Random Stuff

[lydamorehouse]

 Random things happening in my life include....

• Mason coming home today. He had a flight that came in around 8:00 am, which was good, since a storm was predicted today. The morning started out weird because I was at the coffeeshop picking up a coffee for the both of us and I realized that I'd FORGOTTEN my phone. I didn't want Mason to be panicked, so asked to borrow the phone (I know, how 1973 of me!) at Claddaugh to call our landline (it's the only number I have memorized) and leave a message telling Shawn to let Mason know that I'd just head to the airport and circle until he could meet me. It all worked out fine? But, this was one of the many weird things that happened today.
• The other EXTREMELY weird thing that happened today was that I was planning on Monte Cristo's for dinner and so I made a special trip to the grocery store to pick up ham. My store has a little quick deli where things are pre-packaged so you don't have to wait at the deli counter. Anyway, I grabbed the last of the packages labeled ham. Now, I have had a problem in the past where things aren't in the right slots, like the little label on the refrigerated shelf will say "ham" and it will actually be bologna, and so I have gotten in the habit of actually also reading the label. Label very clearly read ham, so I threw it in my cart and didn't think about it again... until I opened it to put in the Monte Cristos...and I thought, "Mmm, is this right?". But, like, I kept thinking, "Huh, well, it says it's fancy ham, so... " and I actually made them... and then my family was like, this is roast beef. It was totally roast beef. WTF, Kowalskis. WTF.I can't say dinner was ruined, but it was very UNEXPECTED.
• The whole day was filled with this sort of thing--nothing truly disastrous, but, like, I ended up having to go back to the grocery store because I forgot to buy maple syrup. HAD I BUT KNOWN ABOUT THE BEEF... but, yeah, for a day that started with really strong, delicious coffee, it sure went off the rails pretty quickly.
• A check from the Loft seems to be lost in the mail. I ask the post office to do its "informed delivery" where the sorter takes a picture of things that are being sent to my address. So, I always know what's SUPPOSED to be in the mail. This check is now two days late. I'm going to take the image to the post office tomorrow and see if they know where it went. If they've lost it, I'll have to call the Loft and ask them to void that one and recut me a check. SIGH. I could use the money, now actually, but that's always how it goes, isn't it?

Much more random things, many of them fannish...

• I finished up both my Yuletide assignment and a treat. I rarely sign-up for Yuletide officially, but I really enjoy pinch-hitting. I've lucked out both this year and in previous ones and got fandoms I really love. I had actually started my treat some time ago because I noticed a fandom on the list that I also adore and have always wanted to write about. When I turned in my assignment, I decided to quick finish up the treat. So, that's done and dusted. 
• I got invited to a CY-Borg one-shot on Thursday night so I am currently working on a character for that. I'm pretty sure the point of the game is that we all die, but... well, I'm in these things for the character, so I might as well go all in.

I should probably pull together some thoughts for those of you interested in cat integration. Rhubarb is really settling in, but there are still some random banshee screams (claws don't seem to come out as much?) between the ladies, but generally things are quieter. There's a bit more to it, but I don't feel like I have a huge amount of spoons right now to detail it all.