renew

well... i installed a new showerhead in the bathroom yesterday. i wasn't sure if it was going to work properly, and i needed brendan's help to tighten the fixture to eliminate a small leak in the connection. but after all that was done, i gave it a try and was delighted by the improved showering experience. the spray is really nice and the angle is pretty ideal. our shower is pretty small, but this new showerhead makes it feel more roomy since the spray doesn't go everywhere. i actually have room to breath and shampoo my hair. i'm very pleased. i hope brendan approves of it too. he liked the old showerhead, so it would suck if he didn't like this one as much in comparison.

i actually took a long weekend. i had a lieu day left over from my time in calgary so i decided to pick a weekend between thanksgiving and my christmas holidays. it was really nice. i did a bunch of running around - i usually hate doing errands, but it's really not that bad when you have enough time and the errands are not cutting into my time doing other things. i love having days off after sundays. and the nice thing was that i felt ready to return to work this morning.

lately i've been really into this icelandic band 'of monsters and men'. ever since i heard them the first time i've considered them a hybrid of stars and edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros. the more i listen, the more i'm amazed how consistently they remind of that combination. i really like them. for me, i think that's a perfect combo. funnily enough, when b and i were in costa rica, we heard one of their songs on the radio. the world is small.

 

though the truth may vary
this ship will carry
our bodies safe to shore.