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… in my adult years I should say (years after 30). I had some pretty bad ones in my youth. Okay, this one is really tame, but still. Spring cleaning has begun and I started with painting my bathroom. It was looking so dingy. Oh God, if ever there was a more miserable, tedious way to pass the precious few hours we have in life–I’ve painted plenty of rooms in my day, but I’d forgotten what it’s like.

The main thing is I couldn’t reach everywhere and the room is so small the ladder only fit inside in one way, so to get all the other spots that needed to be painted, I had to teeter on boxes (filled with all my Duke research) and stretch and strain and push, and one coat looked like hell so I had to do that all TWICE.

Oh God, this post is not capturing the horror. Oh and the off-white color I selected looks too yellow-y on the walls. The one good thing is the pretty new sparkly looking shower curtain I put up afterwards.

I found out there’s a bus to Boston that leaves from Chinatown every hour and only costs $35 round trip!! (I’m the last to know.) I was going to go yesterday, but then I decided it would make a fun birthday thing to do so I’m going next month.

But I bought these books Thursday night, when I still thought I might go yesterday. Three were from an NPR list of great science fiction books, and one, The Brief History of the Dead, was from another NPR list by the same person, but I forget the theme. But any book that imagines what it’s like to be dead is for me!

I weaned myself out of carrying pocketbooks years ago, but sometimes you need to carry stuff and backpacks don’t look very professional. I got this bag for those times.

I didn’t buy the candle because it was yellow, I bought it for the honeysuckle scent. The fact that is was yellow was just a bonus.

In other, non-yellow news, I’ve been taking a mini-vacation, but somehow I’m not really making the most of it or enjoying it. What should I do?? Maybe I should just go back to work until I can figure that out.

Sigh.

Well, tomorrow I’m going to see both Ironman and Made of Honor. So, there’s that.

I get all ready to lay down, and while I get myself some water, look who steals my spot. It’s not like he was willing to share, either. Evil. As per usual.

Today I’m going out to look at the cherry blossoms in Brooklyn with a friend, except I think they might have fallen by now. Maybe I’ll suggest going to the garden at the top of Central Park and then walking back downtown through the park. Except it’s chilly right now.

Either way. I feel like lipstick shopping though. Maybe I can talk her into that.

In other news: Getting all excited about all the commercials for my favorite reality TV show, So You Think You Can Dance. Warning, I plan to start a campaign to get everyone to watch it.

– The rug gets picked up for cleaning today.

– The window cleaners come on May 7th.

– I’m arranging for someone to paint the bathroom. (I really should do this myself, it’s insane. The room is so tiny.)

– I had the couch recently cleaned because I spilled something (or did the cat throw up on it?) so I’m going to see if I can stretch that out and not get it done until next Spring, I’ll save a little $$$.

– The 8th and the 9th will be my major stay home and clean all day and night days.

– As usual, along with cleaning, my goal will be to get rid of things. I’m the opposite of the Collyer Brothers. I hate accumulating and yet it keeps happening.

– Then I will treat myself to some personal sprucing up things, like a pedicure, etc.

– Then, a couple of weeks later I will have a birthday, and hopefully in my freshly spruced-up apartment, my freshly spruced up self who has a new book coming out next year won’t feel so bad about being another FREAKING year older.

I forget what block this is (BECAUSE I’M OLD) but it’s either 11th Street or 10th. I think. I’m pretty sure.