I finished my sales tax (a big zero) on Monday, and told the county assessor's office about the end of my owner-occupied home property-tax exemption. As it turned out, I needn't have worried about getting dinged with penalties on my last payment -- it runs to the end of the year.

Realized that I'd be stuck paying CA income tax on the Starport, until I sell it. At least I won't have to file two state returns!

I've been sleeping too much. On the other hand, my mood is mostly good except when I'm overloaded or worried. Both of which happen pretty easily. I'm probably not as resilient as I used to be. I feel like I've been stretched way too thin.

Surprise.

The weekend was fun. Saturday we (Colleen, Naomi and I) went furniture shopping. N had found an astoundingly inexpensive dining set at Don Willis's -- beautiful dark wood; 8-person table, four chairs, and a bench for under $1K. Three more chairs turned up; we bought them all. The factory has gone bust -- there won't be any way to get more. N. found a dresser she liked that matches the one Colleen and I had bought there over the summer.

After splitting up for dinner, we met again at the Heather Dale concert. Fun, although there was a lot of overlap with Conflikt.

Sunday Colleen and I went to the West Seattle farmer's market, and explored a couple of blocks up and down California Avenue. I really love our new neighborhood.

0131 Th
  * up 6:32; W=198.4; d, n, l; dishes, light
  * full, reasonably productive day at work.
  * walk:  3rd, 2nd and Pine.
  * Filed my last (null) CA sales tax return, found the info about winding up
    HSX as a CA business, and told the assessor's office by email about my new
    address and lack of resident exemption.
  @ A brief survey of Linux audio session managers [LWN.net]

0201 Fr
  * woke up 5:30; drifted.  Way too easy to do that.
  * up 7:15; W=199.2; d, n, l; dishes, light
  * aetna specialty pharmacy: 866-782-2779.  Dr. needs to respond to faxed
    authorization form.
  * Productive at work.  Debugging.

0202 Sa
  * up 9:10; W=198.2; d, n, l; light
  * 10:45 leave for N's
  * fax remaining page to Dave
  * furniture shopping.  found three more chairs to go with the (discontinued)
    table N found.  Win.  She also found a dresser that matches ours, but one
    row of drawers lower (I think).
  * Lunch in Snohomish at the Cabbage Patch.  Their soup, a sort of
    chili/cabbage affair, is wonderful.
  * Heather Dale concert

0203 Su
  * up 7:33; W=199.2; d, n, t, l; shower, dishes, light
  * Shopping expedition to West Seattle Junction for the farmer's market and a
    st/roll up and down California Avenue for a couple of blocks on either side
    of Alaska St.  Then back to Lake Forest Park to finish our shopping at
    Albertson's.  
  ! I really love our new neighborhood.
  * So... not all that far, but at least three hours on my feet.  I'll count
    that as exercise of a sort.
  * over to N's for a little while after dinner