A while ago my mom gave me a 12 game set that has chess, checkers, mancala, and all the usual old-fashioned board games (plus dominoes and cards). She’d found it at the thrift store for $1, and I’d been wanting some game pieces to destroy for a craft project, so I was really happy to have it. I just opened it today, and it’s brand new! All the pieces are still in the sealed bags, and the board is actual wood and pretty nice. Now, of course, I don’t want to use the game pieces for a craft project, so it looks like I have one more board game sitting around that will never get played.

In other household news, Ronin has been an insane cat all afternoon. It started with him having a temper tantrum all by himself in the hall. That then became attacking his sister brutally several times. I went through about 30 minutes of Holding Therapy with him, until he calmed down somewhat, but a minute after I let him go, he was back to tearing around the house being an asshole to his sister. He is now doing time in the bedroom. That’s not really enough punishment, since he likes being in the bedroom, but I don’t have anywhere else to put him until he chills out. I’m fairly certain that an hour or more in the bedroom, and he won’t like it as much anymore. And he will be in there for an hour or two. I want to make and eat dinner without having to deal with a cat losing his mind. I really don’t know what gets into him sometimes.

Also, my garden is looking much better since I sprayed them with the Epsom’s salt solution and began watering them 2-3 times a day instead of the one long watering session in the morning. The cucumbers continue to get new flower buds, and the blooms that are currently showing have begun attracting bees. Bees are a good thing, because I need them to pollinate the cucumbers, but I’m not especially happy about having to walk around in a small swarm of bees when I am tending the garden. I guess I’ll just have to get over it.

The only other thing worth mentioning is that we are having breakfast for dinner tonight. Lin is griping already, but not having gotten any grocery shopping done this week, we really are short on options. I personally don’t have a problem with eggs, sausage, and hash browns for dinner, but Lin is completely opposed. Well, unless he comes up with a different plan, it’s breakfast for dinner and he’ll just have to eat what’s put in front of him.

Today has been something of a wash of a day. I couldn’t sleep last night to save my life, so most of my day was spent sleeping or sleepwalking through the daily chores. No fun at all. Hope I get some sleep tonight, but I doubt it, owing to my now having totally screwed up my sleep cycle. I’m usually getting a little tired and sleepy by dinner, and I am not tired or sleepy at all right now. Ugh.