Mardallie

Off to buy our new vacuum today.

Eating microwaved frozen dinners

Drinking daiquiris

Watching Veronica Mars

Frozen yogurt in the freezer for later

Big plans for the weekend?

We’re going to steam clean our carpet. Hey-O!!

Know what I won’t be doing? Studying for my insurance test. Know why? Cause I passed that mofo today!

It’s 2:00 AM.

We have each had a full bottle of wine, which goes to your head much faster when restricting calories for the past month. We only have two eps of House of Cards left, so we are pushing through.

Chris is currently making rice pudding to get us through the next 2 hours.

This is a truly wild and crazy Friday night.

It’s Sunday night and part of combating my insomnia is to avoid computer screens in bed. So of course I just spent the last two hours on Twitter and Instagram. If I recognized you on there, you will wake up to me as your new follower. HAPPY MONDAY.

Waiting in the car for our to-go order and listening to a Gershwin tune.

Also, I bought a new litter box, so…yeah. Exciting stuff.

I don’t watch a ton of TV, and what I do watch is usually either on Netflix or on the DVR where I can skip commercials. Tonight I am watching live TV and have learned a couple things:

1. I hope I never have to take Abilify because the 10 minute list of side effects sounds terrifying.

2. I will never watch the weekday morning program on the local San Francisco CBS channel because those people seem like they would ruin my day before 7AM.

3. Burger King has sweet potato fries.

4. Survivor is still on TV. I seriously thought this show ended about 2 years ago.

5. Dave Letterman just referred to Rachel Maddow as the smartest he knows. I agree with this.

I am starting to believe that learning to grocery shop well is a skill some people are simply not born with. I am in my mid 30s (ok - late 30s) and make a trip to the store every week. Lists are made, cupboards checked, menus planned. I don’t think a week has passed where I don’t have one of the following issues:

1. So much fresh food left that something will surely get wasted. The waste drives me nuts.

2. Absolutely nothing in the house half-way through the week

3. Forgetting an item just important enough that I am forced to go to the store mid week where I inevitably purchase more than I need, or get junk food, or get wine/beer we really don’t need.

4. Decide to stop at Target to get milk and walk out with 2 new shirts, some candles, a pair of shoes, a book or two, new headphones, and gummi bears.

Much like folding a fitted sheet, I fear this is a skill I shall never master.

Vacation starts in 15 hours. We are timing the beginning of our road trip to hit the farm stand in Gilroy to get fresh cherries for the drive. We’re going on vacation, so its OK that we are being so wild and crazy.