Domestic Geek

In just a little over 8 hours, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will officially be available. Of course, I have to wait longer because I elected to order it online, but so be it. I'll just pass the time more quickly by getting two day's worth of dough done so I don't have to go anywhere near work on Sunday morning. Then I can not be interrupted in my reading by my having to go to work. How's that for a plan?

I know I've been a little silly with the whole countdown thing, but hey, it got me to post every day so that I would use the little pictures I made!

There was a link to this comic called Sore Thumbs today on Mugglenet that had to do with someone's HBP countdown frenzy. It was pretty funny!

I'm stuck at work with nothing to do again, so I'm listening to Harry Potter music on my iPod.

Amazon is getting the books ready for shipment:

Oh, man...I hope it arrives early in the day. I'll go nuts if it shows up in the late afternoon!

Anybody who knows Marcus IRL knows he is bitterly opposed to marriage. Sadly, as the years go by, the people we know are one by one proving his assessment of the whole institution to be correct. Anyway, we were looking at some shirts that were brought in to have stuff printed on the back for some trivia contests they have a bars. One of them said: "Why even bother with marriage? Just find somebody who drives you nuts & buy a house together." If there had been one in Marcus' size, I would've grabbed him one. Priceless. If you want to see what the shirt looks like, I found a picture of it at a site called "What On Earth."

I'm getting antsy. These next two days can't fly by fast enough for me. I know I'm going to devour the book quickly and then I'll probably have a HUGE LETDOWN when I realize it'll be an extremely long wait for book 7.

I was on the Alivan's web site (makers of fine handcrafted magic wands) today. I was sorely tempted to purchase a wand or a house scarf when I found out a shop here in Littleton called Sage Moon carries Alivan's Harry Potter merchandise. A cooler head prevailed when I reminded myself that I want to start a business and move away from this trailer park dump. Perhaps by the book 7 launch party, eh?

After reading Joelle lamenting about needing to see a dentist havng no dental insurance and many of her fine commenters recommending she look into Delta Dental, I did as well (we all know what fine shape my teeth are in). Even if I do manage to get health benefits from this company, there is no dental offered here at all. Well, I'm confused. I can't find anywhere on that site where one can actually get a dental plan. There is a reduced fee plan, but it's not insurance. Do I need to find an insurance agent or something? Maybe somebody more together than I have been lately can figure it out and let me know.

Edit: Nevermind. I went to the main Delta Dental (not Colorado's) site and individual insurance is not offered in my state. Booooooooo. I'm moving. I still need to find me some dental somewhere.

Marcus sold my old Green Subaru today. He put it on Craig's List last night and people were jumping all over it. I bawled while I took the license plates off this morning. I told Marcus that I felt like I was abandoning an old friend. That car and I spent more time together in the last few years than Marcus and I had. *sigh* Oh, well. I hope the new owner can make it run and get many more years out of it. I feel better about this than just taking it to the crusher. That was the next plan if nobody would buy it. Don't get me wrong, I'm loving my new Baja to pieces. I still feel sad.

I guess I should go home for the day. I haven't done squat here. I did find a really cool font that I MUST BUY! If I'm going to get into the t-shirt biz apart from working here, this Ballpark Script font will be invaluable. It even comes with the swashes that go underneath.