Weekend Update

I know I never told details about my brother's situation, but I just got a call from him, and it seems to be resolving itself the best way it could. It sounds like he really might have been innocent of the charges against him, like I had hoped, and I am very glad. He is back home and sounds incredibly happy to be there. And I'm left feeling a little horrible for mistrusting him enough to not know whether to think he was innocent or not, but I really couldn't help it. With the history that I have seen from him, and with the things that I have seen a drunk version of him do that a sober version would never do, I just had to doubt. Sorry, brother. And I'm glad that everything is working out, and I hope it continues to.

And with the brother news out of the way, I have one thing to say: vacation rules! I love it. I want to always be on vacation. And even if I do have to go back to work (which, obviously, I do), I want to never go back to school. Of course, I have to, but man. I want so badly to quit. Or at least to take a break. Oh well. I have summer vacation to look forward to, and that means three months of no classes at all. I can hold on until then.

I've had fun so far on my vacation. It's funny - I took the time off, figuring that I would end up going places maybe one or two days, and would sit here and not leave the house the rest of the time, but it hasn't worked out that way. Wednesday I went after groceries and got a haircut and went to my sister's for dinner and to hang out for a while. Thursday I took Sable to the vet. Yesterday I went shopping with my sister to a couple of little gift type stores and we went to lunch and then we went to Walmart and she got groceries and I somehow managed to spend $100 even though I didn't buy much. And today, if he doesn't cancel, Jamie and I are going to go to the mall and walk around and maybe I'll buy some TV on DVD like I wanted to yesterday but couldn't because Walmart sucks and didn't have anything I wanted. So, out of five days off, I think I'll have one where I just sit here and not leave the house. Not bad!

So when I was at Walmart yesterday, I did buy myself some curtains and rods for my bedroom. I had shades in there, but they don't block the sun at all, and Bernie has been waking me up every morning at 6:30. And I'm on vacation, damn it! I don't want to get up at the same time that I would if I were going to work. So I hung up some curtains to darken the room, which works pretty well. He still tried to wake me up early, but I rolled over and put the pillow over my eyes, and he laid back down. I got up today just before 8:00, which is a vast improvement. So the curtains are officially a success. I think. We'll see if that remains true tomorrow.

Also, I haven't seen any dead mice since the other day! Which is great. Here's hoping that's a trend that continues. Stay outside, mice! I don't want to pick up your corpses if you come inside!

Oh, also - cross your fingers that the weather here turns warm and stays that way soon, because I ran out of heating fuel last night, and I am NOT buying anymore. I have spent enough money on heat for one year, and I'm not adding to that now, when it's already spring as far as the calendar is concerned. It's a bit chilly in here - 57 degrees as of right now - so if the temperature outside would be agreeable and go up to the 50s sometime soon, I would be very grateful.

Okay, that's enough posting for a Saturday morning. I've got laundry running and I need to shower and I need to continue watching this week's episodes of General Hospital while I play the Sims. Have a great weekend!