tuesday things

* i spent an hour entering contests online this morning. if i'm lucky, i'll win $10,000 and a train trip across the country.

* speaking of entering, remember how i was going to participate in script frenzy? yeah, not so much. as april 1st drew nearer, my enthusiasm waned. it's now april 6th and i haven't written a word, nor have i felt compelled to do so. i've been having trouble staying motivated of late, which is frustrating.

* it’s now confirmed that the creepy guy and the weird guy next door are roommates. i have not yet figured out if they’re a couple, though. given the creepy guy’s propensity for prostitutes, i’m inclined to think not... yet there’s something distinctly couple-y about their arrangement. and, frankly, i would be HUH-UUUUGELY relieved it turned out they're both gay.

* YB and our mom are heading to buffalo for the weekend, so i am preparing a grocery list. item #1: cranberry-almond crunch cereal. years ago, i would eat it by the case, but then the canadian version changed its flake recipe -- substituting these pale, airy flakes where rich, brown multigrain flakes used to be -- and it became horrible. the U.S. incarnation, though, remained the same. so, i stock up in the states. CAC cereal makes for an excellent evening snack... especially the way americans make it. item #2: mint milk. though i see from the dairy's website that its limited-time offering has run out. maybe i'll try strawberry...

* somewhere outside, someone is either having a fire in their fireplace or something is on fire, because all i can smell coming in my windows is chimney smoke. i would close the windows, but then my apartment will become a sauna.

* i’m seeing Date Night tomorrow and am pretty excited about it.

* why does it take some books more than a week to arrive at my library after i get the “in transit” notice, and yet others arrive within a day that same notification?

* tonight, i am having chili and rice for dinner. i will eat it while i watch Lost, which is on here at 7pm.

* i want to believe lefty is gone, and that the residual cramping and twinges of pain i still have are just psychosomatic, or some kind of muscle strain caused by my amped-up walking regimen... but i’m not sure. i’ve completely overhauled my diet and exercise and lifestyle (mostly) over the past two months – exercising a lot more, eating better, meditating, trying to get at least seven hours a sleep a night – and it has to have helped... right? while i really am grateful for lefty's presence, and the accompanying wake-up call, i'm officially ready to be cyst-free. two and a half more weeks before the re-check.

* i’ve been having variations of the hug dream.

* i have to buy a dress.