Average Jane’s Inefficient Saturday

I have a long list of things I need to accomplish this weekend. Unfortunately, I’m having a bit of trouble getting any of them done.

Yesterday, my husband and I had breakfast at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, which pretty much set the tone for the rest of the day. Our follow-up errand was to gather paint samples to help us decide what color the studio should be. I’m leaning toward a light terracotta shade; he likes bright orange. There must be a compromise in there somewhere, but I think we’re going to have to line up all the chips against the dark baseboard and oak flooring and see wha…

Aaaaagggghhh! While I was composing that paragraph, one of my cats jumped into an empty laundry basket in front of me and peed in it! WTF?!? Oh, how I hate them sometimes. I’ve put the basket outside to deal with later.

So anyway, we also attended my friend A’s pre-wedding party yesterday. I got a nice chance to chat with Dorothy and Me. You have to see Me’s sonogram photo where the baby’s flashing a peace sign. I can vouch for its authenticity – I’m the person who scanned it from the original printout.

After the dinner, my husband left to play a gig and I continued refrigerator shopping. It turns out that at 31.25" wide, our current fridge is extremely small. The space it’s in only has about another inch on either side, so we’re still looking at having to get something way smaller than most of what’s on the market. Of course, that doesn’t make it any cheaper.

When I got tired of shopping (and it never takes long), I went home and played Bejeweled 2 for a while and then went to bed. Do you remember the Mind’s Eye videos from the early 90s? They consisted of state-of-the-art (at the time) computer animation shorts with new age-y synthesizer music. Bejeweled 2 strongly reminds me of those videos.

Today I need to hit my list again with a special emphasis on getting my pre-Jamaica shopping done. I don’t have a decent swimsuit or a dress to wear to A’s wedding. If I don’t find something today, I may be forced to make do with old, icky stuff from my closet.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Comments

5 responses to “Average Jane’s Inefficient Saturday”

  1. Blondie Avatar

    Yeah! Someone else’s cats besides mine pee in random things. Whoo hoo! But gross. Sorry about that. That sucks!
    What an amazing pic by the way. Do you think the baby will be a hippie? Or just political?

  2. Keith Avatar

    You Americans and your fridges. I’ve seen them bigger than the average garage a Brit parks their car up in on the side of the house.

  3. Jeremy Fuksa: Creative Generalist Avatar

    I used to be obsessed with the Mind’s Eye videos. But, I’d replace the soundtrack with my own. The New Age-y stuff they threw in was mediocre at best.

  4. Jane Avatar

    Keith – American fridges are completely ridiculous, especially when you consider how infrequently most of us eat at home.
    Jeremy – I’m kind of tempted to go back and watch the Mind’s Eye videos again, just to see how cheesy they look now. I don’t think I could take the music, though.

  5. me Avatar

    Blondie, as it turns out, the baby’s not much of a hippie so far, but she has some earmarks of the activist about her . . .

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