Tomorrow is my birthday. Plans are in place. I am going to get money out of my account tonight (I am SUPPOSED to be paid today, but the date-stamp on my online pay stub says the last day of the month. That is new. I suppose it's a way for the state to hold on to its money a bit longer. (But that's OK. I have enough in the account - I always try to have at least a $1000 padding in case of emergency - so I can go ahead and get my couple hundred dollars of spending cash).

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And, from the It's Always Something files: The light switch in my bedroom failed. This is the one that controls the overhead light/ceiling fan. It's one of the old-style light switches, the kind where you feel a resistance when you flick it on or off. Well, the switch just hangs now, it has no resistance any more. (There are any number of horrible jokes I could make about my droopy light switch...especially considering the Michelangelo's "David" switch plate I saw once, where the switch went in a, shall we say, significant place). I'm going to call an electrician (I have the name of a well-respected one here in town) after I get out of class and set up an appointment.

I know, this is the kind of thing many homeowners do themselves but a. It's an old switch and may need some rewiring, b. I've never done it before and c. I'm not entirely sure which breaker on the breaker box shuts that circuit off. (So I may need to turn off the entire house circuit, and have the guy work using a battery powered light).

I suppose it will be expensive but meh. I need to have it done. I should have done it earlier when I was first having problems with the switch but I tend to be avoidant about things like that, as I always fear the "OH NOES! You still have THIS old set up? That is NOT UP TO CODE and you cannot stay here any more until we do an expensive and time consuming re-do."

I suppose that rarely ever happens, but I tend to assume the worst.

At least I have a floor lamp beside the bed, so I can still have some light in the room, until I can get the guy out.

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I'm still fighting through "Castle on a Cloud." I think my natural stubbornness has kicked in; like many other times and many other things in my life my feeling is now, "I'm not going to let something this stupid beat me." Which is actually a good thing; when I get to that point that usually means I am close to succeeding.

Oh, and the minor second resolves to a third, and from there to a fifth.