Lin is completely stressing out about work. The cat is grumpy. My mom is in a talkative mood. I have a raging headache and stuffy nose from my mold allergies (this is why I hate high humidity). Basically, this day isn’t going so well. I knew it wouldn’t when I woke up feeling so blah and lifeless.

Thanks to Dawna, I did score an invite for a starter account at Vox … a new blogging site. I am still toying with the idea of not hosting my own web site. Sure I have always liked having total control of every aspect of my web site, but my desire to do that has diminished the last year. Now I really just want to sit down and write and not have to think about designing anything or keeping my code updated or finding ways to make the software do what I want it to do. If I found the right service, I might give a hosted blog a try. Vox looks interesting, and hopefully I will get an upgrade to a standard account sometime, so I can try out the blogging aspects of it. You never know, I might just love it.

Livejournal is undergoing some changes as well, and since I can’t decide if I want to pay for another whole year or not (it’s not really expensive, but I do try not to waste money), I think tomorrow I’ll buy another few months so I can see what the new changes bring. I don’t think LJ will ever be a service I use exclusively, but once again, you never know.

What I do know is I have almost no desire at all to deal with the inner workings of my web site anymore. I thought that would pass, but it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. Just working on that new site design I have been working on for some many months is like pulling teeth. I’d much rather spend my time working on more tangible arts and crafts these days, I guess.

And I have been working on more tangible arts and crafts lately. One of these days when the planets are properly aligned, the camera is at home, and the sun is out, I’ll take some photos to post. Mostly it’s been collage and paperwork and a little knitting and a little painting/drawing thrown in for good measure. You know me, I get bored easily.

I think I’ll go pop the top on a Dublin Dr Pepper and move to the couch to play some Harvest Moon. That’s what I intended to do earlier, but then the phone rang … and then it rang again … and then I noticed that a few hours had been spent yapping on the phone. Ugh. I need to play a video game!

And because I am feeling totally lazy and uninterested in food, tonight we are having Marie Callendar’s pot pies. When I opened the freezer, those were the only things that looked good to me. They really are good too. The little ones are fine if you make a salad with them, but the big ones are a meal unto themselves. If you don’t mind lazy microwave foods, give them a try … really filling and quite tasty too.

OK, really going to go play that game now. Heaven knows there’s nothing but reruns on the TV, and Lin is working in the den, and his stress level is about to make MY head explode.