my eye is better today. after the 4th hot compress the sty burst (ewwww!) and most of the swelling went away. it's still red, though, mostly because i'm still using the compresses. better to be safe than sorry, i guess. i used the "stye" stuff twice, but really didn't like it much... it's mostly vaseline, i think, and it fogged up my vision even worse than the sty itself.
i scored at the dollar store today. ray & i keep breaking glasses in the dishwasher, so i was really happy to find a groovy set of tumblers & rocks glasses called "circleware" that are really hip. $1 each. they had tons of anchor hocking stuff, too. every once in a while i find some stemware from crate & barrel, or some glassware from oneida. i do love my dollar store.
my house has 2 fireplaces, but until today i only had 1 set of tools... i cashed in on home depot's 50% off sale on fireplace equipment. i bought a brass set, which is definitely not my taste, but i had some unfortunate brass pieces from a previous purchase years earlier, so i just went for it and decided that coordination was more important than individual style. (but is it??)
i got so much cleaning & organizing done yesterday that i'm no longer stressed about the party on saturday night. (though a mysterious new zit appeared overnight.) i've got a few things left on my to-do list, but nothing that can't be done friday night or during the day on saturday. i was feeling so relaxed last night that ray & i even sat down & watched some TV together, which we haven't done in ages. (in fact, i don't think we've shared the couch since lisa got him addicted to buffy.)
this horoscope seems apropos:
Through an act of grace you don't fully understand, mind-forged manacles will have vanished. So what should you do next? I suggest you celebrate. Throw a "Get Out of Jail" party for yourself. Then run wild for a couple of days.