the unpacking continues.

i did a serious clear-off of the kitchen counter today, as well as figuring out homes for the stuff that had been living between my bed and the wall.

progress!

at this rate, my place will be visitor-ready in ... oh, another five or six months.

issue: houseguest arriving in five weeks.

[resolves to be more diligent with the putting-away of stuff. especially now that LM is somebody else's problem for a little while.]

shopping list: at least three 4x6 frames. wonder where when i'm going to get those ...

curling: fairly craptastic today for about four and a half ends, but managed to get it together, finally. front end is brand-new rookies, who can be relied on even less than self for accurate shots, information about weight, etc. L (lead) has a not-too-bad delivery, but no real middle ground with weight; she has guard and get-out-of-the-way. C (second) hits the broom maybe one out of, i don't know, ten tries -- hooks and slices, mostly, and is none too consistent with the weight either. me, i was throwing decent weight tonight, but i still have broom issues throwing more than about hack weight, and for some reason i've started pinching the hell out of my out-turns. J (skip) pinched some and dumped others, and couldn't put anything in the house for about forty-five minutes. added to which, J tends to be a little late on the sweep calls and L and C are a little late responding -- which means rocks are getting swept between two and six steps later than they should be. lose a lot of shots that way. (on the up side, the fact that he doesn't call and they don't sweep in time to save a shot i miss may be what pulled my shooting up out of the gutter this evening.) still, facing PB, KP, LP, and cmshaw, we managed to take three ends (one with four points, though that was nothing to do with us), and only lose by one in the eighth.

this would all have been a lot more fun if JB would restock the drinks cabinet.

and now: sleep.

make it stop!

so i'm on DSL now, yeah? which is fine, but since last night, every minute or so (seriously) the old dial-up software kicks in and urges me to redial.

dudes, the thing hasn't been dialed in weeks. i'm getting tired of hitting "cancel." it's not on my list of programs when i go to add/remove. how can i get it to leave me alone?!

sorry to disappoint you all --

but this isn't what's wrong with me; i only scored a 12.

update on various things, all of which have been frustrating in some way

first, the meta: i obviously don't like being frustrated. sadly, my nature is not, in most situations, to be patient. (i do have the knack in teaching situations, evidently. all my students, and everyone i've ever taught to drive, have said so.)

( however. )

nowthen, work: interrupted the boss-man today as he was beginning to tell me that i don't actually get overtime because the week was shortened due to the holiday -- which is true, apart from i'm one of these tempy people. also, dude, cube farm! so i'd heard him explain the whole deal to others fifteen feet away ( about thirty seconds earlier. )

next, lucius: i always get antsy when i finish something and hand it off to other people for polishing. can't be helped. but sitting here and gnawing my fingernails because other people have jobs and children and in general many things more important to do than make sure my fan fiction reads well: wow, useless. so i will detach and be serene.

and, curling: overcompensated tonight; dumped the out-turns instead of pinching them. still not calling weight very well. wish sweepers would sweep when i call them on instead of four steps later. (but they're not lagging because they know it pisses me off! so why blame them?) likelihood of success at fixing all this if approach is Get Annoyed: nil. better option: deep breath, forget about the last shot, concentrate on the next shot.

i'm thinking this is all a good plan. breathe in, breathe out, keep it in perspective, remember that nobody's doing whatever it is they're doing deliberately to make me cranky, detach, feel happier.

hopefully this will keep me further back from the brink of tears.