Fighting Mildew

The fight against shower mildew is continuous and always a loosing battle. The pesky stuff refuses to be completely eliminated, and if you leave even a speck, it grows back faster! But I've never been quite so annoyed by it as now.

Some smart individual decided that tile looks nice in showers. And somebody else thought that idea was great. Eventually the trend made it to the apartment I'm living in. For some reason, the implications didn't occur to me until after we had rented the unit. Tile is surrounded by grout. Grout in showers grows mildew. Tile surrounds in showers have a lot more grout than plastic surrounds. So what you get? A nice, beautiful, white-tiled surround, with pretty pink and black mildew stained grout.

And it takes hours and hours of old-toothbrush-scrubbing to get it looking even semi-clean. Everywhere else, tile is nice. It's great for floors, for example. It's even okay for kitchen counters. But when it comes to showers, I'll vote for non-renewable, petroleum-based, easy-to-clean plastic surrounds every time.

Wedding Fever

I've had a relapse of wedding fever. This dread disease that affects all brides to be had gone into remission for a few weeks, but resurfaced this past weekend due to a combination of a visit from a friend who will be one of my attendants followed by a field trip to a potential location that seems perfect, except for the price. Now I am back under again, going deeper into planning, with the resultant symptoms of obsession, worry, and sleeplessness. I am told that the disease is not fatal and there is a cure, but I must wait until after the wedding for hope of complete relieve. Until then, all I can do is treat the symptoms and hope for a few more temporary remissions.

And Still Better

My cold continues to improve, although I am concerned that my cough may still be in evidence on Thurs. This could be a problem, as I am scheduled to look after a baby while his parents move house . . . I've been sleeping a lot, with hopes of speeding my recovery, but I may be adding homeopathic treatment, soon, as well.

Had a discussion about possible future fun adventures in the Bay Area. Ideas of stuff to "do" are suddenly plentiful--apparently all one has to do is put a little attention on looking. :)

Have some things to put in the mail and then plan to attempt to start on taxes once home, or at least by tomorrow. The weather is beautiful, I thoroughly enjoyed my walk to the lib. and am looking forward to the walk back home. :)

Frog-ish

I'm feeling better, but I sound like a frog--no Meet The Doulas for me. Weekend has gone well. Good conversations, good company, feeling more centered. (Had been going through a lot of personal inner termoil, hence the short posts--not much is appropriate for public media posting at the moment.)

Now I need to sign off and make a phone call to be sure that people who need to know that I won't be showing up know and have a little time to find a replacement speaker. Really had hoped to be well enough to give my talk today, but it can't be helped now . . .

Rather Coldly

I've got a bit of a cold. Feeling kind of icky, but not too bad. Am hoping some rest and good food will get me back on track, health-wise, as I have a lot of social and professional engagements this weekend. So with no further ado, I will sign off and get back home to do more along the lines of the rest part of the health equation. :)

Kid Weekend

I'm in San Pablo for the weekend, visiting a friend and looking after her kids while she's at work. I used to live with this family, so it's kind of like coming home whenever I come over.

Last night, we took the kids to see Enchanted, only it was sold out, so we rented DVDs instead. We're hoping to see Enchanted tomorrow--and to buy tickets on-line, so we don't get sold out again. :)

My cold is better in some ways and worse in others. But I'm really happy. A lot of things seem to be going right, just now. :) Time to check on lunch before we all starve!

Too Long and Too Busy

I haven't posted in too long and I've been too busy to relate it all. Let's just hit a few highlights:

1. Uneventful trip back to Cali, with airport pick-up by boyfriend. ;)
2. Lots of time and talks with boyfriend over a few days.
3. Christmas with family in Pacific Grove; boyfriend with family in Portland, OR.
4. Had a cold this whole time--mostly o.k., but have a terrible cough, so sound worse than am.

Now I need to sleep. More later.