easy like... not today

early up to walk the dog and pick up great coffee for the walk back. then i settled in to handle the emails i've been putting off for a week: that was much easier than i expected, even with the hour's interference from the boss actually expecting me to work :P

i tried sorting out my tuition payments... and it's apparent that there's a painful chance that i'm now down four grand with zero compensation. this is seriously not cool, and terrible timing, and... :(

while getting dressed to go to work, i noticed a couple of suspiciously raised moles on my belly where they were smooth before. i'm now detouring through the dermatologist's office because i really needed another thing to worry about now.

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this morning's news is that petrol prices have been hiked again. my first thought is that this might perhaps increase sensitivity to waste, but within two blocks of my apartment i encountered no less than six cars parked with their engines running: three abandoned*, two with their drivers reading newspapers, and one with its driver talking on the phone. the latter was the only one who switched off when i explained that longer than ten seconds is a waste of petrol. air conditioning might be an excuse if it wasn't such a beautiful day.

* because no-parking zones are totally legit if the engine's running