what people charge, but I guess anything that covers more than gas would be better than sitting on my buttocks.