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The coffee maker broke this morning. Wait, let me italicize to indicate catastrophe and duress: the coffee maker broke this morning. Not a "push the button, nothing happens" broken, but a "clear all of the electric appliances off the counter and grab an assload of paper towels, STAT" broken. I mean, what kind of cranky middle-management god figure do you have to tick off to get that sort of divine punishment? Here's how bad it was: Andrea went to the office at 5:45 this morning, because the machine over there still works. Poor dear.

Luckily, we belatedly remembered that we do in fact have a disused French press whose carafe we haven't smashed yet, so between that and the electric kettle I think we'll survive. But still, that's the sort of karmic wedgie I can do without on a flippin' Tuesday, for crying out loud.

In other news, our laundry service finally dropped off our stuff after ghosting us for a week. No blame there—we've been late paying sometimes, they've been late dropping off sometimes, so we all join hands in ignoring our collective sins and maintaining the illusion of punctuality. Very glad it didn't take longer, though, because I've nearly gotten all the way down to Those Boxers. Y'know the type: older than most of my current electronic devices, technically intact but the elastic has surrendered to entropy and decided that it's just not worth the effort any more. We're talking last resort undies, and given that they attempt to migrate to my ankles even when I'm wearing pants I'm glad we were able to avoid anything resembling a last resort.

Right, early day tomorrow, so bedtime it is. Rest well, all.
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I'm sitting at a window seat at the Thirsty Mind coffeehouse across from the Mount Holyoke campus. This week I've been looking after the kids and Duncan the Grandmonkey in Easthampton while Kristi is away at a conference. I normally view these times with no small amount of dread, largely because of my kids' penchant for attempting to murder each other, but this time around hasn't been bad at all. Nik in particular has grown by leaps and bounds in terms of managing stress and his temper and setting boundaries, while Abbey has done her part by respecting the above. (And Duncan is Duncan which is to say OMIGOD TOO CUTE TO STAY MAD AT, even when his sleep patterns don't include his crib, but do include punting me in the ribs at five-minute intervals.) It also helps that I've had days at leisure to sip hot chocolate and hang out with Patrick Rothfuss in the sort of autumn that New England does so well.

When I'm not here, I'm generally hoarding my precious free time. My job is still unrepentantly beige-flavored, the commute still frustratingly long, and my evenings even more frustratingly short. I've been doing the whole self-prioritization deal and trying to remain creative, but by the time I get home and finish dinner my brain is down to the consistency of thin porridge most nights, and then off to bed early enough to survive the inevitable 5:30 a.m. alarm. At least this season of Dancing With the Stars is above average.

What else has been going on? [livejournal.com profile] rain_herself recently celebrated our five-year anniversary as a couple (just realized that we started a two-minute walk from where I am right now) by driving down to Providence to exploit the hell out of their restaurant selection. There were pre-dinner cocktails and roasted bone marrow and scallops that they threw in because they had a half-order left over, then we crossed the street to Chez Pascal for the pork special (italics mine) and paprika custard, which should not work as well as it did. We're seriously considering moving to Rhode Island when our lease is up in spring; will keep you posted.

Oh! And Murder Ballads has been named Musical Guests of Honor at this year's Philcon, which is exciting and humbling and also freaking us the fuck out because it's only three weeks away at this point. A bazillion thank-yous to [livejournal.com profile] collacentaur and [livejournal.com profile] hughcasey and Lynati-who I'd -totally-link-to-if-I-knew-her-LJ-handle! We're also doing a house concert that Sunday in the Philly area, for anyone who can't make the con. Details to follow.

Sadly, in my paucity of time I haven't been keeping up on the social mediases as fully as I'd like. What has everyone been up to?
slipjig3: (piggie)
[livejournal.com profile] rain_herself: That gevalia coffee is amazing.
I don’t even need the honey.
me: !
Whoa.
[livejournal.com profile] rain_herself: I may even try it without the cream next time!
me: !!!!!
Does...does the bag happen to say "melange" on it somewhere?
[livejournal.com profile] rain_herself: I didn’t NOTICE that it did.
me: You should check these things. First it's one cup, then two, then SANDWORMS.
[livejournal.com profile] rain_herself: i will ride the sandworms while drinking my coffee!

Two things: One, I can totally see this. And two, if I had a drawing of this, I would hang it on my wall immediately.
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