Augh!

Who turned on the cold switch?! It's FREEZING in San Antonio today. There's a cold biting wind that cuts through everything and chaps your hands almost instantaneously.

I shouldn't be surprised though, the way we get winter here in Texas has always been like someone flipped an on/off switch. Yesterday, it was shorts and t-shirt weather. Today, it's so cold it makes my bones hurt. Of course, today I had to go out to do errands so I can make sure the rent is covered tomorrow. Lucky me, when we went to the PMB to check the mail one of my FurBid bidders had mailed in his payment, so that meant a trip to the grocery store for $30 of staples (peanut butter, jelly, bread, milk, cat food, catbox crystals, etc). Thank you very much, generous FurBid bidder, for keeping us in PB & J sandwiches and ramen for a couple more weeks! ^_^

In other stuff, work continues. Regular day-to-day stuff, including paperwork, email answering, subscription packing, and the like. We have two books at the printers, and are slowly piecing together the next batch.

Personal wise, I may have made a tremendous blunder in attempting my saving throw vs. addictive computer games. DG & AG showed me how to play The Sims 2 (complete with all expansions, including Sims: Pets) at their house. I've gone over to play twice now, and that game is just way, way, way too fun. How can a game where you have to clean up after yourself, get a job, and take care of pets be so fascinating and entertaining?! I don't understand! But it was very fun, since a bunch of our friends have made families in their town also, so everyone's Sims interact with each other. They've even made a Sims version of Dethklok, which is pretty darn amusing. Fortunately, my severe lack of disposable cash means I can't afford to buy a new video game (especially not one with so many essential expansions), so I am probably somewhat safe from complete and total game addiction. Hooray? I'm saving my video game pennies for the World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade expansion in January anyway. Other personal entertainment news: saw some more of Torchwood thanks to theuberbob, and while I like the show, I am *not* liking some of the romantic developments. I'm not feeling the chemistry between some of the characters the way I did between the Doctor and Rose in the new series. But, then, if I am yelling at the TV, it usually means I am into a show enough to care what happens to people!

Currently watching: Carnivale Season 1; Gilmore Girls Season 3 (shut up, I like the dialogue); Buffy Season 4; Angel Season 1 (Basically, we watch one episode of each every so often when we have time. We are very slow about going through the DVDs...)

Currently reading: From Eroica With Love Vol. 6, Strange Fascination (yes, that Bowie biography, I am still chugging through that... it's REALLY big!)

Augh!

Who turned on the cold switch?! It's FREEZING in San Antonio today. There's a cold biting wind that cuts through everything and chaps your hands almost instantaneously.

I shouldn't be surprised though, the way we get winter here in Texas has always been like someone flipped an on/off switch. Yesterday, it was shorts and t-shirt weather. Today, it's so cold it makes my bones hurt. Of course, today I had to go out to do errands so I can make sure the rent is covered tomorrow. Lucky me, when we went to the PMB to check the mail one of my FurBid bidders had mailed in his payment, so that meant a trip to the grocery store for $30 of staples (peanut butter, jelly, bread, milk, cat food, catbox crystals, etc). Thank you very much, generous FurBid bidder, for keeping us in PB & J sandwiches and ramen for a couple more weeks! ^_^

In other stuff, work continues. Regular day-to-day stuff, including paperwork, email answering, subscription packing, and the like. We have two books at the printers, and are slowly piecing together the next batch.

Personal wise, I may have made a tremendous blunder in attempting my saving throw vs. addictive computer games. DG & AG showed me how to play The Sims 2 (complete with all expansions, including Sims: Pets) at their house. I've gone over to play twice now, and that game is just way, way, way too fun. How can a game where you have to clean up after yourself, get a job, and take care of pets be so fascinating and entertaining?! I don't understand! But it was very fun, since a bunch of our friends have made families in their town also, so everyone's Sims interact with each other. They've even made a Sims version of Dethklok, which is pretty darn amusing. Fortunately, my severe lack of disposable cash means I can't afford to buy a new video game (especially not one with so many essential expansions), so I am probably somewhat safe from complete and total game addiction. Hooray? I'm saving my video game pennies for the World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade expansion in January anyway. Other personal entertainment news: saw some more of Torchwood thanks to theuberbob, and while I like the show, I am *not* liking some of the romantic developments. I'm not feeling the chemistry between some of the characters the way I did between the Doctor and Rose in the new series. But, then, if I am yelling at the TV, it usually means I am into a show enough to care what happens to people!

Currently watching: Carnivale Season 1; Gilmore Girls Season 3 (shut up, I like the dialogue); Buffy Season 4; Angel Season 1 (Basically, we watch one episode of each every so often when we have time. We are very slow about going through the DVDs...)

Currently reading: From Eroica With Love Vol. 6, Strange Fascination (yes, that Bowie biography, I am still chugging through that... it's REALLY big!)