Owwwww....

8 years, it's been, I think, since I've been stung by something or other. And never in a terribly painful spot. Back of the knee was worst, I think. So what happens this morning? I grab a branch, release VERY quickly, and pull back flailing with an incredible pain in the palm of my hand. There were some curse words spoken. OW. Sonofa... why there? Why on the day I need to actually USE that hand? No stinger, so it was some sort of wasp, I suppose, but neither coworker Matt or I saw anything. Owowow. Been about an hour, and there's tinglyness happening in my left hand, but the swelling has gone down, and the spot is gone. All will be forgotten by the end of the day, probably. Not allergic, but still, OW.

Demo was awesome. Full report with photos to come later, after I get everything unpacked...

The Beatles should be waiting for me in the mailbox... I hope so, anyway... I'm going to try and be good and toss some stuff in the laundry and get the apartment cleaned up before I play silly games, but who knows, really. :)

Lots of Happies!

Happy anniversary to nomadmwe and siriel!

Happy birthday to my Grandma Corner!


It was a good mail day, too... big box o' earplugs came (oh goody...), so we won't go deaf riding motorcycles anymore. My Awesome 1960s trenchcoat of Wonderfulness that I won on ebay showed up, and even fits. Now I need a wide brimmed fedora and a spiffy pair of MovieStar Sunglasses (tm). The Beatles RockBand is here, and has been played a bit (before unpacking and laundry... I am weak in the face of 'Can't Buy Me Love'), and makes me very, very happy. I must go to Best Buy and get my new guitar soon.

Now just waiting for Motorcycle Jacket #2 to arrive... the one I ordered came last week, and fit beautifully, but as soon as I took it off the hanger and started taking the thermal liner out, one of the snaps broke right off... ACK! Flawed construction. A minor thing, really, one I *probably* could have just dealt with (they did send extra snaps... but I don't really have anything good to use to put them together), but I decided that as I just spent upwards of $200 on a coat, it darn well is going to work right and be complete till after it's been in my hot little hands for more than 30 seconds! Can't say enough good things about NewEnough.com's return policy or their helpful customer service folks. Sent a FedEx label for the old coat, so I don't have to pay return shipping.