end-of-the-week blogging! Jan 31st

► This Saturday my parents and I went to the Farm at South Mountain, which is a farm. At South Mountain. OK, it also has three restaurants, a gardening/souvenir shop, a cactus/succulent shop, a small grocery stand, and (once in a while) a crêpe stand. The restaurant we ate at was excellent, the crêpe was thicker than I would have liked but still delicious, and I can think of a number of people that I will definitely take here if/when they ever visit here! Also, I purchased some edible flowers, and I deeply lament that mymindsplinters's flower cookbook is on the other side of the country.



► A group that sat down at a table near us were complaining that there were leaves on the table. Of the outdoor restaurant. Situated under a small grove of large, old mesquite trees. This turned into a running joke between my mother and I. “What the fuck is with all this nature at this farm?” “I think a leaf touched my plate; I can’t eat anymore.”

► Work was rough this week. I can’t go into too much detail of course, but it boils down to adjusting to an increase in business, which is good! But that didn’t make it any less exhausting. It led to a spiral of exhaustion triggering depression triggering even more physical symptoms and I left early on Thursday. Which reminded me that I haven’t seen my counselor since before Jake was born. I need to fix that! (I also need to remember that I have alprazolam for these occasions; I haven’t needed it in so long that I forgot.)

► Friday was much better, and also, I made my butt radioactive.

Actually, I was wearing a disposable lab frock, so it was a simple matter of taking it off and donning a new one, but HOW DID I DO THAT? The only thing I can figure is that I got some radioactive material on my glove and, just, scratched my butt without even realizing it? And if I hadn’t set the geiger counter at butt level and then turned around, I would never have noticed.

► MEEJ WROTE ME AN INCREDIBLE FIC ABOUT AKHET AND DIAMOND SUBDUING A MAGMA SPIRIT AND IT GAVE ME GREAT JOY. They CAN team up for the greater good on occasion! NOTP! NOTP!

► Next week, I need to: 1) finally register my car in this state; 2) finally (you will note I’m using this word twice in this list) work out a budget. I said I was going to months ago, but I saw that I have more money coming in then going out, so I just said “eh” and moved on to other things. :\ I need to figure out WHY there is more coming in, and HOW MUCH more, so that I can do things like, uh, put it in my 401K? WHOO, ADULTING.