Yesterday was a Monday all day long. I haven’t always gotten out of bed on Monday mornings expecting the day to suck, but it can no longer be denied that lately, my Mondays have been sucking worse than usual. I am not even going to dwell on it and tell you about it. It’s over, and good riddance.

But today is Tuesday, and it’s going to be better! We got some nice rain last night, and it looks like it’s going to be a mild and pleasant day. I’m going to open the windows and let some fresh air in. My allergies are still killing me, but not having the windows open hasn’t been helping, so I want some fresh air. I like having fresh air coming in when I am doing housework, and there’s a lot of housework to be done today. I also have to make two phone calls I should have made yesterday. One I decided to put off, because I’m a procrastinator that way, and the other one I completely forgot about until it was too late. Oops.

The only news around Casa de Orb at the moment is that it has been decided the microwave must be replaced, and the small ones won’t do. I am not altogether happy to admit that and am even more loathe to have to give up the newly found counter space in the kitchen, but it seems I use it more than I realized … reheating coffee and pizza and leftovers … thawing meat for meals … and making tea. I have decided I will probably put the new on on the kitchen table and leave it there. It’s not like we eat at the kitchen table anyway, and I really like having all that counter space by the sink. We’ll be muddling through sans microwave until the weekend. If I can remember to get the meat out of the freezer every day for dinner, we’ll manage just fine. I think we could manage just fine forever without one, after a period of adjustment, but Lin is disturbed by the fact we do not have a microwave. I guess if I didn’t know how to use any of the other appliances in the kitchen, I’d be concerned too.

Time to walk Lin out to the truck and see him off. Then more coffee for me and a mad dash to get all the housework and phone calls done early so I can work on my knitting projects. I’ve fallen behind, and there are going to be people with chilly hands and heads in a few weeks, if I don’t get caught up. Can’t have that!