Of mice and (wo)men

so this week has sucked. I have been working about 16 hours a day and then trying to sleep the other hours. But lo and behold around 5 am i get woken up every damn day to sound of mice - scratching chewing scrambling in the ceiling or the walls. One morning i took my broom and gently tapped the ceiling to get them to stop and shut up (but gently because i have this fear of tapping to hard the ceiling opens up and it is raining mice). But those rat bastards did not stop. It has been poopy. In fact i have decided that i need to move NOW. So now i am looking at apartment listings even though my lease doesn't end until October. Even though i have no time for anything except for work. Even though I am going to africa in two weeks for two weeks. Even though we are also planning our office move now.

Bah. But i recognize that i can't do it now so i am not going to the open house or contact this lady about her apt. But i am going to inflate my tires get on my bike and tour the neighborhood and see where else might work.

But not right now... i am going to finish my coffee, stretch a little and go the grocery store. This is the first day without work in weeks. I am tired, i am embracing the lethargy, i am hugging tight this slow down. I am watching "Support your local sheriff" with james garner - i used to love this movie. I am going to read the brief and wonderous life of oscar wao - so far excellent.

and i am going to pray that my father relaxs about this and keeps the blog open - we may not post every day - we may only post once a week. But it is a nice way to keep in touch and i like it. It isn't that we don't care or are foresaking our family - for me it is quite the opposite. I love you dad but chill the funk out. this is good - we love you.