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I'm not spending my customary hour or so on my LJ at the moment 'cause I'm trying to get stuff done still. I hope you'll forgive me.

I still have big cleaning plans for this weekend. I just haven't started on them. We headed over to Darren's house (Andrea's ex) to take care of my step-dog while he's out of town. She and/or I are going again this evening for his walk before bed time.

We did get to the Gibraltar trade center Friday after work where I bought a badly needed SATA hard drive that I still feel kind of guilty about buying but my mate said it's ok. In fact, it's formatting as I type this. I should have plenty of room for a while now, and Andrea's going to get my old one.

Today is the 1 year and 2 month anniversary of my having met wooisme. It may sound kind of silly to make a note of that here, but I used the occasion to get a few little things for her that I'd been planning to get for her anyway. I found a copy of the compleat Grimm's Fairy Tales for her, some sandalwood bath salts, and copies of all of our car keys so that she'll have a set for time when I've got mine with me and have lost/misplaced hers. (This has happened more than once. I have a memory like a steel sieve.) I also finally got her picture of the 1933 Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey side show cast framed for her. We hung it up in our entrance way where I think it looks really nice. I am very touched by her interpretation of that print. (You should ask her about it some time.)

I've had times of feeling oddly disconnected over the last week or so. Disconnected from work, from me, from Andrea... *shrugs* I'm not really sure why. Sometimes I worry that there's something wrong with me. I think it's just a combination of stress, Andrea's stress, and my brain behaving typically strangely. I've had other times of feeling particularly good and on top of things too. It seems to come and go. I feel good now though. Having time with my sweetie over the weekend, when she's not stressed by her job, makes me feel better. She had Friday off too (she's got 11 vacation days to use before Labor Day and plans to not use any of them; I think the time off will do her good.) and we spend a really nice evening together visiting Gibraltar and watching Fight Club. *sigh*

Andrea is talking about looking for another job again. She even promised that she would look into it soon and follow through. That made me very happy. I worry about her a lot; going to a place she absolutely hates for 8 and a half hours a day isn't good for her. For either of us, really. I want my girl to be happy. When she's stressed, I can't help but be.

I'm still waiting for school to start again. The seventeenth is my first day back, at which point I'll start with the A+ classes. I have already picked up my kit from school though. Came with a screwdriver set (nice but I prefer mine which I finally found in a bag under clothes in the bedroom; it'd been missing for two months) a very cute little yellow multimeter (not as many functions as mine but I'll probably use it for school; it's smaller and cuter), four text books, a computer tool set, and a really nice static wrist strap which I've already been using at home. I am really excited about getting back there again.

I'm sorry I haven't been online much these days. I just always feel so busy or have things to do or am out of the apartment; I wish I had a laptop and a cellular modem. I'd even settle for wireless access in the apartment and a laptop. I'd be able to be chatting online while out in the dining room/living room. I'll try and be on more. I just picked up a copy of Final Fantasy XI, so I'll probably be in front of the computer more...