Thank Ghu...

...for friends and technology.

Upon hearing about just how tall the grass grew in my yard while I was in the midwest, that creative sweetheart of a guy, kip_w, offered to load his and malibrarian's mower in the car the next day, drive over, and help me conquer it. I accepted with appreciation and glee. That lasted about 15 hours, or until the rain started falling. That was a good 22 hours ago, and I don't think it's stopped since.

I suggested rescheduling, but also mentioned the possibility of tackling an inside job if Kip wanted to come over Wednesday anyway. He did, and thanks to his help and his excellent ideas of how to organize stuff, the Fan Room now sports as delightful amount of clear floor space in the center of the room instead of the 15-20 bins and boxes that had been lurking there for, well...years, actually. It really shouldn't feel quite so good to write that, but the whole notion that I've been here long enough for a project to languish for years (plural, if only two) is really quite welcome. Especially once it's a project dealt with. Or at least a significant piece of a project dealt with.

Thanks, kip_w! I'm utterly delighted with how much we accomplished, and how profoundly better the room looks for our efforts.

( More chatter and broken land line announcement )

You may need to remind me of my good cheer in the face of adversity in another few days. Apparently there's another storm right on the heels of the "June Nor'easter" that's going to continue dropping rain on my roof and elsewhere for most of tomorrow, too.