In case you wondered...

Those decorative America Online 9.0 CDs really do work on a Pentium II. The machine seems awfully sluggish at the moment, though.

Your friendly neighborhood hummingwolf went to bed at about 7:20 and woke up at 6:45. Words cannot express how much I needed that.

Today is a gorgeous autumnal day. I've managed to get several errands done and go for a nice, refreshing walk (as opposed to all the annoying walking I had to do yesterday. Bleah.), one of those rambles where you almost don't want to stop perambulating and you have no idea where you are, but as soon as you finally decide to try to head for home you realize it's not very far after all. I needed that too.

Note to Universe: A Request

Dear Universe,

As you are no doubt aware, October 6 is my birthday. You may be wondering what to give me, out of the whole cosmic grab-bag of possible giftly goodies you have to choose from. In an effort to be of assistance at this time, I have two suggestions for you.

First suggestion: Please give me good health. If for some reason you're not in the mood to give me good health, at least give me good news.

I hope this clears things up! I look forward to seeing your choice of gift-wrap this year, by the way. (You are known for some interesting artistic choices, you know!)

--Sincerely,
A tired and somewhat dispirited hummingwolf