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I am feeling a bit cut off from the world these days.

Living alone can cause one to be really introverted.

I don't have cable so I don't watch the news.

Instead of listening to NPR I listen to the CDs I bought on a binge this weekend.

Instead of reading the paper I read mostly useless magazine articles and try to find out what's going on in NYC that I won't do because I don't have any friends.

I cook dinner while D runs or cycles and wait for him to come over to indulge our new NetFlix obsession.

We're descending into habit, and that is not good. I like when we "play gender roles" but only when its the exception.

We've agreed to return to normalcy next week, when I am no longer swollen and when we will see people out in the world and will see things and walk and be productive. We will stay at D's apartment like the old days when I was not lopsided and we were not lame.

I am going to go to an open mic on Monday. I won't play, but hopefully I will be inspired and may even, gasp, try this again.

I am looking forward to free things in the summer in NYC and playing outside and not being obsessed with finding a table. I am looking forward to more visits and summer blockbusters. I am looking forward to new exhibits and dinosaurs. I am looking forward to using my passport for the first time. I am looking forward to fireworks. I am looking forward to seeing old friends, or I guess to seeing friends at all. I am looking forward to half day Fridays on which I will hopefully find things to do.

I am really looking forward to the weekend - hopefully sleep will be had without the aid of Extra! Strength! Tylenol! and a visit from LBF with little white chocolate chip cookies in tow will brighten my spirits.

I am annoyed because CO detectors are being installed in my building tomorrow morning starting at 9am and "Please cooperate by being available!" Man. First of all, 9am on a Saturday!?!? Second of all, could they be any more vague? Like how long do I need to be there? How long will this take? Who are these people who will be in my apartment while I am in pajamas? What if I was going to be out of town?

It seems the New Apartment Building has been in transition for the past week. There are announcements of No Electricity! and then No Hot Water! for two days. Frustrating.

I'm tired. And Extra! Strength! Tylenol! makes me more tired and slightly less functional than normal. Boss gave me the ok to leave early even though I am not working a half day today because I combined two half Fridays into a Wednesday! Nothing better than using two free half days to spend a day having things cut out of your body and experiencing drug-induced amnesia.

I am using my half Fridays only for good for the rest of the summer. I theoretically have only one more doctor's appointment ever. Follow-up next Wednesday.

Oh. And I am going to have my eyes checked because I found yet another fabulous pair of cheap glasses! Apparently I could have gotten an additional $200 off the glasses I bought when I moved here in the fall. DRAT! I calculated that I can pretty much get the new glasses for free since I didn't use the benefits in the fall. This being said, I think my vision is changing so I will get my eyes checked and then get new lenses for all of my glasses, thus making the new glasses not free but they will still be cheaper than any pair I've ever bought and I'll actually be able to see, which is exciting. And I will feel like a Good Person because I will take this opportunity to donate all of the old glasses I've been keeping for no apparent reason for like the last seven years to some sort of Good Cause.

I will post a photo when I have the new glasses in my possession. Watch out, though. These are the best ones yet...