short version of this entry

i need to go do the laundry but all i really want to do right now is watch videos of owls on youtube.

longer version of earlier post, plus some

i was really tired last night and went to bed at nine. apologies to seltzerduke who had to deal with texting back and forth with an incoherent me some time later. we almost arranged a spontaneous gathering of two, before we realised snow was coming. ah, well. next time. i went back to bed, woke up again around 3, went back to bed, and when all was said and done i gathered together ten blissful hours of sleep, which was much needed.

i went to the laundromat this morning, continued reading my first book of the year, played one game of ms. pac-man in which i kicked the monsters' asses for a bit (yes, they do have asses under those shapeless frocks), and then returned home.

i've been doing nothing of consequence all day, and it's been nice.

i tried the eggnog hot cocoa i bought over the holidays, and it was sadly disappointing. i'm making up for it now with instant chai, and it is the anti-disappointment. i also have started watching project runway australia. there are some amusing characters on it. i want to do some crocheting, but i'm a bit worried because i have a fair amount of achiness since yesterday morning; i'm attributing it to the weather.

the cats have been sleeping all day. george is on the bed and hasn't moved. zelda is on the couch and... hasn't moved. i can only assume this means they will be galloping through the house later, and unable to be stopped.

yesterday marked the return of common mergansers to the river. there were five, and i normally don't see more than three there at a time.

i suppose there is no hope for reviving cookies that are three weeks stale. a shame, really.