another list of things to do:

• buy:washing soda for sophie's laundry
  
• deposit paycheck, get cash
  
• transfer money for mortgage
  

i had a terrible dream last night.

i was sitting in a room somewhere, with giant windows and out of those windows, to my left, i could see mt rainier. i commented to the unknown person in the room with me how clear the mountain was, how you could see all the cracks and crevices in the glaciers, and then turned back to look at the television in front of me. the mountain was also on the television, at the end of a news show -- the final fluff minute where they show a building blowing up or a colorbursting garden or puppies or a nice view. and while we were watching the mountain, first through the window and then onscreen, a giant chunk of ice fell off the top and into a giant pit i hadn't noticed before. we were all excited because it looked cool and it was just ice, right? but then the whole top blew off and it was more like a nuclear bomb than a volcano -- the air came rushing at us and the building and trees were flattened and i could see a giant wave of lava and debris heading for us. i knew i wouldn't be able to get to jim and sophie in time, wouldn't be able to tell them i loved them, would die without them in my arms. so i touched the arm of the person next to me, and said, "i love you." and then all went black.

jim made me lunch today. isn't that the sweetest thing ever? he does it every once in a while, just because. makes sandwiches or packages leftovers, finds a treat and a drink and maybe a snack or some crunchies, and puts it all in a little bag for me to take to the office.

things we have to do tonight:

• costco: cigs, formula, tapes
  
• suitcases from storage
  
• catfood: pouches and crunchies
  
• take out the ever growing giant pile of paper recycling
  

the oddest things run through my head at the oddest times. case in point:

if a weasel meets a weasel
slithering through the rye
will the weasel bite the weasel
or simply slither right on by