Comes crashing down / Slots filled

Wednesday: Woke around 9:20. Web, shower. Downstairs and smoothie + feeding the Oscar cat. Down basement, and handling some course related stuff, emails and so on. Morning practices. Drums, feeling strong today. Did some work on the attic stairs in the basement, trying to square up the framing a bit. Then I decided, since I had most of the screws out, I should reorient it so the stairs faced the other direction. Then the whole thing, with a rending, splintering sound, crashed down to the floor. Little harm done, but decided this would be where I'd leave it. Cleaned up a bit. Upstairs and shower again. Paid bills. Got a call from the guy I was buying the CD player from. Yes, I'm on my way. Headed out. Deposited money. Missed the spot I wanted to stop for pizza, so drove to Medford and got a slice there. Beautiful cool day out. Headed up 93 to the offices of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, where I bought a CD player for $15 from a guy named Haung. Thank you craigslist. Around on 93 and in to work. Bug fixing and installing Leopard. Or trying to. Confusing conversation with Bn about his use of threads to amortize work. Took a break to register a participant for the course. Last available slot. Talked to mom, who told me of a kayak adventure that was bigger than she bargained for. Headed out at 7:30. No Shawn. He called me and asked me to meet him in Porter Sq, which I did. Arlington and CoFD rehearsal. Felt good to play. Not so accurate, but spirited, which often seems to be the case after a hiatus. After the rehearsal, gave him a ride back to his place (which is now on Somerville Ave). Then back home. Hello to MB. Left over Chinese food. Hanging out. Tested the CD player, which seemed to work fine. Out to the garage, and fixing the damage done in the AM to the attic stairs. Organizing and cleaning up a bit in the basement. Now this, and to complete.