well, it's a laptop *now*

a successful evening of Getting Rid Of More Stuff. thanks to the divine mrshamill, i no longer own (and ellen_fremedon has) the following: full-sized bed (mattress, box spring, frame), dresser, desk, desk chair, three bookshelves, couple of wire racks from under the bathroom sink, and a couple of bags of groceries. also unloaded two video racks on cmshaw.

horizontal surfaces remaining in my apartment: kitchen counters; bathroom counter; heat/AC register; floor.

tomorrow: downtown for currency-exchange transaction with esti626; cleaning out car; consolidating the assorted crap remaining in the apartment so it can be put in the car in a minimal amount of time; painting walls.

what'd i do with that clipboard?

first the windows, then the floors. that way if i drip.

nails and picture hardware out of the walls: check

broken mini-hammers (because full-sized hammer has been moved already): 1

blood blisters from catching finger on nail head when mini-hammer broke: 1

spackling: done

now the question that remains is, will i do the biggest wall first, or the biggest pain in the ass first? (i think i'm going to do the bathroom first, actually, because the room with the steam in it deserves the most time to dry.)

painting update

i did, in fact, do the bathroom first, followed by the second-biggest pains in the ass: the kitchen (not much area, but bright color in semi-gloss) and the blue part of the living room (dark color, harder to cover). have also completed all the grey except some edges at the top, and a bit of the yellow. in fact all that remains is the single biggest wall. piece of cake! will do it tomorrow.

whole place smells like paint. windows open, ceiling fan on top speed. put back only a couple of switch plates, so i could re-plug the power strip and the phone cable for the DSL.

blood blister has completely gone. all that remains is a wee spot on my fingertip where i pricked it to let it drain. the mosquito bite i got last night is more visible. (also showing no evidence is the finger i caught between two heavy objects while loading the van last night. i'd have thought there'd be a big ol' bruise, but there is none. once again, the fingernail does its job! woo-hoo! let's hear it for auto-defense mechanisms!)

popped out to see Wimbledon with mearagrrl. v. cute, exactly as advertised -- everybody sing with me now: FORMULAAA! but, exciting anyhow, in its charming way, and also, PAUL BETTANY. teh pretteh. (truth be known, although he's very pretty i still don't entirely buy him as Leading Man. i was happier when he was SmartAss!Chaucer at the sporting events, rather than Underdog Hero. but! prettier to look at this time. even without the pimp coat.)