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whenever the words Six thirty in the morning and everything seems to be off to a good start. The downstairs neighbors have yet to wake up and the refrigerator hums ever more loudly behind me. I keep wondering when it is going to die. For weeks now it has been uttering strange clunks after it completes its cycle or whatever it is doing to keep the food cool. My only wish is that it doesn't die when I am at work. I've already had one refrigerator die on me in the past and this time I want to save the food if I can. I slept without dreaming and woke feeling hungry. Nothing too unusual there. Breakfast will probably be some toast with peanut butter on it, vaguely healthy yet easy to make in minutes. Dry cereal lost its appeal for me years ago and the two boxes that sit in my cupboard have been untouched for months. Must think about throwing them away sometime. When I was younger I would eat three bowls in one sitting and I have to wonder now how much of a sugar rush got me through the morning. I don't really remember. I could say that I do, but I would be lying. Grade school is nothing more than fragmented memories where my priorities in life were simple or at least I think of them as simple now. My taste in breakfast cereal changed over the years. There was my Lucky Charms phase that gave way to Cookie Crisp. From what I have seen on television, they have added new marshmallows to the mix since I was young. I guess that they have to do something to keep the product hip. Whenever I ate Lucky Charms, I waited until the marshmallows, and I use the term loosely here, were soft. Something about biting into them when they were still dry made my teeth ache. It was the equivalent of eating chalk. Then there was coloring of the milk from said marshmallows that quickly became dingy. Somewhere in my eating history there was a brief fling with Kellogg's Raisin Bran, two scoops. I also remember a Cheerios era as well. By eleven this morning, I had successfully completed some errands that I had meaning to do for over a week. One of them included my quest for a knife block. Not too long ago my parents had given me some kitchen knives and this sent me on my search with less than satisfactory results. At first all that I could find was blocks with knives included in the package and this wasn't going to work considering I already had the knives. Today however I came home in triumph. Not only did I return home with a knife block, but I also found a new mouse pad. Ever since I gave my sister my old computer system, I have been without a mouse pad. Now I know that these are not hard to find, but I wanted something a little more unique this time. My old mouse pad had a company logo on it and at the time that was enough. Now, however, the mouse glides over a nice print of Van Gogh's Starry Night. Yes, I know that the image has been commercialized to death, but in my mind it beats a company logo. Now that I've read what I just wrote most of it seems like nonsense or that I am reaching for something to say and I'll admit that it is a slight mixture of the two. After yesterday having such a negative effect on me, I want to be able to write something of worth today. It still amazes me how much my mood can change from day to day. Monday was close to perfect and then Tuesday just dragged for me. Even with the uneven results of my time off, I still have to say that it was nice to have a longer weekend and I would be perfectly willing to have a four day work week all of the time. Being able to completely relax for just one day was wonderful and something that I truly needed. So often most of my weekend is chewed up by adjusting my sleep schedule and then doing errands that didn't get done during the week. This weekend however was different and I am grateful for it. I also know that I am going to take some more time off in March. There were two things that I didn't do this weekend that have been occupying my time lately. One of them is that I wanted to do some more research for my trip to Europe, but the closest that I got was returning the books that I got about Prague. I didn't even step inside the library so I guess that that will have to wait until Monday. I also haven't touched Snow Crash since Sunday, but that doesn't bother me as much.
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