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Musings of a Mac Geek  While we were in Southport today, the family stopped at a corner store that sold books, candy and stuffed animals. I was with Elena, who's almost six now, and she stopped to look at some stuffed alligator toys. Thinking this was an opportunity to tell her of a neat fact, I said, "Did you know that alligators hatch out of eggs?" Her reply? "They're reptiles...of course they hatch out of eggs." I love it. Current mood:  amused.
Anyone looking for a roommate at ACNW this year? I've requested a twin, just in case, but it's often cheaper to split a double queen with someone (if it's a gaming suite), and the rooms are bigger. Current mood: full.
Yesterday I spotted the first peony flowers of the season. Yay! The last two years, they bloomed while I was out of town, so I'm really happy to see them. It also looks like the foxglove I got from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} djinnthespazz is going to flower again - it didn't bloom the first year after I planted it, so I thought it bloomed every other year, but I guess I was wrong. The lamb's ear I got from shekkara is also shooting up like it's going to flower. The purple bearded iris bloomed and faded just as the yellow bearded iris came into bloom - it's funny how they never bloom at the same time. The phlox is also fading now, but the clematis, Grace Ward Lithodora, Birch's Hybrid Campanula and Max Frei Geranium are all flowering. And the Columbine Viola is still going - I've got to plant more violas next year. I love spring!( More planting stuff ) Current mood:  sore.
No BBQs, one game/social gathering, and one movie. The rest of the holiday weekend was spent on yardwork. I really could have used one more day to get everything done. Well, not everything, but at least get everything planted. ( Weekend details. ) Current mood:  tired.
So today as I'm biking along the bike path on Huron Parkway, some idiot in his black SUV feels compelled to yell that I should, "Get a fucking car." This is the same sort of idiot who often likes to throw objects out of the car at bikers as they drive by. Luckily, in this case I was on the opposite side of the street and on a rise. God help me if I'd been in the road and actually impeding his driving in any way. What's truly sad is this isn't even all that unusual in Ann Arbor (which isn't nearly as bike-friendly as it likes to say it is). People routinely yell insults or throw things as they go by. Before there was a passable bike path on Huron Parkway, when I had to ride in the street (this is a four-lane road, mind you, so it's not like there isn't a lane to pass me), people would zoom by honking madly, missing my arm by inches with their side view mirror. One guy even pulled over in front of me, got out of his Bronson's Heating and Cooling truck, and came after me. Luckily, he was fat and couldn't catch me on foot, but I was very concerned he was going to get back in his truck and try to run me over. Even when there's a bike lane, I watch people pull into it when they're approaching a right turn, as if it was a turn lane, weave in and out of it while they're talking on their cell phone, etc. I think people just subconsciously use the curb to line up with when they're driving. With nothing more than a painted line to separate me from those cars/trucks/buses, well...it's not really all that much safer than sharing a lane with them. So unless I'm on a residential low-traffic street, I'll keep sticking to the sidewalk or bike path. At least there I'm only likely to get hit by words. And the occasional object. Current mood:  annoyed.
April really did seem to fly by. Let's see, what have I been up to since my last update? ( Some good things, some bad things ) Now, I should probably go make something to eat, as all I've had today was a large meal at Chili's that's finally wearing off. Current mood:  hungry.
Well, I'm back from my 10 day Austin->home->Ambercon trip. Much fun was had, both spending Easter with my sister and her kids, and at Ambercon. Happy to have seen so many people, even if I didn't get to hang out with some of them as much as I would have liked. Didn't read LJ or FB much while I was on either trip, so if you posted something important, I may have missed it. More later, when my brain isn't so fried. Current mood:  exhausted.
I bought a bunch of plants at Lowes yesterday: ( yard stuff behind the cut ) The weekend wasn't all yard work. I had a lot of fun at drusni's party last night, and this evening I finally watched the series finale of Life on Mars. I have to admit, they managed to surprise me, and I enjoyed it a lot. Now I need to see the original, UK version.In other news, I've been referred to orthopedics for my hand pain. Naturally, the earliest they could see me was three weeks from when they got the referral. I just hope they can do something to help. Audrey is also still having pain in her paws, especially the front-right one (hey, we have "hand" pain in common). The vet took another set of X-rays, figuring it had been around six months since the last set. They still didn't show anything that really stood out, which on the plus side is good (no cancer), and on the minus side means we're still guessing as to the cause of her pain. So we added a third drug (Meloxicam) into the mix, which she's been getting daily until today, and then tapers off to every three days for a couple of weeks. We tried this drug on its own last summer. We'll see if it's any more helpful when combined with the twice daily Trixsyn meds and the weekly Adequan shots. Hopefully Bob will be able to give her the meds while I'm gone. I'm tired now, and very sore. And I'm still not done with my taxes, or my laundry, or packing for my trip to my sister's. Too bad this isn't a three-day weekend. Current mood: sore.
( No real surprises here - except the cooking/chef thing ) Current mood: hungry.
How do I hate the new Facebook interface? ( Let me count the ways ) Current mood: annoyed.
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