Tonight, after work, I went to Ray's tea house (or something like that) on 9th st above race. Had a Kona coffee, and some ice cream. Then met up with some squids at Rangoon. I'd been there a few times and not terribly impressed with what I had gotten before. I think their food has improved. Saw Mattchew, Scina, Frank, Linder and Keith. After we ate, Charlie arrived. We stayed until they were extremely closed. Hung out till everyone was finally on their way home (via PT or otherwise). Then, I started the ride home.

Sometimes I wonder if I'm a hypochondriac. It was cold (above freezing, but still chilly). I haven't been riding my bike that often recently. Maybe once/week anymore. So, I rode in on Tuesday, and home today. Slowly. Very slowly. Eventually painfully. It was kinda cold, I was dressed ok, but started to get sniffly. I sniffed and sniffed, and cleared out the back of the throat sniffy stuff (ick), and then I had a 'pop'ping sensation/noise. And it seemed to disturb me somewhat to sniff anymore. My hearing isn't affected, but I dunno what I popped. So, I kept riding.. And riding. And I started to get a headache (same side as the weirdo ear). OMG.. I start to wonder if I had a stroke! I get tireder, and just stay paranoid about the stroke. I'm home now, headache mostly ok (probably sinus). No misaligned eye pupils, so I figure I haven't had a stroke.

I think it's time for bed.
posted by Shyrie at 9:55 PM

I'm feeling a bit productive today. Strange. The last few days, I have been cleaning. I organized my teas. I cleaned the kitchen counters and stove. I was hoping to get to the sink tonight, but I just can't do it. There's rust and some icky stuff that I'd rather have more time to eradicate. I have a lot of tea. Maybe I should have a tea party one day. Sure, it's mostly herbal, but I can always make coffee, too.

I think I'm getting antsy, 15.5 weeks till classes begin. Maybe part of the organizing is just getting ready for a new (and scary) time ahead. I figure if the house is clean to begin with, and I can find "homes" for everything, it'll be easier to keep clean. I'm such a horrid packrat. I blame genetics.

I also have a desire to turn all of my old cassettes and vinyl into mp3 format. Those thingies are expensive for something I'll only need for about 100 items or less, so I'm hoping to be able to borrow one. I guess $1 per isn't so bad, though. I wonder if they have an audio output that isn't USB (so I can hook the record player up to my stereo). I'm paranoid about record players, since I really don't wanna screw up the vinyl. The cassettes have probably been eaten zillions of times through the years.
posted by Shyrie at 8:16 PM