oh my flist it is COLD and i am ANNOYED because it is MAY. i wore a sweater and a winter coat to work. i mean. wtf. seriously. monday is memorial day! what is this bullshit!

in other less annoying news i am one signed lease away from having an apartment. \o/ \o/ \o/ it has off-street parking and a little storage space in the basement and laundry in the building and there's a hood over the stove (omg) and there might not be enough window for my plants but we'll see. i'll be at the mercy of the bus because i won't be walking distance to the t any more but i won't be massively farther away from everyone either. i was starting to despair and now i'm not altho i have to sort shit and pack and change my address in a million places and i am not looking forward to any of those things. i mean, moving is a pain in the ass.

this past weekend was all family, all the time - cousin j of j&m turned fifty and his lovely wife threw him a surprise party and he was SUR. PRISED. (even tho my sister showed up at the restaurant where his mom and brother took him to to get him out of the house while the party guests showed up. she covered for herself but still, oy.) my contribution was a raisin pie which went over really well even tho i had some issues with the top crust and it was thus not an attractive pie. the party was in the afternoon so afterwards i went over to my sister's and we ordered chinese food (not bad but could've been better - the wonton soup was undrinkably salty altho the wontons themselves were good and the moo shi was about 98% cabbage) and watched drop which was tense and i enjoyed it. (it has some actor from yellowstone 1923 who my sister likes which is why she wanted to see it.) and then sunday was j&m's girltwin's final dance recital, as she is graduating from high school in like three weeks. there were dances in a mix of styles from all the classes at the dance school where she goes and let me just tell you that the tiny girls in the tiny ballet tutus are FUCKING ADORABLE. so, so cute. the girltwin looked very confident on stage and did a really good job and it was overall a thoroughly enjoyable recital.

and last sunday i went to ikea with tamalinn which is always fun. we had meatballs. :D

and today was the monthly admin lunch and we had italian food which means... meatballs. :D also chicken parm and chicken alfredo with broccoli and bread and salad but, you know, meatballs. i love a good meatball.

otherwise the less said about work the better, mostly because i am MADE OF SLACK and i really do have shit to do. most of it is emails and some of it is expenses and a lot of it is about to be travel and i don't want to do any of it. >.<

...my laptop is really dirty. i need to clean it. not right now but soon.

grosse pointe garden society is done for the season and now i know who the dead body is and i don't know how i feel about it. and i can't get over how dumb most of the characters are about their relationships. seriously, so stupid. but it ends on a "what next??" note so i'll probably watch the second season too.

enjoying poker face tho. it's kind of a weird show but the guest stars are fun and i really like natasha lyonne's character.

lego hq is coming to boston. american hq, anyway. they're moving from connecticut and personally i find this really cool.