I am finally back online at home! Slowly the utilities are coming together. Comcast sucks though. I called them today to ask why I no longer had some of my premium movie channels. I was told that this network (Starz) had “decided” to no longer “participate” in that “package.” I see, I replied. Yet my rate remains the same, though I have eight fewer premium channels? The Comcast rep continued to place the blame on Starz, when it was clear that it was Comcast that was evil for not adjusting their rates to reflect LESS SERVICE. Ugh whatever. Of course I have no choice. Dealing with monopoly utilities is much like being robbed, anyway.

This week has been mega stressful, mainly because so many things seem to be piling on top of me. Lots of work at work. Apartment stuff. Cankersores and finger cuts. Feeling like I have no time to relax. Still no couch. And schoolwork. Tonight I finished my assignment for next week, however, so there’s that. Also I sold my old couch last night for $150. Sigh. Good riddance.

Monday night we had a fondue party. Tamara and Brian came over. It was lovely! I’ve never made fondue before; it’s easy enough if you have the equipment and the ingredients. CHEESE. There’s a cheese store in my ‘hood. They have specialty foods of all types there, along with a hundred cheeses. I could do a lot of damage there, but I only spent about $17 on the cheese, and we had some leftover. Gruyere, Emmental.

Tomorrow morning the new sofa will be delivered. Right now I feel like all the weight of my stress is resting on the damn thing fitting in the front door. Once it’s inside the apartment, my moving day trauma will begin to fade. Oh and we can stop sitting on the floor. The new couch is 14″ shorter lengthwise. It is also taupe. I got it at a deep discount from the Bargain Bank in Potrero.

Class on Tuesday was intense. I ended up dreaming about the subjects that night: creating smooth transitional sentences. My cat walked around on the bed, and I dreamed that he was making a transition to a new clause near the pillow. Yeah, nerd dreams.