oh things are gonna happen naturally / and taking your advice I'm looking on the bright side / and balancing the whole thing

Melanie has written a funny post entitled “Things about living in Texas that no longer seem weird to me.” It’s good. And true.

So they didn’t wax the office floor last night (see previous Swiffer-related post) despite the fact that I saw them in the building as I left; instead, they are going to wax tonight. Great. Now my floor has a whole day to re-gather all the nastiness that abounds in this area. Dust, dirt, hair, unidentifiable gunk. Maybe it’s good that we’re not spending much money on cleaning services, maybe it means that we’re spending more money on, you know, flying into space. But I still wish I had a clean floor.

I had a bit of a hectic evening last night, throwing together a quick suitcase, setting up my photoblog to go on autopilot for a few days, digging a few things out of storage deep in my closet, running a last minute errand, and trying to get through my typical and expected but somehow unavoidable pre-travel freakout. I did manage to keep one eye on the TV while the US-Guatemala World Cup qualifier was on. The US won fairly easily by a score a 2-0 and is in 2nd place in CONCACAF, a point behind Mexico. No more qualifying matches ’till June…

I am headed to Seattle from tonight until Sunday evening. I find it funny that after almost 27 years without ever having visited the Pacific Northwest, I will be in that at least three times this year: our recent Vancouver trip, this weekend, and our late summer camping trip to Rainier and Olympic National Parks.