Helenka, Queen of Outer Space

Thursday, April 10
4:55 a.m. Ugh. I was in the middle of an interesting dream, but had to attend to reality. Wow! I think SuM's laptop is charmed. She booked me my rides for next Thursday with none of this "Waiting List" nonsense! Now it's 5:32 and just what am I supposed to do with myself? Oh, look. I didn't finish my ginger ale last night. Yup, that's the level at which my brain is functioning. But enough to send Brian a text message. Aka a no-brainer. Hee!

Stayed up reading my own fic until 8, when I just couldn't stay awake. So I crawled into bed, setting the alarm for 10. Ha! The alarm came and went as I decided to get some more sleep in. I finally woke up at noon, still not having had any food. Yikes. But, first, I wanted to see whether the menagerie were still there. Yup. Anyway, I stayed up and talked with the son's mom. When they were finally out the door headed back up north, I finally – FINALLY – had my brekkie (chicken fingers, but sadly with no plum sauce).

After that, I resolved to get the boxes upstairs. Three painful trips later, I couldn't do anything else but sit in my chair and recuperate. At least another source of entertainment in the early morning hours was exchanging frustrated texts with Brian.

My mover showed up before 4 and dragged the mattress upstairs. Whoa. It took three of us to push the old monster. How do I know it was time to go? Well, the manufacturer's Do-not-remove tag had been hanging on by a thread and it fell off. Then came my new smaller bed. Whoa! Talk about a sturdy box spring. As I was in too much pain (and couldn't be bothered), I didn't put fresh sheets on, just what had already been on. I'll put new ones on tomorrow, after I decide which set to use. Oh ... a small decision.

I had the dresser moved to the other side of the room. I'll have to tussle it into place, I think between the two bookcases, and then set my huge mirror on top. I'm getting closer to getting the place looking like home. But that doesn't mean I'm not missing my internet and teevee. Wah. I need my customary distractions. Instead, I'm drinking coloured water and thinking whether a granola bar will be enough for dinner. 'Cuz, unfortunately, I'm out of both bread and crackers. As for cookies, don't even ask. Well, I eventually ate my last orange (horrors) and the end piece of a chocolate bar (though at least there's still one in the pantry). I also had two visits from the friendly cat, though she was extremely talkative tonight. I think she's just relieved the barking, growling doggies have gone away.

Mar-- dropped by unexpectedly, still looking for the missing key. Well, I unpacked my purse again, but no key. The only last-ditch place it could have fallen (even though the location is all wrong) is into the bottom of where I was packing my jewellery. Yes, I guess I'll take another look there, but it still doesn't seem likely. Sigh.

Brian in one of his texts had asked that SuM ask Bell what band her wifi is set to. Well, she asked, but they didn't know. However, they did say they did NOT support Linux. Honestly, do you think I'm going to accept the word of someone who can't answer a simple question first? Not on your life!

Back in domestic-land, I ended up reading some more of my fics in the evening. And made myself cry, again. I'm such a softy, I even fall for words I've written.