ravan

Glad Equinox to you and yours!

Officially the first day of Fall, the temperature was still hot, in the 89+ °F range. Tomorrow is forecast to be 94 °F. Ugh. Then maybe rain on Wednesday. I hope we get a good amount of rain this year. The water table needs it.

In other news, I'm still mired in all the paperwork associated with Datawolf's death. The amount of cussing I'm doing at the sheer mass on self-satisfied, smug bureaucracy is astounding. All of them just throw more forms and leg work back at me, like it's my fault that she's dead. WTF, assholes, WTF? Why are you punishing me for having to close out my wife's life? Do you think I like it?

Lets hope for improvement, shall we?

I still spent too much, just not as badly as years previous. I'm definitely liking the hand-made practical stuff I'm doing. I realize that my gifts aren't as sexy as PSP and Wii, but they're far less breakable.

I've received a check from my Dad, and a book from datapard. I got the usual candy from a few people at work, which is cool. I'm slowly getting a small gift exchange tradition going there.

I still completely suck at sending out cards. Every year, I intend to. Every year, I fail. I can never find cards I like, get all the addresses together, write the addresses and sign the cards, and get the whole mess stamped and mailed. I'm 45, and am a lousy correspondant (even in email). It's one area in which I don't measure up to my midwestern middle class upbringing.