Wow, I've been up since around 11:30pm last night.  I'm tired!  I was sound asleep for a few hours and then, for some reason, I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep.  I should have used the time to be productive, but I didn't.  I just laid there and tried to get back to sleep for hours and hours.  That and convince myself that I shouldn't take the train in to work...... which I didn't.  Don't yell at me, but I drove. 

I know I'm supposed to take the train every day, but I really couldn't do it today.  Yesterday afternoons' train ride home sucked and it was still on my mind.  At first I was lucky....I got a seat in a car that didn't have a lot of people and wasn't too hot.  I settled into my seat next to the window (that looks out on to tunnel walls), got out my Kindle and started reading (as I usually do on the train).  Two stops later I had a tiny old lady next to me and her tiny friend in front of me.  That's not so bad.  Old ladies are better than creepy old guys or gang bangers, right?  Eh, not always.  What was bad this time was the fact that they'd both just gotten their hair permed and whoever did it used A LOT of lye.  I don't think they rinsed all of it out either because it was really strong.  I was breathing in lye fumes for over 20 minutes.  Isn't that stuff kind of toxic?  I couldn't wait to get off the train at my stop and get above ground to breathe in the (reasonably) fresh Los Angeles air.

I got to my car and made my way home, but I could still smell the perms.  My afternoon and evening were good, if not a bit dull.  The weather was nice.  Cool and breezy, so I had my apartment door open with just the screen closed. Gotham loves it when I do that because it gives him the chance to try and catch squirrels through a closed screen.  LOL, he's cute when he does that!  I looked around my apartment for some Lancome products for my friend Deanne.  I could have sworn I had what she was looking for from a gift with purchase, but I couldn't find it.  So instead, I got out a nice, new, never used Lancome cosmetic bag (I have zillions of them!) and added the substitute product, along with some other Lancome and Chanel products.  I'll look a little more thoroughly this weekend.  While I was searching, I found some Comic-Con giveaways that I might put on Ebay this weekend.  After all that I fixed dinner, watched tv, played with the cat, showered and went to bed (for a little while).

I'm going to see if I can cut out a little earlier than usual today.  You know, maybe leave after 9 hours, instead of my usual 10.  I need to head over to Nordstrom and Target on the way home, so I think I'll drop by the Glendale Galleria since they've got both. 

Actually, I need to call Nordstrom first to see if they even have what I need to pick up.  Thank goodness for gift cards, right?  At Target I need to get either Biz or Tide Stain Release.  I'll probably give my mom a call to see which one she thinks is better.  I absolutely LOVE my white bed sheets, but, as with all things made from white cotton, they're going to get yellowed eventually, so I want to try and prevent it from happening.  I think I read somewhere that if you soak the items for 8 hours in something (not bleach) and then put them through the washing machine that they will be nice and bright when they come out.  I've had the sheets for about a year and usually wash them once a week or, at the very least, a couple times a month if I use other sheets as well.  If you have a black cat who likes to lay on your side of the bed, like I do, you tend to keep your sheets well-laundered.  Very few things in every day life are as annoying to me as finding a load of cat hair on my pillow and sheets when I want to go to bed.  I've gotten in the habit of covering my bed with an old sheet when I'm at work, but he still manages to get under it.  At least that's the only explanation I can come up with for the cat hair I've been finding.

Yay!  I checked with the Glendale Nordstrom and they do in fact have my Lancome Imanance (in "bisque" thankyouverymuchyesiknowimpale).  They're holding it for me!  Last time I was getting low I called around to about 4 different stores (Macy's and Nordstrom) and none of them had it and I couldn't find it on Ebay.  Finally, when I was getting down to the very last of the tube, Bloomingdales got it in and they were having a pretty sweet gift with purchase promotion that I qualified for. I think Nordstroms has a promo going on right now........... I love free stuff!

I'm trying to decide what I should do with the chicken I defrosted for dinner tonight.  Mexican?  Chinese?  Indian?  Should I forgo (is that the right spelling?  I thought it was spelled forego) cooking it and have a bacon and egg on sourdough sandwich instead?  That sounds good.  Breakfast for dinner!  I'm an adult, I can have breakfast for dinner if I want, right?  I had waffles for dinner a few weeks ago. :-)  Eggo Waffles with Aunt Jemima Syrup. 

Fake waffles + fake maple syrup = a delicious treat!

Ah well, I guess I have some time before I really need to decide how I want to cook it.