Happy 64th birthday to my Dad! Yay!

Work was OK. I spent the first half of the day at Minnetonka, which wasn't that exciting but was something different. Makes the day go faster to be out and about.

As I was coming home from work I felt a sudden compulsion to clean out my car. It wasn't that bad, but it was starting to get filled with trash in the back seat and look kind of cruddy in general. So I drove into the garage and went and got the vacuum and spent the next hour or so cleaning the floors and floor mats, under and on top of the seats, and dusting off the dash. It was actually kind of fun! Jonas got home toward the end of it and poked his head into the garage wondering what the hell was going on in there. :) Now my car looks great! It still looks 10 years old, but a neat and tidy 10 years old.

Jonas made us some teriyaki noodle and chicken stir-fry, and it was pretty good. I cleaned up the kitchen afterward, so I was proud of myself. I hate cleaning up the kitchen after eating. Here I've just sat down to a nice meal and am feeling pleasantly satiated, then I have to get up and spend a half hour cleaning the kitchen? It is a total contentment killer. I did it anyway since Jonas had cooked, and now it looks good so I guess it was worth it, but DAMMIT if someone would only come clean up my kitchen after me every day!! :)

Soon I'll have the rest of the evening to myself as Jonas is off to maintenance after he's finished watching West Wing. I plan to curl up with my current book, Lord John and the Private Matter by Diana Gabaldon. It's a sidestory of her Outlander series, not at all about the same main characters, but an elaboration of a minor player. I'm enjoying it so far.