Good stuff / bad stuff

Good stuff today:

• Work is going really well. I know what I'm doing; I'm doing it well; I'm caught up on the things that need to be caught up on; the problem client is happy with me.
• My kitchen is clean enough. For the past week, it's looked like mad gerbils set upon it and threw everything everywhere. Now I can cook in there without feeling grossed out.
• someotherguy brought me fun/interesting food: the slightly spicy coleslaw from Bakesale Betty, and some gluten-free coffee cake (yum) from the Mariposa
• After months of intending to join GreenCine, I finally did it. Only two at a time, but added to Netflix, that'll be 5 total, and GreenCine has a better selection of old schlock, as well as porn, which Netflix doesn't offer. I've never seen some of the classic porn films (Debbie Does Dallas, Deep Throat, etc.), so it'll be fun to check them out.

Hard/bad stuff today:

• Still feeling a bit off. If it lasts longer than today, I'll have trouble attributing it to Tuesday night's almost-migraine. My thyroid thing hurts; I have a strange, disconnected feeling all over; I keep wanting to go lie down.
• Must've thrown an oily potholder in with the laundry. One load now smells like stale cooking oil. *sigh*
• Still not king

Nano stuff

I plan to just fiddle with NaNo ideas from now until November. I may plan, I may not, but I'm going to give it some brainspace, partly to see if it helps me actually finish this time, and partly because I just want to.

( Some exercises from the kit )

Periodic-to-infrequent drop-ins post

[I meant to filter this to folks I know are local to me (which is what I usually do), but I forgot and ended up finding out that a friend of a lovely friend is a potential drop-in, so I'm leaving this unfiltered. I will filter the notices if they're more frequent than every month or so.]

Periodically, I post some version of this message, and it's been a while.

We like visitors, and we like feeding people. Most evenings (except Saturdays), we have dinner at 7pm, and we're happy to have you (and anyone you want to bring along) here for dinner with us. Call if you like (phone number in email if you need it), or drop in without calling (directions in email if you don't already have them).

Food is often vegetarian/vegan, but not always.

After dinner, we usually take a walk (a mile or so round trip), and you're welcome to come with us or stay on the sofa with the non-walkers and schmooze. If there are leftovers, we'll probably try to send you home with some. You don't have to bring anything, but if you do, we'll thank you and set it out for everyone to share.

Access notes: There are steps into our apartment. If this is a barrier for you, pick a warm evening to come, and we'll happily tote the food to the nice little park across the street. We have no pets, and run a low-scent household, but we're not completely scent-free. We use fluorescent lighting almost exclusively, but can switch to incandescent with a day's notice.

Edit: Allergy notes: I cook most of our food from scratch, so if I know about your food issues, I'm happy to work around them. Not grudgingly happy, either. I love the challenge. Yes, even yours.

So if you're ever at loose ends some evening in the East Bay, feel free to stop by. We'd love to see you.