Wow... it's, like, June already.

I read with interest Myke's entry regarding Mensa. Generally speaking, I agree with his opinion of the group. I consider them to be a bunch of psuedo-intellectual elitists--an opinion that I feel is strengthened by the fact that they don't do anything that seems to contribute positively to the world at large, or at least nothing that anyone in the world at large ever hears about. (And lest anyone think that I am merely throwing stones at a group that would not have me, my scores on the GRE were (out of 800): Math-760, Verbal-780, Analytical-800.)

And I do agree, generally speaking, that it is much more admirable to be a completely rounded person, capable and competent, and basically decent. I don't completely ace Myke's test though. Yet, I feel I use my intelligence to work around those areas in which I am lacking the basic skills. Change the oil and filter in my car? Well, no... however, I am highly skilled at driving my vehicle to the Jiffy Lube, and paying someone else whose hands are already greasy to do it for me in a much more timely an efficient manner than I would, for a fee that is certainly worth the time that I save by not trying it myself and then having to dispose of the waste oil, etc.

I think I could fake the building a wall part, though I have next to no experience in that sort of thing. I do know how to mix concrete, and while it might not be a pretty wall, I think I could make a wall... but there again, I would prefer to use my dazzling intellect and knowledge of the alphabet to look in the yellow pages under Construction and hire someone else to make a wall for me.

Prepare a simple three course meal? Wow... that's a bad one. Can the three courses be Nachos, Frozen Pizza, and Ice Cream? I don't cook. I really don't. I'm not a good cook. (Just ask my ex-husband!) I really don't like to cook. If I cooked, then people would have to eat my cooking, and that would be a bad thing. About the only thing I ever make food-wise is cookies, and that's an incredibly simple recipe that even a Nasa Space Monkey could do properly. (Side note: I've really been on a cookie-making kick in the past few months--partly because I like cookies, partly because I work with a bunch of guys who like cookies, and partly because cookie-making is the one domestic thing I do, and that's to remind myself, while I work in a very Male world, that I am still a Girl.)

Yep, I've made mistakes. Big huge whopping ones.. and I think I've been grownup enough to deal with them and own up to the consequences.

I can ride a bicycle, swim a long distance, tread water... I can fly (and fly on) an airplane, and I drive 90+ mph regularly without crashing.

I can sing, dance, run an 8 minute mile (at least), bench press approx 75% of my bodyweight, squat 100% of my bodyweight, do 50 pushups (real ones), do 100 situps, and can eat a whole container of Ben and Jerry's ice cream in a single sitting.

Not sure about the bedtime story, but I can calm down a child who has seen Daddy hitting Mommy.

Thug breaking into my home? hehehehe... (Though I highly doubt that will ever happen as long as I have my 100+ lb german shepherd.)

The next two I think I do fairly well... I could probably get a signed affidavit if needed.

Took two years of Russian in college, and though I remember very little, I know enough to let a Russian speaker know that I remember very little.

Yes, I can obviously figure out the Internet.

My house is not dirty, though I am a far far cry from being Martha Stewart. But the dishes are washed, the floor vacuumed, the clothes clean, and I can generally find whatever it is I'm looking for.

So I'm on something akin to vacation this week. Actually I'm only taking two days off of work--Monday and Tuesday--but since this weekend is my off weekend, and since I don't have to go back to work until next Friday night, it's essentially a week off. Gotta love it.

Therefore, today I've been a complete slug. I slept late (which for me is 8am) then sat around in my bathrobe for several hours, watching tv and eating Corn Pops. Eventually I made myself presentable and went out to the library to drop off books and pick up new ones. (I figure I save $30/month by utilizing the library instead of buying. And on my budget, that's a significant amount of money!) Then I came home and took a nap.

But really, I needed the rest, because I've been working my frggin' ass off for the past few weeks. I've been working lots of details, especially the traffic/construction detail, which pays well, but is very tiring/dirty/hot/sweaty. There's really no way on earth that I could support myself on my deputy salary alone, so working the details is necessary. However, it's really nice to be able to pick up extra work and make extra money without having to go get a second job and having to commit myself to another schedule. I usually put in for one or two details a week, but if I wanted to work more, I could, fairly easily. And if I didn't want to work any for a while, I could do that as well with no repercussions.

Hopefully next week, I'll be able to finally get someone out here to fix the window that the Dog busted out. (Yes, I've had cardboard over my window all this time.) I don't really need to catch up on yardwork, since the quite-significant drought that we're experiencing has pretty much killed my lawn. (Major drought--we haven't had any rain to speak of in many many weeks, and the parish passed an emergency ordinance on open burning, due to the high risk of fires. It seems like every 20 minutes we're hearing Fire District 1 being dispatched on the radio.)

And maybe I can actually make a journal entry more often than once every two weeks!

Hmm... 6:30pm... time for another nap?