My Twenty-Something Quasi-Soap

So far, so good (for South Florida, at least). Hurricane Dean - Category 2 14.1 N 58.7 W Moving W @ 25 mph Max sustained winds 100mph That's the 11 pm update, and almost all the computer models are showing that the storm will be of little, if any threat to my neck of the woods. So if anyone was trying to panic, there's no need. Everything's good down here for now...but there's still over 100 days left in hurricane season, so there's no time to rest easy. Constant vigilance! The parentals are down visiting for the weekend, so Dean will prolly have run its course by the time I'm back here. My computer's condition is worsening every day, so I might be out of commission for a while. Especially since I don't have enough time to blog at my super cool top secret job. Laters...

Aight, just so no one gets worried, I'll do my best to update y'all on the storm action down here so you know whether to freak out or not. Also: my computer is trying to die on me, so I'll do my best to not put it out of its misery. Anyway: Tropical Storm Dean 11.6 N 41W at 5pm eastern Moving west 21mph Max sustained winds 40mph Right now, it's nothing major for anyone to worry about. I'm just keeping an eye on it (rather excitedly, actually) and seeing what this guy decides to do. But he's a creeping along. Repeat: do not panic yet. I will do the panicking when it's necessary. Just letting everyone know that all is well for now.

I secured a job on Friday, provided that I pass the classic "pee in this cup and prove that you don't do drugs" test. Which is not a problem. I start training on Tuesday, then I go full time and start running shit next Monday. I'm really excited about the new gig, which is good considering that I'm taking a flippin' huge cut in pay. But there's a lot of opportunities that await me (and a promised increase to my quoted minimum salary by Christmas), so I can't complain. I really wish that I could tell y'all exactly what I'm doing. But since it's a fairly new enterprise and we only have one other competitor that we know of right now, I am choosing not to divulge too much information in the interest of...well...keeping my future looking as bright as possible. I mean, it's not like I've ever been totally forthcoming with the details of any of my jobs (with the exception of The Cheesecake Factory aka The Evil Place), so it's not like

Right now I'm taking a breather from de-ickifying our futon. I'll explain. When we packed up everything to move down here, we didn't put any type of covering on the futon mattress. Hence, it picked up all of the dust and other icky stuff that was in the truck and probably collected stuff on its many-hundred-mile journey down here. That's not good for someone who's allergic to practically everything under the sun. When my sister and I got the futon set up down here, though, we didn't clean it off or anything...just slapped the cover on it and we were good to go. However, I did notice that my nose would get all stuffy whenever I sat on it. Fast forward to Monday night. I took the blanket that had been living on said futon for two weeks and dragged it to bed with me because I was chilly. I woke up at 3:30 in the morning coughing and wheezing. After about 15 minutes, I figured that I was reacting to the blanket, so I threw it back into the living room. However, the