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Tuesday afternoon at work, my entire floor smelled like vomit.  After asking around, it seems that someone cleaned his whiteboard and the after-smell left by the cleaner apparently smells like vomit.  Did this product not undergo some kind of testing?  Ick!  For the entire afternoon!  But, that does perhaps give an alternate explanation of why my local library often smells like vomit.  Or urine…

People who sing in public bathrooms kind of weird me out.

Thursday, i attended an informational meeting about a program i signed up for at work, called The Leanest Loser.  Kind of like The Biggest Loser (which i’ve never watched), but a more healthy, sane approach.  It starts in February and will last four months, and we have a team and a trainer and everything.  I am energized about being exercised!

Today (Friday) i went to work and found a little aromatic sachet packet sitting on my keyboard.  It smells nice.  I have no idea who it came from or why.  Hopefully the gifter will reveal themselves so i can thank them.

No one seems to know what to expect from the big winter storm that’s  headed this way tonight.  Forecasts are all over the place, from two inches to thirteen inches (heard at lunchtime today).  I guess we’ll all know for sure in about 36 hours.  Unfortunately, i need to go to the grocery store.  I wonder how long the checkout lines will be?

After a month or more of no actual blog content, i’m getting back to posting more.  Coming up: some book reviews, letters from Nathan, bridge commentary and my usual ramblings. (-:

Others writing the Sunday Somethings: Kerry

Something that makes me happy: When you wake up the morning after a really good sleep and you have that feeling that you were really dead to the world and you just feel completely rested.

Something i am struggling with: Friday night, I mixed too much wine with too much liquor and the result was what you might expect.

Something tasty: Found a cute Indian place near our house, sort of.  We were the only ones in there at 1 pm on a Sunday, which doesn’t say much for their popularity, but the food was awesome.

Something i learned: How to play Tripoli.

Something from the bridge table: Didn’t play a single card’s worth of bridge this week.

Some things i am doing towards my goals: I ran a couple of times this week.  Short distances, but it was nice outside.

Something i am reading: Under the Dome, by Stephen King, still.  It may be awhile.

Something happening around the house: Watching Sex and the City reruns.

Something i am thinking: I am a pretty lucky gal.

Something i am looking forward to: Another few days of warmish weather before it gets cold again.

Something i am hoping: To find a piece of motivation this week.

Something random: I had to take Kerry to the hospital Friday b/c she started having contractions while we were at lunch!  I didn’t think that happened to real people!  I was happy to do it, and she ended the day with a lovely baby boy.  I’m so happy for her!

Something captured: I didn’t capture this particular photo, but it’s one of my favorite things to see on a winter night, and i had a beautiful sighting of it one crisp, cool night this week.

Others writing the Sunday Somethings: Kerry

Something that makes me happy: Tolerable temperatures.  Sun shining.

Something i am struggling with: The powers that be at work have turned off the ability for me to instant message people outside of work.  I think it is company-wide.  I understand if people are abusing it, but i’ll still miss it.

Something tasty: The bar steak at Bloomsbury Bistro.  Their menu is so highfalutin that it’s hard for me to tell what i’m getting, so i usually order the bar steak, medium rare, and am always immensely pleased.

Something i learned this week: I learned how much my old relationship jewelry is worth.  Answer: more than i expected.  Selling it feels too much like “blood money”, so instead i’m donating it and taking the tax deduction.  Everyone wins.

Something from the bridge table: We’re in the process of redesigning our bidding system, mainly to better accommodate slam bidding.  We’re using a lot of ideas from the Gran Slam subscription that Mom got for me last year.  Watch out, bridge world.

Some things i am doing towards my goals: Nothing really, but i found a new place to visit to add to the list - Victoria Falls.  And specifically, swimming in Devil’s Pool right at the edge of the falls.

Something i am reading: Under the Dome, by Stephen King.  This is the biggest book i have ever seen; over one thousand (yes, thousand) pages.

Something happening around the house: Video games, cooking, laundry, poker… this is what we do.

Something i am thinking: There are still race issues in our country, but we have come such a long way since the 1962 that is described in Kathryn Stockett’s The Help.

Something i am looking forward to next week: Uneventfulness?

Something i am hoping: That the weather stays like this and doesn’t go back to 20 degrees.

Something random: Somethings for a snack, i make toast and put butter, cinnamon and sugar on it.

Something captured: Nugent was so excited to go on his walk today that he didn’t even mind that i took pictures of him; usually he hides from the camera.  Here he is mid-lick:

Others writing the Sunday Somethings: Kerry

Something that made me happy this week: Hanging out with friends i don’t normally get to spend a lot of time with.

Something i struggled with this week: Relationships can be hard.

Something tasty i ate this week: Imitation IHOP pancakes - i was given a recipe book that had recipes mimicking restaurant recipes.  They aren’t the same, but they’re darn close.

Something i learned this week: It’s a good idea to bring a gift to a baby shower even if you’re told not to.

Something from the bridge table: We’ve been talking some about falsecards.  Here’s a description of one that caught my attention this week.  Declarer holds AK8x opposite QT7x.  If you hold J9xx “onside” then you should drop the 9 to try to convince declarer to play the suit differently than the normal way.

Some things i am doing towards my goals:

Something i am reading: The Help by Kathryn Stockett.  I thought i still had weeks to go, but it was surprisingly waiting for me at the library Saturday morning.

Something happening around the house: We got up early today and have done nothing but drink coffee and play video games.  Is that wrong?

Something i am thinking: Went to a baby shower yesterday and got a glimpse of both how wonderful and how chaotic life will be with kids.

Something i am looking forward to next week: Going to see The Young Victoria with friends (not with Lance - he can’t stand movies like that).

Something i am hoping: To figure out a sense of purpose for this year.  I don’t feel like i’m working on anything in particular.  I guess i need some new projects.

Something random: It’s been two weeks since my last blog post.  Yes, i’ve been lazy.  A few people have asked about it, though, so at least i know people are reading!

Something captured: Lots of stars in Mario 64 (played through the Wii Virtual Console).