Well, hey there. Back after an extended visit to PA. Got back to the office to find a scant few voice- and e-mails. Hooray for the halt of the workplace over the holidays. Christmas was lovely; the theme of my gifts this year was "Housewares for the Girl Who Finally Got Her Own Apartment." In my Christmas stocking I found a new stick vac (the old one previously mentioned here at sixlayerkate kicked the dustbucket about 2 weeks after LindaTheMom gave it to me), a new microwave, a blender, a Brita water pitcher/filter thingy, new towels, a wall sconce, and these weird plastic things that resemble flower pots that you use to boost your bed frame about 6 inches. The best thing, though, is my new coffee pot. Has a timer and a built-in grinder. Before you go to bed, you set the timer and dump coffee beans and water in the machine. As you're waking up in the morning, the machine kicks on, grinds the beans, and makes your coffee. I'm beside myself with joy. No more AM bleary-eyed stumbling about the kitchen spilling coffee grounds everywhere. And oh yeah. Mom and Dad decided it was high time I got with the program and joined the ranks of the 21st century. They bought me a cell phone. It's going to take some getting used to. Last night I was driving back to Cleveland from PA, and I'd tossed the phone into the basket of clean laundry that was riding in the passenger seat. At some stage of the journey, someone called. Scared the shit out of me. I nearly jumped through the roof thinking, "Why the HELL are my clean underpants RINGING??"
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