Lame-a-tron!

1) Waiting for my Harry Potter book. B & P got theirs already. On the UPS tracking site it says mine has been in transit from Ottumwa since 10:28. It is now 2:08. That is plenty of time for it to get to me! But as G pointed out, there's probably a lot of books being delivered today. I have had a strict conversation with G about the things he is NOT allowed to do until I am finished with the book, including and perhaps most importantly the fact that he MUST NOT read the last two pages, even if he promises not to tell me what happens. Because I just know he would go around with a little superior smirk of knowing and that would ruin the experience of reading it. I still never told him what happened in the last book. I think it's cheating to not read it for yourself. Maybe that's being a little harsh, but at the least he shouldn't wreck my experience. After I'm done he can read the last two pages or the whole thing.

2) Waiting for my paycheck. I got totally thrown off by a) forgetting to tell G about my poetry class check, and b) car insurance payment. I also don't have my backup travel fund to dip into since I used it all on our trip. And this is a loooong pay period because get paid on (or the weekday before) the 15th and on the last weekday of the month, which means while the bills are paid, but I'm 8 days in on 18 days of not having any spending $. I can use my CC but I'd rather not. And there are those few things I want to do that don't take CC's. Lunch at Small Planet and concerts at Cafe P being the two most painful things to give up. I'm feeling like such a whiner now, yipes! Anyway, the point being I stayed up late last night and got up a bit earlier than I might have otherwise this morning so I could sell some of my tea at the Farmer's Market, because I REALLY want to see Gayla Drake Paul at Cafe P tonight. I made a whopping $6.50, and I still need to give $2.50 of that to my brother for sharing his table with him. Luckily he said I could give it to him later. I have $2 and 11 cents left from cleaning out my penny basket so I could have coffee with Mikaila a few days ago. The thing that is really driving me bonkers is I don't have a paper, and I can't find anywhere online to tell me how much the show is!! I sure hope it's less than $8.11! It looks like I need to do the Farmer's Market next weekend too, and do a little better, Ali Sperry and Betsy Huebner are doing shows at Cafe P next weekend and I'd need $7 for that...