Other things that have happened lately

This past Saturday night, solarbird and I went downtown to this spa and spent a couple of hours being turned into a pair of gloopily relaxed elves, courtesy of a foot bath, forty minutes in a Japanese-style tub, and full-body massages. MY WORD, that was amazing. And highly recommended as a relaxation experience.

This may have some significant bearing on the number of words I plunked out yesterday, come to think of it. ;)

I have picked up kitty medication, as it turns out that both Polly and I appear to have slight thyroid problems. Now, I love my cat, but I think this is a bit too much togetherness, doncha think? Nevertheless, I went and got her some kitty medication, sneakily suspended in tuna juice so I can put it on her food. Because she is a clever and paranoid kitty and really doesn't like if I try to grab her and actually put something in her mouth, even if it does taste like tuna. In related news, I also get to talk to MY doctor some more about MY thyroid. Oh joy oh glee.

Astonishingly, I have gotten a followup on one of the other early resumes I sent out, regarding a contract software testing job. And tonight, I will have a phone interview about that. Good luck vibes are welcome, folks.

While Saturday evening was spent at the spa, I spent most of Saturday morning and afternoon getting caught up on assorted chores like retrieving the aforementioned kitty medicine, paying bills, and balancing checkbooks. Rah. But at least in the interests of making it somewhat amusing, I put in the extended dance remix of The Two Towers and watched about two-thirds of it as I worked, which made for pleasant background noise and imagery--particularly the part involving getting to look up every so often and go 'mmmmmmmmm Aragorn'.

Boy, I need me the extended Return of the King now.

On the other hand...

solarbird has just informed me that the sellers of the current house we're shooting for apparently just got an offer late last night in which the buyers waive all contingencies in the contract and offer more money than we are.

Bah. The one small glimmer of hope is that the agent says that Mr. Buyer apparently initialed the contract but Mrs. Buyer did not, and there is the scant possibility that Mrs. Buyer may not agree to said contract. I kind of doubt it, though. This is the kind of market we're in--where people are anxious enough to get houses right now that they're pretty much willing to abandon contract contingencies like this. (With this house it makes somewhat more sense than it did with the house in Brier, but still.) And it doesn't help that this house is already on the crazy high end of our financial range--we can't compete with higher offers, not for this one. :/