I feel like I've been busy, but I haven't been. When I look back at what I've accomplished over the past two weeks, I see a lot of money hemmoraging out, but not a lot of accomplishment. Maybe I'm lethargic. Or maybe I've been frittering away too many hours watching Brisco County, Jr. and crocheting. Bruce Campbell is so hot.

I actually slept quite well on the road in Peoria, after that first night when I accidentally locked my roommate out. She didn't show up until one in the morning (they got lost and ended up in Chicago on their way from Madison), so I naturally assumed by 10 p.m., I wasn't going to have a roommate. Silly me! She had to go back downstairs to have the front desk call me, I was so out.

Sidewalk is all replaced. Neighbor Jason got it all done over the weekend, in plenty of time for the September 1st deadline (first football game is the 2nd...wheeee!). It's so shiny! Almost literally! It's whiter than anything else in the near vicinity. But, after thinking I was going to have to pay $1200 to get it done, Jason did it for $750. I got to use the saved $500 on a new refrigerator for the tenant. The cooling system went out in the old one, and it was going to cost just as much to fix it as to buy a new one. The old one really was old...it was that olive green so popular in the '70s, so I'm thinking 30 years is pretty good for a fridge, even if it had to go bad on my watch.

Speaking of, the new tenant is working out alright. She's got the heaviest footfalls of anyone who's ever lived up there, but she doesn't make any other noise, so I can live with it. Plus, she cooked me food after I complimented the smells coming through the ventilation. I can forgive a lot for free Indian food.