hello mountains and foliage and family!

Soooooooooooooooo.....

I'm heading east tonight. Connecticut and Maine. It'll be great to see everyone and spend time with the family even though they're all dirty rotten Red Sox fans. I've wa-ay over packed on the books so I need to reevaluate on my way to the airport. I probably don't need 2 novels, 2 nonfiction books, and countless poetry collections.

Mouse #2 made an appearance in my apartment. I didn't see it, but Peter had visual confirmation. Grace was on high alert and yet still managed to miss it sauntering away. This morning she had that "oh-my-god-I've-been-up-ALL-night-protecting-the-home" look on her face. No bodies and no other visible evidence was found. Peter has permission to set out traps because though I'm a good little vegetarian I will not tolerate vermin. And I don't really want to come home to a house full of mice.

My tv died. It was sad. Sunday afternoon I was happily watching the Lions play and Sunday night we noticed everyone's pants were purple on the Simpsons. Thankfully, there was an extra lil'set in the Berghoef basement that is on loan to me. Bad timing. Now is not the time to have to buy a new tv when I need lamps and rugs and the like for the upstairs.

Speaking of, in theory, a new stove should be going in next week. There's alot of...umm...tension on the property right now which is a bit of a concern. A light switch caught fire up front, someone was yelled at for improperly loading a dumpster, utilities are being passed off to someone who doesn't want to pay a reconnect fee, and there's alot of personal stuff on everyone's minds. I'm just trying to keep my head down and stay out of it, but I fear I could easily end up in the line of fire.

But I'm heading east for a week to spend some time with my favorite people in the world surrounded by gorgeous scenery. I'm not going to think too much about the homefront just now.