For some reason, this week has really sucked. Even though I had a great weekend, and that in general everything is just as well this week as last week, I’ve been cranky, depressed, grumpy, irritable, and stressed most of the week. My work shift isn’t helping – while I still get to see icespark and lildomino often, which is great, and I’m getting more time to myself, which is rare, I’m starting to get frustrated that I can never see anyone else, and the weekends are even more jam-packed.

The week didn’t start off well. When I got off work Monday I stopped by my apartment to pick up my laptop before going over to icespark’s to MUX. I parked in front of my building in the 10-minute spot, and put my flashers on while I ran upstairs. By the time I got back downstairs, my battery was dead and icespark had to come jump my car. I did have fun MUXing that night while icespark baked cookies, but I could certainly have done without the car stress.

Tuesday I brought icespark’s cookies to work for a holiday pitch-in, and they were quite a success. After work I’d discussed possible plans with Asca, but once again 10 PM was just too late. I wound up going over to lildomino’s to help her clean her house, since she did such a fantastic job helping me last Thursday. We were actually pretty productive Tuesday night – she cleaned and vacuumed her living room while I did dishes and folded laundry.

Wednesday I set aside as a correspondece night to try to catch up on my backlog of emails and letters. Of course, being me, I procrastinated until late into the night, partially because I was in a really foul mood for no readily apparent reason. I did get a chance to finally read Fray, which was pretty cool and helped improve my mood, but as is often the case, by the time I actually got around to doing what I’d decided to do, it was time to go to sleep.

Thursday afternoon before work I met lildomino at her lab because they were having a holiday pitch-in, and I got to eat and have some of lildomino’s yummy desert before going to work. Taking another plate with me, I went from her lab to my office. After work I went over to lildomino’s after a quick stop at icespark’s for a kiss and to pick up my phone charger. Tuesday was lildomino’s productivity night with me – last night we just ate, snuggled, and watched Robot Chicken and Star Trek.

Tonight after work I’m celebrating Yule with icespark, and then after midnight I’m picking lemur_lady up at the airport so she can spend the night. I get to hang out with her on Saturday before bringing her to Bloomington. When I get back I’m hanging out with Jen, who’s in Indiana to visit her family for the holidays. My Sunday plans depend on Juho – if she’s free, I might go see her in Valpo; if not, icespark and I’ll prolly go see National Treasure: Book of Secrets.

Either way, it should be a good weekend, and just what I need to get over my unexplained December blahs. Happy Yule, everyone!

Inara: “It sounds like something this crew can handle. I can't guarantee they'll handle it particularly well.”
Nandi: “If they've got guns and brains at all...”
Inara: “They've got guns.”
-- Firefly