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Jodi and I had gotten into a cycle of "Ben hasn't vacuumed in weeks, so Jodi's allergies prompt her to want to spend evenings away from the apartment, so Ben can't vacuum", lather, rinse, repeat. Unpleasant and frustrating. And the carpet situation was just as unpleasant and frustrating as I was.

So last night while I slept, Jodi moved a bunch of crap to the perimeter of the living room, and this morning I vacuumed the living room. That's a great start, and I'm glad Jodi thought of it.

Do we make a great team or what?

Note: to those of you who actually overheard the process by which we discussed the situation, the preceding question was totally rhetorical. I swear.

And now for a very brief breakfast (no, I'm not talking about edible briefs, but loucheroo's comments on mariness's journal are making me think of 'em), washed down with one or two Diet Rockstars. That oughta sharpen my mind enough to focus on XSLT programming all day... I hope.

Three things I accomplished today, my second day of medical leave:

• After a successful saving throw vs. constitution at 6:30 in the freaking morning, I got my car into the garage and arranged a rental while they're working on it (squeaking brakes are a lot easier to ignore than a check-engine light and an engine that idles at 800rpm, no make that 2000, no make that 1000, no make that 500, no make that 1800...)
• Took Jodi to a followup appointment (it went well; that's all you're getting unless she feels like telling you)
  
• Helped Jodi send out some transcript requests (if you've enjoyed this game, you'll enjoy dealing with Hillsborough Community College; meanwhile, Indian River Community College charges absolutely nothing for transcripts and accepts a faxed request for multiple copies on the same piece of paper -- and can produce them the same day, for double the price)

Three things that made the day suck less, or maybe even be enjoyable at times:

• The rental car I arranged was, for no extra charge, a convertible, and the weather was perfect for it most of the day.
• I managed to find a drink at Got Tea? that fit within the change from $7 after I bought Jodi's drink.
• If I can put away all the groceries and scoop the catbox in record time and have a second beer, I might actually get six and a half hours of sleep before I return to the office and start catching up on everything.