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Okay, today was not so bad. I didn't get a whole lot done, because everything was taking 10 times as long as usual... but at least I wasn't fearing for my life or being jerked around by mechanics. A good, trustworthy mechanic is a beautiful thing.

Wipers broke again, in the rain of course, stupid dealership dicked me around all day and in the end did absolutely nothing with it, 3 new Bagle variants and one very long press call.

Fuck this. I'm hiding now.

I was much happier until I realized I'd left one very important thing at the apartment.

And now for the night of 1000 parties.

And I've returned my hair to its natural color. I'm so completely freaked out by it...

I've only been in the new house two nights now and already I'm sleeping better and more easily, we're both more chipper and cuddly, and I'm decidedly feeling a huge weight off my head. I got the boy a trip to the masseuse, so hopefully he can be feeling it as much as his hiring movers did for me.

Still a lot left to do...
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Well, tomorrow's the big day. The movers come to schlep. It won't be the end of the moving as there's still an assload of odds and ends that need to go into boxes, but it's the majority of it. It'll be nice to get all that dealt with so we can get at those horrible little things that usually end up sitting in boxes for...
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I'm come to the conclusion that my friend needs to start a baby rental service. He's quiet (unless left alone for a moment with a boy who claims to know what to do with babies!) and very flirty and cuddly. He woke up wet at one point, and the only way to get him back down was to sit around with his head nuzzled up...
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I love having friends who're researchers, they always have a way of looking at a situation and seeing all the possible implications.

I was talking to my buddy who's a former coworker and one of the best researchers I've ever met, and telling him about why I'm moving into a house. He found out the apartment building I'm in has been granted tax abatement for...
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I'm so excited, I now have a work laptop that's smaller than a major household appliance! I can even lift it.

Nothing says love like giving a boy the gift of a big ugly gourd.

I'm scared.

I think I may