Madness In My Method

Is it wrong that I'm itching to fix a couple "mistakes" in the cars and the beach goers images?

Abandoned Houses Gone WILD!

And just because I needed the smile:

For the past couple days my head has been in a tailspin. I jumped at the chance to go hang out this evening swimming and drinking and casually relaxing. (Having your own alcohol that no one else will touch already stowed away at your favorite pool haunt has some benefits.) Boy, I needed that, and now my hands feel like jello while typing. Weeeeeee.

I came home to find a really nifty Tangoes set laying on my desk. I discovered that it was bequeathed to me and sent via multiple handshakes. :D I LOVE the self-contained portable style of this game. Also, the instructions lie - LIE I tell you! They mention wooden pieces and mine are cheap, durable, gonna last forever plastic pieces.

But hey, I <3 the black and red versus the what-could-have-been blue and red set. Blegh.

Thanks, lady. :)

I got to have a really pleasant 1-hr long chat with my friend Charm in Australia. They are preparing for a cyclone to hit Perth head-on come this time tomorrow. I hadn't been able to actually "talk" with her in forever. It was good being able to hear her voice. :)

That reminds me, I still have the pics of her labeled as BlueMurf, which she hasn't used as an LJ handle in quite some time. I need to update those.

No really, I'm heading to my parents' house shortly, just for the children. Well, not entirely. I need to grab unwrap my new gaming headphones mom got me and put under the Temp Tree.

I also need to play with a special kitten and coax a special other cat out from hiding so she can know it's ok to be a lap kitty instead of an under-bed monster kitty.

ganked from Phecda

At my request, Eileen picked up a (don't know how many feet) lawn trampoline from her Fairly Goth Mother who was moving and giving some stuff away.

I spent most of Sunday assembling the frame and putting on the jump mat. It still has safety pads and a net wall to be added, but it is perfectly functional. I wore a skimpy tank top because I knew it would be hot, and if you know me you know I'm quite fond of my tanks. Well with not a single cloud in the sky this also meant my first sunburn in probably 2-3 years. Luckily it wasn't too bad - just a nice light red instead of beet red or 2nd degree (yes, I've had 2nd-borderline-3rd degree sunburn before, so I damn well know what I'm talking about).

It felt pretty awesome being handed a bunch of parts and told, look, you have a new puzzle to play with, and me actually being able to put it together on my own. I still can't figure out why there are almost twice the number of springs and twice the number of hooks on the mat, so I'm still not 100% sure that I've built this thing correctly.

But it bounces ok.

EDIT: So there are holes underneath the poles for the additional springs. Odd. The bulk of the bouncing force is in a downward motion. I guess they are just being careful.

Xmas/New Year cards arrived and were passed out diligently to das roommies.

They each got some great giggles, including one in which koed is reading his wife's card mentioned "keeping Nikki from going insane." He claims that you must not know either of us very well, bwahahahaha!

It's little gifts like that that make the world a little better to tolerate.

Thank you, darling.

I just got home from visiting with a friend and I remembered that this is spring break and I don't have class tomorrow. I get to sleep in, and no work makes Nikki a happy kitty! Prrrr.