I am very happy that today is Friday even though you could argue that, because I work at home, most of my days could be Fridays if I wanted them to be.  But anyway…

There is this awesome window at Winco–after most people have done their grocery shopping but before all of the restocking starts.  Last night we went to Winco hoping to hit that awesome window–but we were too late.  At 11:30 PM, the forklifts and palates have come out.  This did not stop us from getting our grocery shopping done, it just presented a new challenge.

Can I just say? Thank GOD we did our grocery shopping last night.  We were down to (no kidding) 3 packages of top ramen, some vanilla ice cream and an unopened bag of tater tots.  We went on a major re-stocking spree (yay Winco prices that kept us from bankrupting ourselves!) and it felt so good today to stand in front of crammed full cupboards and think “what should I eat for lunch today” instead of “ew, look at what I have to choose from for lunch today.”

I don’t know if this makes me weird, but honestly? I feel a lot better when my fridge, freezer and cupboards are stocked.  I could feel my muscles relax last night as I was putting the food away.  Sure going to the store so late at night meant that I missed out on some sleep, but I will happily get a couple less hours of sleep if it means that my apartment has food in it.

In other news, we have baby ducks!  Today I spotted a female duck and a male duck leading a trail of six ducklings around the yard outside of our apartment.  They walked them right up to our balcony and I had a squee-fit.  Six ducklings looking like six small loaves of marbled bread wandering around outside! I wanted to get a picture, but the Canadian geese that have taken up residence for the late spring scared them off before I could get the camera out and set up.  Damn those Canadian geese, they really are terrible bullies.  I like to think I’m a fan of most creatures (especially the cute, fuzzy and baby) but I do not like those Canadian geese.  At all.

Finally–have a good weekend!  I have no idea what I will be doing (besides diving into Dust and Shadow) but whatever you end up doing, I hope it’s fun!