Last night’s Johnnie Walker shindig was quite fun, and very
well orchestrated. Good food, good booze, interesting presentation, and, of
course, great company. Made my otherwise-not-so-great day much, much
better.
We got heat today. Turns out that in addition to the radiators being
stone dry, and the autofiller being seized, the thermostat was wired in
backwards. In the words of our nice heating-repair man, that’s the only thing
worse than it not being wired in at all. (If we’d had central air, it would
have turned on the cooling cycle, in fact. What fun that would have
been!) Of course, I asked about the thermostat on the very first conversation
with the landlord’s handyman, 15 days ago. Alas. Toasty now, though.
Chester had a bad day. Tyla took him to the vet to get his outdoor shots,
and to see if there is any biological or medical factor contributing to his recent
transgressions. (I half-suspect a urinary-tract
infection, but I’m no vet.) By the time I picked him up later that evening,
he had thoroughly soiled his cage, due to a combination of terror and the
diuretic drug they gave him to help with the tests. Poor thing. He didn’t much
like the bath we gave him when we got home, either, but the alternatives were too horrifying to
contemplate.
I managed to get some work done today, though I’m not
especially proud of it. Remember, this hackery is going to be protecting the
American nuclear stockpile. Have a nice day!
I got a really long mail from my Mom today, as, apparently, did everyone else
she knows. I feel that I should make a point of not replying to it, just to
provide some stability and continuity in her life.
I didn’t go climbing today, because I suck. Tomorrow, though, oh sweet
tomorrow.
If I’m going to keep Madhava in
my prestigious other-diaries sidebar, he’d better keep up with the updates. Or
come by tomorrow with a really cool
shirt.
posted 23 October 2002 @ 01:10 • tagged
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