Yay for My Family

 Perhaps suspecting an impending nervous breakdown from the events of Friday, my lovely mother, father, and grandmother all drove up here today to clean the apartment while I worked, which was SO nice of them. They are really the best. It was nice to have a bit of company around. I was antisocial out of necessity all weekend (before you get offended, e-mails and IMs don't really count), and it was nice to have people around for a while. And, as per usual, they were hilarious. Actual conversations we had today:

( Vignettes. )

Then, once they left, I went to the store to buy a converter for Portugal and also batteries for my smoke detectors. I came back to try to finish up this terribly annoying project, which really doesn't take my attention but is SO time-consuming. So, to keep me company, I watched Blackpool, which was better than I remembered it (yes, Colleen, again). I don't know how I'd forgotten how fabulous a creation Peter Carlisle is. I mean, I don't think I had, and then I watched him again and was struck anew by it. And then I watched Graham Norton again (yes, also even better than I remembered). And then I did a skim re-watch of "Tooth and Claw," "School Reunion," and "The Girl in the Fireplace." Was Season 2 of Doctor Who the best $60 I ever spent? Yeah. I think so. 

And I am still working on this project. Gah.