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Better today, sorta. Brian got offered a permanent job! Very excited. He can stop searching! He can stop going on interviews! One and a half years. Man. This economy blows. Anyway, it's a good salary, he's doing something that will interest him, and he'll be working downtown. All good!

Work was ok the last couple of days. It always is like that. I get pushed to a breaking point, and then the pressure eases back. I like my Fridays and Saturdays. I like Wednesdays from home. I loathe Tuesdays and Thursdays (for different reasons). Maybe what I need to do is figure out a way to avoid them!

I finished a huge pile of books. That's a virtual huge pile, as in reality I was reading on my phone.

Since Jan 1, 2011:

1. Gone Tomorrow, Lee Child (13th Jack Reacher book)
2. 61 Hours, Lee Child (14th Jack Reacher book)
3. Worth Dying For, Lee Child (15th Jack Reacher book)
4. The Monkey's Raincoat, Robert Crais (1st Elvis Cole book)
5. Stalking the Angel, Crais (2nd Elvis Cole book)
6. Lullaby Town, Robert Crais (3rd Elvis Cole book)
7. Free Fall, Robert Crais (4th Elvis Cole book)
8. Voodoo River, Robert Crais (5th Elvis Cole book)
9. Sunset Express, Robert Crais (6th Elvis Cole book)
10. Indigo Slam, Robert Crais (7th Elvis Cole book)
11. L.A. Requiem, Robert Crais (8th Elvis Cole book)
12. The Last Detective, Robert Crais (9th Elvis Cole book)
13. The Forgotten Man, Robert Crais (10th Elvis Cole book)
14. The Watchman, Robert Crais (1st Joe Pike book)
15. Chasing Darkness, Robert Crais (11th Elvis Cole book)
16. The First Rule, Robert Crais (2nd Joe Pike book)
17. The Sentry, Robert Crais (3rd Joe Pike book)
18. New York Death, Stuart Woods

and I'm in the middle of another Stuart Woods. I am not feeling the love, there. Need to find some other lengthy series I haven't read before to dive into. There are gajillions of mystery series. I just need to find one I haven't read and that I can stand. Needs to be sorta hard-bitten, but also funny. Woods isn't funny. Maybe I should step back from the series concept. Clearly I get a little focused...

Also finished the first disk of season two of Wallander. Is good. Working my way through "A Touch of Frost" on netflix streaming. That's about as "comfort food" viewing as I can imagine. I'm into season four, now, and we're up to 1996. Since it's Britain, though, it feels like the late 80s. Anyway, it's like having on Law and Order in the background. Frost is fun, and the crime is occasionally gritty (but mostly feels seedy). People look like real people, with paunches and wrinkles and bags under their eyes. Refreshing!

I think I need a bit more reality and a bit less fiction, frankly, but until the weather changes for real, I'm stuck with escapism. Maybe a few more weeks?

Yesterday I wanted to hit everyone with sticks, and today I am jolly happy sunshine. The difference? Brian got a job! Starts on Friday. Two incomes again, bliss!

Tomorrow I'll probably be back to grumpy because I am surrounded by snow and sick of feeling hemmed in, and because there is ever more snow falling from the sky. I DID NOT MOVE TO BUFFALO, people! I live in Massachusetts. ENOUGH ALREADY.

Monday had some bright moments; I went to hang out with Stephen and Val in the evening for food and gossip. That was pretty good. And I got some chores done that required a bit of running around. But mostly I wanted to hit people with sticks.

Today I'm exhausted. I never get to bed before 2, but last night I was awake until well past 2:30. Brian was up around 7 for his job interview, so I of course woke up. Then I managed to doze from 7:30 to 9:00, but I don't think there was much actual sleep in there. I looked out the window at 9 and realized it was pouring snow, so I called in "working from home" to work. I had forgotten to drop off my rent check at my landlord's yesterday, so I felt obliged to do it today, and man, the roads SUCKED! Between 7:30 when Brian had left, and 9:30 when I got out there, there was already 2" at least. During the maybe 1 mile round trip I almost slid into several mountains of snow. Missed, but just barely. Crept home, parked, decided out was no fun. Started working. Kept waiting for Brian to get home, was nervous for him. He was supposed to go to a dentist appointment after his interview, but the office wanted to close so they rescheduled to Thursday; this meant he got home earlier than he might have, so I was happy about that.

We were pretty sure that he'd hear very soon about the job (they were very anxious to get the position filled ASAP) so each time his phone rang I got all anxious. The call finally came in while he was downstairs where I couldn't hear it, so he told me by coming back upstairs and saying "We're going to have to rearrange the cars on Friday." "Oh, ok, why?" "Because I have to go to work." YAY!

Could this be a crack in the dam of suck around me and mine? Let's hope so.

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