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So, while I was freaking out over what could have happened yesterday, here's what I actually got done:

Before not making to St. Augustine, I pawned my old tv, which has been replaced by a shiny flatscreen that Dad let me have. It was a very old tv, so I got all of $15 for it, 5 of which went to a used video game. Prince of Persia II - The Sands of Time. Because any time something keeps cropping up while I'm looking for other things, I tend to think I should take a look. I just don't know when I'll play it, since I haven't finished FF12 yet! ;p

Got the first round of laundry done.

Finally took out the Christmas tree, which I didn't want to at first. Dusky liked climbing it so much! But when I started to notice branches being knocked off? Time for the tree to go. In spite of kitty displeasure, expressed by circling where the tree was and giving me this annoyed meow. It was all fun and hyper while I was taking it down! But then she must have realized it was gone. ...so now she's been extra-pesky, like 'You took my toy, now you entertain me!'

Got a story I've only been strangling forever off to actual beta-ing!

Afterward: Did much poking around online, which actually led to me figuring out what I'd do when I got up.

Got more laundry done - and how does it pile up so fast? O.o

Piled a bunch of books I knew I didn't want but had been wibbling about trading in, and piled them into a bag. (Oh, but what if I change my mind about this story I know I will never read again! >:P )

Crashed about 12, no idea when I actually fell asleep.

Got myself up at 5, and out the door not too long after that - to the used bookstore! I was surprisingly awake for so little sleep. Made it there in time for some browsing, if not all the browsing I wanted to do. Haul of: Life in Ancient Egypt, by Adolf Erman and Antiquities of Egypt, by Arthur Weigall, with $8 credit left over.

Next door for coffee!

Then back to the Cummer, which now has a mummy. This little girl they think was about 9 years old and ex-rayed when the technology had just been invented. They think the coffin was stolen from another grave, much older than the child, and repainted by people who were copying and didn't know what they were doing. Results of the black market in antiquities, yey. x.x

It was interesting, though.

The first time I went, the cashier in the gift shop asked me which was my favorite, and I had no answer. Pity she didn't ask this time, I could have told her? The lion. This lion. None of the pictures I found do it justice, but this one gets bonus points for having a scale-reference who is also an enthusiastic teacher. ^^ It's powerful and relaxed and beautiful, and the picture doesn't show it? But it's red granite, and it glitters. So if you circle around and you're not quite looking, it's almost like fur shifting as it moves.

...I want one! XD

Which feeling is probably why I was in the gift shop again, spending money I will not let myself feel guilty about: Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, by Maria Carmelo Betro and Music of Egypt - a compilation from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I haven't listened to it all the way through, since I was getting myself to respond to the beta? But so far this is lovely: Enchanted Egypt 1 - Phil Thorton and Hossam Ramzy

Soon, I need to sleep. But before I crash, I need to work on figuring out why my scanner does not scan. x.x

ETA: Success! Only I did not figure it out. A lovely technical support person from HP figured it out - apparently Internet Explorer, which I don't even use anymore? Was choking the HP Director somehow. I am not sure of the specifics, but she had me download something that installed itself and had me restart - and joy, it appears to be working fine now. :)

but omg, sleepy. Sleepy. Plan with scanner later crash NOW.

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