not intended to be a cliffhanger

I realize that my last post could've left people hanging about how Elly's doing. She's physically OK, the car is totaled, and surprise, the insurance doesn't cover it. For right now she's getting around with her bike. Also, her computer is being unduly kept from her by negligent CompUSA people. It's been in the shop for two weeks and they haven't even LOOKED at it. Grr. Yes folks, sexism is alive and well in the tech industry, in case you didn't already know that. She keeps bugging her insurance company to make sure they pay the other folks properly. We miss each other so we talk quite a bit.

What have I been up to? Well, still learning how to have spare time. There are far tougher lessons, I'm aware. I put up a list of the top 50 little house projects I've wanted to do for a while and have about 30 of them done. Thanks, labor day weekend! I've been somewhat reclusively focusing on these room improvement projects. I indulged my bourgeois tendencies with a trip to Ikea and Value Village, the thrift store I'd been recommended ages ago but had yet to visit. I finally got all my pictures into photo albums. Highly effective puttering, that's what it's all chalked up to.

I've been going to the gym an awful lot (this week being the exception), and for once in my life, unintentionally lost weight. I'm not sure how I feel about this. It certainly wasn't for lack of trying....I've been eating plenty and since I keep breakfast at work, I've had more calories. I've been overindulging on the baked goods even. Ah, well.

I signed up to help a few groups with web projects, so that's promising...I've started to get calls from the new USAS staff, which is comforting.

I sat down to write something that was neither an instruction manual, flyer, nor an agenda. I was hoping to crank out a nice, concise little piece about the political struggles I've had with veganism. Eight pages and four hours later (with a few phone calls to break it up)...I realize I have a lot of thoughts about veganism, "lifestyle activism", etc. I'll be editing that down a bit but it will make its way here.

That's all the musing I have in me at the moment. More will appear shortly, though.