Friday Random

1. It’s October so of course I’m sick. I will likely stay that way, in one form or another, from now until my birthday next May. My immune system is such a pathetic little weenie. Sniff.

2. Amazing tightwad discovery of the week: baby wipes are very effective makeup-removing cloths! And they only cost like three bucks instead of one million.

3. In the kitchen this week: quiche with peppers, bacon, onions, and cheese; Greek pitas with garlic and dill yogurt and roasted potatoes; strawberry and banana smoothies; pasta bolognese with eggplant and garlic  bread; hot chocolate with real cocoa and a hit of Splenda on the couch with the boyfriend in front of Lost. Man I love fall.

4. I had a drink with Stef last night. I know Stef from college; she made up her own major and spent four months hanging out in Africa and  never fails to make me feel like we could grab the whole sky.  She’s got some big things coming up, and if I’m lucky I might get to play.

5. TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE clipped the Susan Orlean article about raising chickens in the city out of the New Yorker and mailed it to me. I can’t figure out if I am lucky that the people in my life know me so well, or if I am just really, really  lame.

6. This weekend: Tom’s family is here, and so is my cousin D, and I am hanging with Will TWO TIMES because I am lucky like that, and we are having brunch with H&J, and also I maybe want to go apple picking and buy a whole new wardrobe with the money I will save by not buying makeup-removing cloths. SO. That is all to say, I anticipate busy-ness. Catch  you on the flip side.