Things are busy here--for good, bad, or indifferent. Yesterday morning I walked out my front door to find that someone had smushed a bag of dog shit on the hood of my roommate's white 2000 Honda. It had rained hard the night before, but that hadn't prevented the poopy from caking and sticking to the car. Since she is out of town, I was obliged to clean it up. Unfortunately yesterday was one of those days that I had to be out of the house until dinnertime. So there I was, pouring buckets of hot water over my roommate's hood. It took four trips up and down the stairs. What animal would do something like that to somebody? I left a message with the homeowner's association about it, and all I got back was a snide answering machine message saying that "my roommate must have a problem with somebody" and that I should take the car to the car wash. Asshole! If I had the KEYS to the car, I would take it to the car wash. I just wanted to report it in case there had been a history of pranks or something. In any case, they were no help. Along with that message (which I picked up at 7pm, right before I went on Poopy Patrol) was one from the realtor, telling me that the condo was being shown this afternoon. So along with cleaning up dogshit, I had to clean the kitchen and make sure my dirty clothes were discreetly hidden under a towel in the laundry basket. Argh. Add to that the fact that I have an appointment with a new gynecologist today, and you have a rather stressful situation. But don't get me wrong, things are good. I had a great voice lesson yesterday--I get to pick out new music (which I LOVE to do), now that my auditions are over, and I have some awesome stuff to choose from! All these crazy tough arias that I thought I could never sing--well, they're in my Fach! Apparently I'm sounding like a lyric coloratura these days (which means I can sing legato, and really high and fast)--plus the size and color of my voice, and the fact that I can sing low, make for some real fun. Violetta, here I come! (In a few years, anyway--but I can at least look at the arias now...) And this morning I had my employee review--everything's good, and I'll be getting a (small) raise in April. Yay! So what if it's only fifty dollars a month? Plus everything with Mark is rosy...but you knew that... :)