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I miss Meri.

So much so that I just went and looked through her Flickr pictures, just to catch up on what little I could see there. It looks like they're having/had a decent time with Nate's dad in for a visit, and I'm happy for them for that. It also looks like they'll be pretty busy during May.

No, I've never met her in real life, but man - I sure do miss her. :-(

Random reluctance.

I'm really in the mood* to blow off today. Really. I'm not sure why, but I'm just feeling like it.

My next girly appointment is scheduled for 2:30pm on May 18th. Some will remember that I just saw the doctor for my girly check-up on Feb. 28th (after they forgot me in January, that is), but I have to go back for another swabbing. The results of this last exam brought me to my fourth consecutive "abnormal" pap smear, and that's got to be checked out. Again.

I'd reallyreallyreally like to be "normal." Are you there, God? It's me, Nicole, and I'd really like to be normal.

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Philip bought a new toy today - his long-awaited X-Box 360. It comes with a controller, of course, but even so, the four controllers we had for the original X-Box are not compatible with it, so he also bought a second controller - a wireless one. I'm sure he will be playing with it all night, especially since it's his first night off (he's off Friday-Sunday this week). I'm planning on chatting a bit of the night away with a pal I'm missing, so at least I won't feel guilty that we're not spending this time together.

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And in other news, Philip is now slated to go back to Iraq in March 2007. How's them apples, you ask? Pretty darn rotten, I'd say.**

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* When I tried to type that word, I accidentally typed in 'moddo' first. Moddo? WTH? *shakes head*

** For any newbies to my friends' list, he just returned home October 6th last fall after being gone nine months to Iraq, having left in January.

Cold.

I've been cold for five days straight now, and it's fairly ridiculous. Today I've worn a jacket all day long, never taking it off. This is highly atypical behavior for me, as I'm generally warm enough to cook eggs on my forehead.

Excepting, of course, that it would be gross.

The weather is rainy and chilly today, but for the rest of the week, I've really had no excuse to be so cold. No one in the house has been cold - just me. Even sleeping: whereas I typically can go to bed a bit cold but wake hours later quite toasty, I've been going to bed cold and waking up absolutely freezing, with purplish fingertips, even. Today I finally told Philip this: "Screw you. I'm turning the heat back on." (And he had a comment for that, you can be sure. *wink*)

So I did turn the heat on. And I've warmed up a bit, but I'm still wearing my jacket, and I'm still not what I would classify as "independently comfortable." Meaning, I'm still wrapped up in blankets and the like, and I'm still intending to sleep with socks on again (another thing I never do).

Since the moment it arrived, the yellow-and-blue fleece blanket has never really left the office chair. I wrap up in it whenever I am at the computer (and let's be honest - I practically *live* in front of it). Still, I doubt that she would believe it to be true, but I really do thank gardenmama every single day for making me this blanket last year, and it has been a special gift of warmth these last five days. :-)

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Going beyond just merely being grateful, I would consider it an extra-special, personal gift if LiveJournal would please email me my comments today.

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*sigh*