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This week, thankfully is shaping up much better than last.
Monday morning I drove home from PA leaving just late enough so that traffic was smooth sailing all the way back to the office. Most would balk at the four and a half hour drive; I embraced and reveled in the journey. I need to make the trip out to PA again when the leaves start turning, I imagine the Delaware Water Gap and the hills around and underneath I-287 are gorgeous in the fall.
The Tappan Zee Bridge still terrifies me. Don't ask me why, it just does.
Four hours of driving did much to mellow me out after Sunday's bit of lecture and revelation - spent the drive musing over things in my head. Still not quite done processing it all, honestly, but it should make good background headnoise as I start getting fully in gear to move.
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cell23 and I finished up season 1 of Torchwood and then the rest of the evening was getting thoroughly petted and spoiled in unabashedly adult ways, which was lovely considering I hadn't seen him all weekend and all last week I was too much of a tweakmonkey to even have him around me, which says something. No matter, lost time was duly made up for, and Tuesday night was the first night in a while I slept like a log with no dreams as commented upon to amusing effect in head58's LJ yesterday. Apparently Batman is guarding my dreams or something.
Yesterday was taking care of some grown up business in the morning followed by work, and today I think will be much the same, as I do have some AAAAGH RESPONSIBLE ADULT errands to run this morning, though I'm taking a break from the commute today, seeing as all the driving did come with the cost of seriously ouchtastic shin splints. But I had a decent workday, if a late one. Followed it up by what I realized was my last personal grocery run before the move, after which I came home and defied the hot humid evening by firing up the oven and cooking orange juice chicken and rice. The nice thing about never quite learning how not to cook for 4+ people is that I have tons of leftovers for the week even after feeding both myself and the Manbeast. Also since I got flour there was bread too. Mmmm bread.
Started up Series 3 of Doctor Who. Other than a few moments at the beginning of the first episode where I winced in sympathetic recognition over Martha Jones' squabbly and clearly very West Indian family (seriously, just change the accents around), I've rather liked the season so far. Plus seeing Leonora Crichlow from Being Human pop up in "Gridlock" was a treat.
Today, like I said, is going to be Responsible Adult type errands, plus one treat, seeing as on the list is to stop by Cinemark and pick up tickets to Scott Pilgrim vs the World this Thursday night. Seriously you guys, I haven't been this excited about a movie in forever - in fact I can't actually remember when the last time I went to a midnight premiere was. Plus I get to go withcell23, which is a rare treat seeing as it takes a lot to get him to go to a movie, let alone be actually excited about one. It better not horribly disappoint us, though all reports so far say it won't. Also the soundtrack so far is perfect; it's streaming here if anyone wants a listen. (Anyone else going, out of curiosity?) But after all that's done, home, work, cleaning and packing and cheerfully succumbing to the call of the deadly to-do list after two refreshing days of avoiding it.
Monday morning I drove home from PA leaving just late enough so that traffic was smooth sailing all the way back to the office. Most would balk at the four and a half hour drive; I embraced and reveled in the journey. I need to make the trip out to PA again when the leaves start turning, I imagine the Delaware Water Gap and the hills around and underneath I-287 are gorgeous in the fall.
The Tappan Zee Bridge still terrifies me. Don't ask me why, it just does.
Four hours of driving did much to mellow me out after Sunday's bit of lecture and revelation - spent the drive musing over things in my head. Still not quite done processing it all, honestly, but it should make good background headnoise as I start getting fully in gear to move.
Monday evening
cell23 and I finished up season 1 of Torchwood and then the rest of the evening was getting thoroughly petted and spoiled in unabashedly adult ways, which was lovely considering I hadn't seen him all weekend and all last week I was too much of a tweakmonkey to even have him around me, which says something. No matter, lost time was duly made up for, and Tuesday night was the first night in a while I slept like a log with no dreams as commented upon to amusing effect in head58's LJ yesterday. Apparently Batman is guarding my dreams or something. Yesterday was taking care of some grown up business in the morning followed by work, and today I think will be much the same, as I do have some AAAAGH RESPONSIBLE ADULT errands to run this morning, though I'm taking a break from the commute today, seeing as all the driving did come with the cost of seriously ouchtastic shin splints. But I had a decent workday, if a late one. Followed it up by what I realized was my last personal grocery run before the move, after which I came home and defied the hot humid evening by firing up the oven and cooking orange juice chicken and rice. The nice thing about never quite learning how not to cook for 4+ people is that I have tons of leftovers for the week even after feeding both myself and the Manbeast. Also since I got flour there was bread too. Mmmm bread.
Started up Series 3 of Doctor Who. Other than a few moments at the beginning of the first episode where I winced in sympathetic recognition over Martha Jones' squabbly and clearly very West Indian family (seriously, just change the accents around), I've rather liked the season so far. Plus seeing Leonora Crichlow from Being Human pop up in "Gridlock" was a treat.
Today, like I said, is going to be Responsible Adult type errands, plus one treat, seeing as on the list is to stop by Cinemark and pick up tickets to Scott Pilgrim vs the World this Thursday night. Seriously you guys, I haven't been this excited about a movie in forever - in fact I can't actually remember when the last time I went to a midnight premiere was. Plus I get to go with
cell23, which is a rare treat seeing as it takes a lot to get him to go to a movie, let alone be actually excited about one. It better not horribly disappoint us, though all reports so far say it won't. Also the soundtrack so far is perfect; it's streaming here if anyone wants a listen. (Anyone else going, out of curiosity?) But after all that's done, home, work, cleaning and packing and cheerfully succumbing to the call of the deadly to-do list after two refreshing days of avoiding it.
