Current mood:

tired

Past the halfway point in my four-day weekend.
Stuff that has happened:

Folks + little brother came. Put them up in the complex's Hospitality Suite, which is like a big, nice hotel room that doesn't cost as much as a hotel. Folks took me around and bought me things, including two fantastic seafood dinners and a ticket for Indiana Jones at the theater in Old Town Alexandria. (The theater now requires you to buy a concession item with your ticket, which I guess must be the least legally ambiguous way for them to stay open, because I can't imagine anyone just trying it for a lark. On the plus side, the concession stand serves alcohol and sandwiches and stuff so if you don't mind paying out the ass you can theoretically eat your whole dinner while watching the movie. We opted to dine at Hank's Oyster Bar a couple blocks away.)

Got bed. (Saleslady at Mattress Discounters was nice and not too pushy and plays Magic. Salesman at Mattress Warehouse went from obsequious to near-abusive when we said we were going to shop around some more. Mattress Discounters got our business, unsurprisingly.) Bed is delivered as of this morning but still naked due to new sheets being in wash. Had them set it up on bed risers but now I'm worried it might be too unstable to work long term. Might take it down when I have more than just me around. ("Be careful of cat," said one of the delivery guys. "It fall, it will make him flat, heh heh.")

Started having some kind of itchy allergic reaction almost right after family left this morning. Groggy as hell due to Benadryl. Hives not going away. If I have to spend Memorial Day in the emergency room, or take work leave to see the doctor, I'm going to be really pissed. All I ingested this morning was Frosted Mini-Wheats; only other current culprit is the new sheets I bundled into the wash. Maybe I'm allergic to a preservative or something? It's all quite bizarre.