stinkin' puzzles

i survived the first week. friday was actually quite a bit worse than thursday, garage door-wise. but it didn't keep me awake. i slept like a log. saturday was much better. everyone was used to hoisting the door & precariously lowering it, which was helpful. the repair man came & should be back to fix it tuesday evening. i volunteered to stay late while he's fixing it because i feel responsible for the whole thing - even though i didn't cause the problems. but i could've pulled the plug on the volunteer "repair" crew before things got worse. anyway, dan & i had dinner plans w/ my old boss & his wife tuesday night but i guess we'll have to reschedule.

had an enjoyable day off. dan & i went to the farmers market & i ran a bunch of errands. trying to track down decent work clothes. they need to be durable & i have to feel ok about getting them dirty, which means i don't want to spend a lot of money on new things just to ruin them. i generally hit thrift stores for messy work clothes, which works well. but with this job, i spent half my time in the office & i can't look like a complete pig... so thrift may be out. hm.... haven't figured that out yet.

we went to bed last night at 9:30. kinda sad, kinda nice. what was really sad was me waking up at 5:30am, completely awake. maybe i do better with the early to bed, early to rise thing. guess we'll find out.

we've decided not to repair/replace the tv. looks like it's time to get rid of it, along with the dvd player & vcr. i feel ok about it but i don't know who'd want a broken tv. may end up looking into getting it repaired if no one will take it. david, my old boss's dad, said it was an easy repair & i'd hate to throw it in a landfill if it's useable. so now dan's trying to convince me that we should start buying puzzles (& spend our time putting them together). i gave in, even though i'm not a huge puzzle fan. guess we have to figure out how to keep ourselves occupied this winter without the tv. (although as soon as LOST starts up, dan'll probably be sad about the tv. he can watch on the internet though...)

well, that's all i've got for now. running a few errands for work tomorrow & hoping to hit a yoga class at 9 with katie.