out of the blue

What a busy day! I was up at 7:30 (impressively early) and I was immediately put to work on the garage sale, carrying large things such as desks and dressers outside, amid thousands of other small tasks. I had a bit of a break during which I finished my book, and that was somewhat relaxing, but when I finished I had nothing to do. It turned out that it was time that Laila's car wash was going on, so I rode my bike over to the Rite-Aid parking lot and joined in the madness. We would not get any customers in for a long period of time, then all at once the hordes of Khan himself would descend upon us and put us completely out of time, if not house, home and livestock. That lasted from 11ish (for me) until 4:30ish, I think. I got home, and was immediately dragged into taking down the garage sale, and carrying those heavy tables and dressers around some more. This time there was some variation, for instead of putting the furniture into the house, we moved it into the bed of the truck, hell-bent on reaching Goodwill in time to dispose of the illicit garage-sale materials before they got too hot for us to handle. But first I made them take me to frisbee.

Frisbee! The joy of my life! The wonder of the evening, with that glorious round orb settling gently towards the horizon in it's brilliance and power–only to have someone lay out in an insane dive to catch it before it finishes its descent in the endzone for a POINT! That was great fun, even though I was completely unable to catch ANYTHING when we were throwing discs around before the game. Fortunately, my skills improved once the adrenaline hit.

Next comes McMinnamins, a tasty bar-restaurant where they served me an unusual (if tasty) mixture of bread, ground, flattened and fried meat, bits of leaves and slices of fruit, with some exotic "special sauce". I got fries with mine, and a strawberry lemonade that they were kind enough to refill after my endless thirst had it's way with it. By this time, I was exhausted, but I still had before me the task of helping reconfigure the family room a little before having freedom.

The best part of the day was talking to Laila's very cool mom during the car wash, and learning that I probably will be able to get a job which was dangled to me on a silver platter, and will probably soon be handed. Without even having to submit an application before getting an interview. Glorious! I'll tell you more about it later, but I want to tell people in person (specifically Aaron) rather than having them read it on a LiveJournal. I'll inform the rest of you later. :)

Cat Stevens is upon my ear, strumming away and singing, and he is in my head, rearranging things and doing all the things that good music does to a tired mind. You all enjoy the rest of your evenings. Sleep well. I will have no trouble doing just that, and perhaps sooner than is typical.