Joystiq posted an entry about certain stores breaking the street date for the DS lite. I told myself that I would wait until the blue DSL comes out in the future. I tried to fight the urge, but I couldn’t. I visited my local Target and Walmart in the midst of running errands to find one. I was unable to track one down yesterday, which was both a dissapointment (I really wanted one) and a bit of a relief (I don’t really need one). This lust for gadgets is a terrible curse that I have, and keeping it under control is tough.

After the brief search and errand-running, I came home to a kitchen covered in shit. Apparantly, the dog decided to wait until I left to take a dump on the floor, instead of going when I walked her. This wouldn’t have been a huge deal if she just left a steaming pile in the corner or something. No, that isn’t what happened at all. She smeared it. Everywhere.

In the process of cleaning up her mess, I damn near killed myself. Misunderstanding Nadia’s instructions, I did the following:

1. Boiled hot water
2. Poured boiling water on the floor (which spilled onto my sandal-wearing feet, twice)
3. Poured bleach on the floor
4. Mopped floor

It was only a matter of time before the still-steaming water carried the bleach upward into the air and up my nose. My eyes dried out, breathing became very difficult, and faintness came over me, even with windows open. I ran outside as fast as I could to get away from that. I had to wait it out before going back in there to continue cleaning up.

I’ll probably do a happy dance once Nad’s family reclaims their dog. So will the cats.