2.21.2005

things i've done today

so, i am feeling a little guilty that i didn't plan some exciting long weekend, maybe a trip to denver to visit some friends, or hell, even a trip to a local museum. . . and i've had 4 days off- this being the last. well, yesterday i did a thorough cleaning of the apartment. both jared and i are expecting visitors over the next few weeks, and my thought was that if i did a really good cleaning now, we will only need to maintain it. i didn't clean my bedroom yet though, i was planning on doing it today. . . well, we'll see how that goes.

so i woke up around 9 this morning thinking, i'll start by finishing the lasagna i made the sauce and meatballs for last night, then i'll go out, get some more quarters for laundry, hit the gym, do some cleaning, shower up, watch a movie maybe, then settle in for the evening. but this is how it actually went.
got up around 9,
made the lasagna,
did some dishes,
realized that i actually had enough quarters to do my laundry already,
contemplated going out to see 'constantine'
contemplated going to the gym
watched 'return to oz' because i can't get that scissor sister song out of my head (and though i expected it to be really be lame and cheesy -since it is an 80's disney movie, it actually wasn't too bad, but it wasn't as good -ie, dark, twisted and creepy as the song is to me)
then i did two loads of laundry
ate some lasagna
another load of dishes
put away the laundry
(and yes, i'm now listing these in order to make it seem like i've accomplished many important things)
read some blogs,
checked email
wrote some blogs
oh, and somewhere in all that i had a large rum and coke. which may be factoring into my decision making process as well as my writing skills. . . isn't it amazing how once you factor in the non-necessity of laundry quarters, then the need for leaving the apartment decreases exponentially, let alone the need for showering-that's right. . . i'm all greasy haired today! now, i'm on the third load of dishes, and i'm sitting down to watch zatoichi. right, and a second rum and coke because i rarely drink, and i did buy a whole six pack of cokes on friday, and there was one left as of 5 minutes ago, and who really wants that lying around over the week, so. . . bottoms up!

whoo hoo for presidents day. . . .

i also think that the trailers for the fantastic movie, Hero, are terrible. there was one right before this movie started. it does nothing for the actual complexity of the story-line. what were they thinking? or were they being REALLY smart in attempting to hide the actual plot so as not to give the intricacies of it away?

anyway, gotta run, my rum and coke is flattening.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sounds marvy, dahling. Am also downing straight-up (though rum free) coke--isn't it amazing how connected we are? 'Course mine is being used to drown the flu (on top of last week's cold--sweet); what are you drowning? No package yet, but my very important day off did yeild the discovery that Mattel makes a Korean Barbie doll clad in the traditional wedding Hanbok...how friggin cool! If only we had a mutual friend who would appreciate such a walsfart discovery? My day did not, however yeild clean clothes or at the very least new sheets...and I sleep a mere 15 feet from the quarter-free Maytag...damn the Project Runway marathon...Long Live J. will write properly soon---love and ice pops

Anonymous said...

G'day Erica!!!
Just wanted to say a huuuge THANK YOU for my GIBSE package I got today..it's a long way from Sydney to Santa Fe and I love all the goodies I got...will see how i go about trying the chilli :))

Thank you thank you!!

Greetings from Sydney, Aust.

xx

erika said...

howdy flavia. . .

glad you liked the package! hope you are able to enjoy the chilli stuff :)