630 AM the phone rings

My first thought is if someone isn't dead, someone is gonna be (never mind I have to get up in a half hour anyhow). I look and see it's my friend (and dept chair) EB. A water main broke, campus has no water, we don't have to come in until 1230 if even then. I hang up and go back to sleep for the rest of the morning, not even caring I'm going to miss two labs. Screw it, I was up every hour having to pee as it was.

When I dragged out of bed I found out why (not that I was wondering, I knew) I had to pee every hour. My sugar for whatever reason (i.e. I ate a small meal like the doctor told me and as soon as I DO that my sugar spikes) was over 300. I check the email like EB said and sure enough no work all day.

I party a little.

I clean a little and even organized something in my bedroom that hasn't been organized in years and now everything is more efficient and I find future candidates for shit to toss out of here.

I get some of my big bang done because OMG I can't find time for this.

I write something else

I even do more research and watch a Netflix dvd.

I love my stolen day.

What I didn't love was seeing the price of the convention rate at the Mirage. Holy fuck 200$ a night and they won't give us many rooms because it's a holiday weekend. Seriously? It's Memorial day. Not one I associate with let's party in Vegas. I might have to reserve a room (If I can even get one) then find a close by hotel that's cheaper. I KNOW I could stay much cheaper at the Luxor or Excalibur but I'm not sure I want to hike that far carrying all the stuff I know i'll be carrying.

While not really a 'kindness' post this made me happy

a mother turns her grief into fuel for helping others

Declutter day 21 Item tossed-Cardboard jewelry box why kept-To put my own designs in to give away.
why tossed-Not making that much jewelry and have many in better shape, into the recycler with it

I have something fun for you

Well salomesensei & talonsage do. They have a guest blog post on Jana's lj. click here to go take their fun quiz and learn more about their novella.


My parents amuse me some times. Mom went to see grandma today and told me ‘Andorra was in fine form’ (for the youngsters in the group, go look up the original Bewitched). I showed Dad that New Zealand LoTR and Dr Who stamps/money and told him I wanted to move to NZ. His response was did I think Rivendell was up for sale because Elrond had moved on and he wanted the elf’s house.

Speaking of houses, Mom and Dad were looking up a house for sale in Candor which is the neighboring village and found one for 7 million. Okay the ridiculousness of this needs framing. Candor is a very rural area about 25 miles SW of Pittsburgh PA. Frankly, I can’t think of too many houses actually IN Pittsburgh going for that price unless you’re in Shady Side or Mountain Washington (Fox Chapel too I suppose). So naturally the parents had to go look. It’s a freaking converted Barn. They’re still wondering how that price tag got on the place.

And since it’s been a while, here’s another recipe



{Take the 100 Things challenge: 100 (mostly diabetic) recipes!}

( 100 things # 17 Mushroom Silvestri )

This is another very easy recipe. Mix it up. I used Portobello for shitakes because they were cheaper. You could just double up on the cheapo button mushrooms. Whatever. This takes very little cooking skill to get right. It’s a nice beginner side dish. I put it alongside steak

I had a surprise today with the declutter effort. I mentioned putting those two sacks of samples where I’d use them and get them out of here. Well the one tonight was…how shall we say? Awful. It got out of here faster than most. I opened it, smeared it on my face (being face cream) and then noticed it smelled exactly like the dog sharks in formalin that we use in lab. Seriously. It smelled like dead, preserved shark. (Bakel is the brand) I don’t know if it somehow went bad or what but my face still stinks like I’ve been dissecting in lab.

Declutter Day 22 item tossed- Picture frame why kept -I’ve had it for years, not sure where it came from why tossed -Never once put a picture in it, off to a thrift store

Fic - The Queen's Gambit

Title --The Queen’s Gambit
Author-- cornerofmadness
series -- manga/ FMA:B
Disclaimer -- Arakawa owns all
Rating -- teen
Characters/Pairing -- Roy, Chris, implied Roy/Riza
Word Count -- 477
Warning -- a few bad words
Summary -- Bradley only thinks he has Roy checkmated.
Author’s Note --This one wrote itself so easily. Thanks to evil_little_dog for the beta. It was written for fma_fic_contest for the prompt “weakness.” It won second place. Thanks to bay115 for the lovely banner.

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( The game is still in play )