Unseasonably Thunderous

I meant to go directly to bed when I came home last night. Instead I found myself making a trip to the store for some groceries, and then cooking a meal. As I was sitting, enjoying my piping hot ravioli my apartment was suddenly filled with the sound of thunder. I was surprised, it is February after all. I was unable to drag myself off to bed as the thunder proved not to be isolated, but a whole storm of lightning. It's disconcerting really, the rain and thunder is far more like April then February. There's a bit of thunder and lightning playing up tonight as well, though not as much as last night.

Speaking of shopping, why is it that you never seem to run out of just one thing? For example, I never need just toothpaste. It will be more like toothpaste, toothbrush, shampoo, conditioner, toleit paper all at once. I ask because I find myself needing to purchase more socks, t-shirts, underpants and maybe a pair of jeans. I've discovered this fact as I've been cleaning and clearing out my closets and such. I also have to ask, is 24 pairs of shoes too many? Five years ago I had probably a quarter as many, so I wonder if I might have gotten out of control since discovering the joys of cute shoes.

I've slowly been picking through my posessions trying to weed things out because of the moving this year. I'm trying to apply a critical eye to my hoard, but I think I may need to enlist someone as my personal sounding board/voice of reason. One of my major weaknesses is my books. I've managed to trim a few volumes (Grisham? I may read The Pelican Brief again, but the rest can go). I'm trying to pull out things I don't think I'll want to read again. Who will go? Who will stay? Your vote counts! Then, of course, there's the pile of stuff that I have yet to read...

Speaking of reading, I just mooched five Hiaasen books. I read Stormy Weather recently and liked it enough to come back for seconds. I think I should wait to start in on them until I finish a couple of the other books I'm reading. I try to keep it at no more than five at a time.



I know that a lot of people find talking about dreams boring. Still, I seem to be having really long dreams lately, like 2 or 3 hours long (I swear! They're very complicated!). Anybody else ever have this happen? Or am I just weird?