Catching Up

So, I guess I really haven't been around.  I don't have any particular reason, just haven't really felt like it.  But, it's Blog Tuesday (which is part of a new plan, and regardless of anything else, I will update on Tuesdays) so, I suppose I have to come up with something.

Pie's been an absolute terrorist the last two weeks.  She pulled my laptop (yes, the new one) off the table.  It broke.  With any luck, it just needs a new DC jack, unfortunately, that's still unavailable.  Then we'll be able to tell if anything else is broken.  Super lame.  Since I decided to be a nice person and give a friend the network card from the computer I was using before I got the new laptop, I now have to share a computer with George.  Lesson learned.  I will never be a nice person again.

She also poked holes in the drywall in our (still unfinished) bathroom, dumped a whole container of baby powder on my living room furniture, put peanut butter in George's shoes, and asked me to buy her a person to do all the things she doesn't like to do.  I'm really starting to question my parenting.

George has started pissing me off, too.  He has this friend.  The friend is a Grade-A Asshole, but they've been friends since they were 15, and I guess I just have to deal with it.  I probably shouldn't drag the blog down pissing and moaning about how much of a douche this guy is, but I really can't stand him.  One of these days (next Tuesday, perhaps) I'll get into the story about the time we tried to be roommates with him and his strange girlfriend who came from Canada to visit and never went home.  That's fun times.

Anyway, he and this friend fight for months at a time.  Then, out of no where, they're BFF's again and I have to rearrange everything to suit his crappy friend schedule.  It's really annoying.  He also feels some overwhelming sense of compassion about his friend's lack of ability to pay his bills.  It's not an economy thing, it's laziness thing, and it's always been this way.  I mention that, then out comes the "You don't work, either" card.

Hell.  No.  I definitely do work, and besides, he is the one who initially suggested I stay home.  I ask if I should be looking for a job.  No.  No, he still wants me to stay home, he just wants to be douchy about it every time I say something he doesn't like about his stupid friend.  (I should add that I usually keep my opinion to myself, but no, we are not "loaning" him any more money.) 

Anyway, all of this irritation has led me to one conclusion:  I need a vacation.  I've decided to take a cruise for my 29th birthday.  While there are a multitude of reasons this is my vacation of choice, the second is that only I can go.  It's going to be awesome.

I haven't shared this plan with George yet, but I have started working on it.  I dug all the change out of the sofas.  I went through the pockets of clothing we don't wear anymore.  I fixed someone's computer.  Tomorrow, I'll clean the car, and that should get me about $20.  Once I've accumulated the necessary funds, then I'll spring it on George that it's just him and Pie for a whole week.

This is probably bad, but George has never been alone with Pie for more than a couple hours.  It just hasn't come up.  Should be interesting.  I suppose their upcoming camping trip is a good start.  Bonus points for George getting to see what I do when I'm "not working".

Anyway, yeah, boring entry, but there's not much of interest going on right now.  The roommate story next week (or possibly sooner if I decide not to be lazy) is good, though.