Hot town, summer in the city

Hello. Back at home, posting from my phone because my laptop is still being repaired by HP. Or, I should say it's supposed to be in the process of being repaired, but according to the HP status site, they haven't even received it yet, even though USPS says it was delivered last Wednesday. Called customer service today to ask about this. After fighting with the automated response robot woman for several minutes, who simply could not understand what I was saying no matter how slowly and clearly I enunciated, I spoke to a live person who I could not understand. So, 20 minutes later, the phone call was over and nothing was accomplished.

I just spent part of the evening preparing my quarterly taxes, which is always kinda fun, aside from the whole paying taxes part. Since I'm self-employed, no taxes come out of my paychecks, which basically means I get screwed every few months. By the way, they call it quarterly, but the due dates aren't spread apart equally. In fact, the first due dates for 2011 are April 15 and June 15 -- only 2 months apart -- and that's in addition to the regular end-of-year taxes that are also due on April 15. So let's just say it's not an easy time of the year, financally. (Thank goodness we just went on two trips in the last month.)

Speaking of trips, I keep forgetting that we'll be getting (hopefully) our security deposit back for not blowing up our room in Wildwood. Getting a security deposit back that you paid months ago is like finding money in a pair of old jeans, but a lot more. It's great.

I spent a lot of vaca reading a book about cats. This may sound crazy, but I have forgotten how to care for these litter creatures (which I once considered to be my favorite animal), and I want to make sure I don't traumatize the kitten, my dog or myself within the first minute we bring him in the door. Gotta say, learning cat psychology is not nearly as interesting to me as dog pshychology. Then again, I only read one book so far. Anyway, we SHOULD be picking up the kitty next Monday. Woop!

Since I spent a week gorging myself with the worst foods possible, I'm trying to get back onto a rigid cycling routine. Forced myself to do a 24-mile ride yesterday, which I finished in about an hour and 45 minutes. Not too bad, except I can barely walk up the steps today.

Okay, I am getting concerned that my phone is going to freeze up and lose this whole post, so I'll stop here. Pardon any typos - I can't spellcheck in this app!

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