on your journey, i will bless you...

Sara and I actually went bike riding together last Thursday. I veered into front of her, she fell off her bike, my chain popped off, and her earphones got tangled up in her spokes and ripped apart, but other than that, we had a really nice time. (I finally used up the film on my disposable camera, which I'd been meaning to do since I took Eva to the water park back in July. Now it'll probably take me another three months to remember to get it developed.) Anyway, it was good that we went bike riding that day, because I think it's rained every day since. Blargh.

It rained on and off all day yesterday, so I stayed inside and organized the hell out of my room. I had started to go crazy because I felt so cramped and had so little room for stuff. Turns out that I just never throw crap away. I cleaned all the crap out from under the bed (which took the entire length of my arm, from each side, and then some) and the bottom drawer of my dresser. I'm using this cigar box I found in the parking lot to store all the little things I keep on top of my dresser. It took me forever to get the smell out of it, but I finally did, and it's quite a nice box. It makes my dresser look so much neater. I compiled a box of stuff to take to Goodwill, but of course with all the rain, our street had turned into a river again, so I wasn't able to go. Maybe this weekend. I found a lot of pens while cleaning, and I want to get us a new pen cup.

I also called the benefits/insurance hotline for my job yesterday, because their open enrollment period is right now. The woman I spoke to was extremely nice and helpful, and if all goes well, I should have coverage starting December 1.

After seeing only two movies all summer (Star Trek and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), I now want to see three. Where the Wild Things Are looks really cool and kinda weird, and Paranormal Activity looks scary as hell, especially for a big wimp like me. I don't think I want to see it unless I go with Sara, because she's almost never scared of these things. Zombieland seemed very juvenile at first, but everybody says that it's really funny. And of course, it has Abigail Breslin in it, and Little Miss Sunshine handles a firearm, bitches!

Rebecca's Wish List: Things Rebecca needs and would've bought already if she could discipline herself and save some money!

• A vacuum cleaner. (No, we don't one. That's right, we live like animals!) I'm sure Sable would scratch less and I'd wheeze less if I vacuumed regularly. I used to use the old one at Mom's house, but it's such crap.
• A window unit. We live in an old building in an old neighborhood with no central air. We have a turbo-sized window unit in the living room that works well, but I really want another one in the bedroom (if only so I can sleep under the blankets again, instead of on top of them). It would raise the electricity bill, but I can deal with that. I was tempted to ask Grandma for the unit in Athena's old room, but I resisted. I mooch off that old lady enough already.
• Getting the truck washed. In the six (six? wait... yeah, six) years that we've had it, we've never had it professionally washed, we've always done it ourselves. But this time it's so grimy that I don't want to deal it. And the cab needs to be vacuumed.