Hurrah! The creepy rednecks downstairs have moved out. There's been not a trace of smoke that in the apartment since. Even the cupboards under the sink seem like they're becoming useable as the stale-smoke odour under there dissipates.
I'm not sure how directly connected these two things might be, but the building my apartment is in has been bought. My new landlord is living in the former redneck apartment while he simultaneously fixes it up. (It had apparently been left in quite the mess. I, for one, am not surprised.) At any rate, he seems very nice and non-creepy, so I'm rather pleased with these recent developments.
I need to start making a conscious effort to get more sleep.
Yesterday morning - and I can't believe I did this - I was so sleepy that when I got dressed for work, I forgot to put on a bra. And then I went to work that way. And I didn't even notice until I went home for lunch.
I don't think it was terribly obvious... I was wearing two shirts, and the underlayer was a tank top with a shelf bra in it. It's so weird, though. I've never done that before, and I can't understand how I could have gone all morning without even noticing.
For some ungodly reason, this entry seems to be attracting far more than its fair share of spam - probably a good 75% of the spam comments I get. And I don't understand why... it's so little, and I don't see anything about it which would predispose it towards an association with viagra or debt consolidation.
But I've since forgotten it.
At 5am this morning I was sleeping in bed and having some awfully weird dreams which I no longer remember. I was awoken by one of the most disturbing sounds I've ever heard from my cat - pretty much the feline equivalent of a scream. The scream was quickly followed by a series of deep, mournful meows. I blearily stumbled out of bed to my bedroom door, and open it, with bloody images of my injured cat dancing in my head. Of course it was nothing of the sort. The damn grey and white cat was back.
This has happened once before, only at that point I was actually fully conscious. Anyway, there is this huge grey and white cataround here, and it had hopped up onto the ledge outside my kitchen window. And for some reason, this cat freaks Spencer out like nothing else.
Ever tried to round up a pair of highly agitated cats when half asleep at 5am? I don't recommend it.