Clean Sheets

The average American's simplest and commonest form of breakfast consists of coffee and beefsteak.
-- Mark Twain

Thursday, February 25, 1999
One year ago: Thrift Shopping

When I expect to be spending the night at Jack's house, I bring clothes, but yesterday I hadn't planned on that. So I borrowed one of his tshirts this morning. You don't get that cute "girl in oversize shirt" effect, when you wear the same size shirt as the man in your life! Oh, well, at least he had one that was big enough!

Because I wasn't feeling so great (backache, cramps, pass the ibuprofen, please!), I only worked half a day; I was able to duck out after putting out a few fires.

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I stopped at the grocery store on the way home, and went a little nuts.

I eat oatmeal for breakfast most mornings, cooked in the microwave in our work kitchen. I was out of both the cereal and the dried fruit that I like to cook with it. I finally remembered this at a time when I was actually at the store. I bought craisins, cinnamon raisins, regular raisins, berries 'n' cherries, and the mixed dried fruit bits. Oh, and a big sack of oatmeal.

I keep a bowl of candy on my desk, and bring it to all our group meetings, so I got some stuff to restock that. Other teammates bring candy to contribute, from time to time.

Purchases in the comfort food area: Has anyone else tasted dill pickle dip? I don't think I'll be getting it again; I really didn't like it. And what's the deal with Sweet Crispers from Nabisco? How are they not cookies? They are shelved with the crackers, but they are sweet. My head can't grok this contradiction! But they're very tasty with berry-flavored cream cheese.

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I tried to take a bath to help my back. Unfortunately, there is some kind of scented oil in my basket of scented stuff that does not agree with my skin! I started to feel little pains at various places on my skin, shortly after I got into the water to soak, from the droplets of the offending oil. So I quickly stood up and let the water drain out of the tub. At first I was going to re-fill the tub after cleaning it out, but it all just seemed like too much trouble, so I gave up on the idea. I think I know which oil caused the hassle, and I'm going to throw it away!

I spent the rest of the day sleeping and reading. I really hope I feel better by tomorrow night; it's the second anniversary party of the Century Ballroom! I really enjoyed the first anniversary last year, and this year should be even better.

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Have you looked at Clean Sheets yet? This online erotic magazine is a project that belongs to Mary Anne Mohanraj, a former Clarion West student. "Intelligent and sexy erotic fiction, poetry, and art, as well as information and commentary on sexuality and society," is the tagline. Good stuff!