there must've been something ultra-potent in those cosmopolitans last night, because this morning i woke up with a hangover to beat all others. i felt like crap on toast until lisa suggested we go shoe-shopping.
i never realized that shoes are a hangover cure, but apparently they are. i feel great now, having bought a pair of very sexy red boots and some brown slip-on heels. (both are relatively pointy-toed.) i put the red boots on immediately after purchasing them, and i got whistled at a little later. actually it was more of a "wooo!" than a whistle, and i'm not entirely sure it was meant for me. but i'm just going to assume it was meant for me, and i'm going to assume it was because of the boots.
ok, also... this is so weird: a week and a half ago lisa and i were shopping at the apple store when our friend mary popped in on us. she just happened to see us inside while she was on her way to another store. it was pretty freaky, actually. well, today the exact same thing happened... lisa & i were shoe-shopping and all of a sudden mary was there! i think there is probably some deep meaning to these two coincidences, but i haven't figured out what it is yet. the universe is probably trying to tell lisa & i that we need to take mary shopping more often.
so the good thing about getting a slow start to the day is that you can listen to this american life in the shower. that never happens if you get up early.
also, you can reward yourself for a day of hard shopping with dinner at dalat... "V-18" is my favorite dish. a pile of stir-fried rice noodles with a myriad of meats and vegetables thrown in. sort of like vietnamese lo-mein. yum. next time, though, i might order lisa's favorite dish, which is essentially a pile of green beans stir-fried with chicken and ginger.
but getting a late start to the day means i didn't get any of the home-improvement projects done (or even started) that i planned. i've set this birthday/housewarming party in late february as a decorating goal (yes, you're invited) and i'm starting to think that maybe i'm being a little too ambitious. there's painting, organizing, hanging, and a little building to do.
plus, right now there are a couple of specific places in the house that are just driving me crazy. one of them is the front hall, which has been stripped of wallpaper and has had several holes patched... it looks awful. i want to get that painted, pronto. and i need to do some work on the closet in the renovated bathroom to really make it a functional space. oh, the home-project list, she is very long. i'm going to try very hard to be productive tomorrow.
also, ray & i discovered this afternoon that our outdoor water spigot isn't working. it's right next to the new package unit; i wonder if the heating guys knocked something loose. i really should to go down into the crawlspace and see if i've got a leak somewhere. it would be terrible if we did. at the very least i'll call griles monday morning and ask if any of the workers are aware that they might have caused a problem.
it's always something. i mean, i love working on the house. i really do. that's why i bought a fixer-upper. but damn... i could use a little bit of a break!! ever since we moved in it feels like it's been a constant stream of work. i'm tired. very, very tired.
Posted by xta at January 17, 2004 08:56 PM | TrackBack