I think I managed to spend the entire weekend in the shower.  Okay, maybe that's an exaggeration.  I may not have spent the entire weekend in the shower, but it was so hot that I did manage to spend a good chunk of it in there.  Unfortunately, I was also a dumbass one of the times I was in there.  I'd forgotten about the tags I had removed Thursday and went about my normal routine of exfoliating with a shower brush and my body scrub.  So, in addition to just the regular pain of having chunks removed from various parts of my person, I had the burning pain resulting from having a stiff brush and scrub tearing over them. 

The only time I was truly comfortable this weekend was when I was in the shower or just getting out of the shower.  How very sad.   It seems like every time I checked the temperature, it read 107F.  Even with the air conditioner on it was uncomfortable.  I tried to keep the house as cool as I could without using the a/c, but I ended-up turning it on around 11am each day.   Gotta be comfortable while I'm sitting on my ass watching tv, right?  Or eating.  I ate a lot this weekend!  All of the food was bad for me too. 

I must be getting more sentimental as I age.  Yesterday I watched Season Two of the the Justice League Unlimited dvds I have and I got all weepy when I watched certain episodes.  Same thing on Saturday when I was listening to music while I was cleaning.  At least with the music, I figure it was all the memories I was revisiting, but I don't know why I got all emotional with a cartoon!  Especially the episode called "A Long Way from Home" where Kara decides to stay in the future with the L.O.S.H and that hunky Braniac 5.  Awe, it was so sad.  Clark was proud of Kara, but never told her.

I'd forgotten what a good show Justice League Unlimited was.  Really good stories, PLUS I like keeping an eye out for fairly obscure characters in the background.  Like the "Challengers of The Unkown" scrambling around the Watchtower (I gotta give props to CBLMW for introducing me to them, I didn't even know who they were until about a 16 months ago).  It was neat seeing them yesterday and actually recognizing them, whereas before I would have just thought it was some guys in coveralls.

What did I do other than watch TV over the weekend?  I tried to clean the oven, wash the kitchen floor (on my hands and knees!), empty all the trash cans, etc.  I lead such a GLAMOROUS life!  I ended-up having to cut the oven cleaning short and locking Gotham up in the bedroom because the fumes got really bad.  I was afraid I was going to kill us both!  I think I got all the cleaner out of the oven, but I'm a little afraid to turn it on, in case there's still some left.  That stuff really stinks and seems quite dangerous.  I'll try clean it out again with water this afternoon.  I also made sun tea, but forgot the main rule of sun tea, which is "make it in a glass container".  I made it in a plastic pitcher and it kinda tastes like plastic, not tea.  I need to find a glass pitcher that will fit in my fridge..........

I also watched one of my favorite Australian movies of all-time, "Starstruck" on Saturday.  It's not so much a great cinematic achievement as it is a movie that brings back memories.  It's from, I think, 1981 / 1982 and is about a girl trying to win a singing contest.  The Swingers are in it!  I'm not sure if it could be considered a musical per se, but the songs and performance bits are really good.  Lot's of Split Enz, Swingers, etc.  Anyway, like I said, it's very "of it's time" and I really like it.  I was going to keep the theme going and watch "The Coca Cola Kid" as well, but decided to save it for another day.  Eric Roberts trying to find "The Australian Sound" for a new advertising campaign for Coca Cola.  It's got Tim Finn AND Paul Hester in it!  Maybe I'll watch that tonight.  I think I've gotten used to not having tv........

I read "Buried Prey" by John Sandford over the weekend.  Excellent book!  After reading "Bad Blood" earlier this week, I was eager to read another one of Sandfords books and I hadn't read that one yet.  I also attempted (one more time) to read Patricia Cornwell's "Port Mortuary".  I hope it gets better, because as of now, I'm not that engaged in the story.  I've had that dumb books for about 9 months now.....  I need to find another book to read on my Kindle.  I'm getting really spoiled with it.  It's nice to have so many books on a small device like that.  Plus, I can make the print as big as I want, so I don't have to wear my contacts or glasses.  Bonus!  I think I'll get Jasper Fforde's most recent Thursday Next book called "One of Our Thursdays is Missing".  I'd try to explain the premise of the series, but I don't think I can do it any justice.  It's really complicated.  I highly recommend the first in the set, "The Eyre Affair".  It might take a little bit to comprehend the premise of the story, but once you do, it's really very interesting.  They've got time travel, book travel, historical changes, footnoter-phones, fictional characters coming to life.  All sorts of good stuff!

I was going to make an appointment in Santa Monica (HELEN!!!) for sometime this week after I get off work, but I decided to try someplace new instead.  Since Samantha and David bought a house, I won't have the excuse of going to hang out with Sam and going for dinner after I'm done with Helen anymore.  They're going to be all the way over in the San Gabriel Valley, near my old neighborhood.  So if I go to Helen during the week, that means I'll go there for 30 minutes (give or take) and then sit in 405 traffic forever in order to get home.  This new place is in Hollywood, kind of on my way home from work.  It's about 40% more expensive, which sucks, but they have a very good reputation.  Plus, their hours are better.  They're open from 9-9 every day.  They take credit / debit cards (Helen is cash only) and have pretty cheap valet parking, instead of really limited metered street parking.  I figure that I can try them and if I like them, I've found a new option.  If not, I can go back to Helen or ask around and find a new place.  Imagine -  I'll save at least 30 minutes in drive time and road rage, probably more in rush hour weekday traffic.  I should be able to either swing up and take Highland home or hop on the 101, depending on how gridlocked it is. 

I've been working on a big project at work since Friday.  I should have everything done and sent out by tomorrow afternoon, so that will be a load off my mind.  I was going to come in over the weekend so I could have some quality copier time, but I'm glad I didn't.  When I came in this morning and got everything going, it ran out of staples pretty quickly.  I would have been pissed if I came all the way into the office only to have the staples run out after 175 sets.  What a bust that would have been!  PLUS, they don't have the a/c on at the office over the weekend...... it would have pretty awful on all fronts!  See, it's good to stay home and not work extra hours on the weekend!

What should I cook for dinner tonight?  I'm hungry now, but only managed to grab some fruit this morning when I was going out the door.  Maybe I should just pick something up on my way home from work so I don't have to heat up the house?

*UPDATE* I just ordered a ton of Chinese food to pick-up this afternoon.  Guess what I'll be eating for the rest of the week? :-)   I can't believe I got as much food as I did.  Seriously.  I think I got five things.