World's Smallest Bedroom

somebody call Guiness! Kressy and JB no longer have the smallest bedroom in the world. i do! i have finally converted the pantry into the naptry. i built a platform bed. yes, i am proud of myself. yes, i sleep in a closet. no, those two things together don't make any sense. but there's something about a Dedicated Sleeping Space that i enjoy very much, and the living room just didn't work as a double-duty bedroom. so now the Guest Quarters are official and no, i won't make you sleep in the closet if you come visit me. (it's very comfortable, though -- i should say i won't *let* you.)

next project is to get the baskets on the bike. remember i was whingeing about how steep the hill is to my house? well. the other day i saw a big humongous hawaiian dude on a bike *much* crappier than mine, and he was just pluggin his big self up that hill. so obviously i need to suck it up and get my leg muscles back in proper working condition. if i get the job at the volcano, i'll be driving a lot during the week, so i need to be able to navigate the topography on my rusty little grocery-getter so as to save gas and stave off driving fatigue on the weekends. hey, if those dudes can rock-climb crazy cliffs in their ratty ol' Chuck Taylors, i can do this. right? right.

other good news: the only good mexican restaurant in town, which has been closed for renovations, is re-opening for cinco de mayo. They have a variety of tropical margaritas: mango, liliokoi (passionfruit), guava, coconut, and watermelon. i will definitely be down there tasting at least one of those.

thanks to everyone who sent me their addresses. i still can't believe i packed the address book when it would have been soooo easy to just throw it in the purse. d'oh. i will be sending postcards out terreckly.

happy cinco de mayo! (otherwise known as tim's birthday -- happy birfday punkin!) also, happy kentucky derby. may the best horse win!