Late Night Rambling

Hey,

Sorry I didn't write over the weekend.  I thought 1:15 Tuesday morning was a much better idea.

John has had a horrible cough for about a week now, and tonight he managed to kick it just a little. The trade-in was hellacious snoring, so here I am. Unable to sleep upstairs, unwilling to call it a couch night. Thought maybe I'd read for awhile and get sleepy enough to overrule the noise.

We had a fun, if busy weekend. Friday night was pretty quiet as I worked until 7:30 then hung out with the boys until I was too tired to even watch TV.  The three of us got up at the crack of dawn on Saturday as M was going to go skydiving - it was to be his 10th jump and first solo, so we were excited to see it. Unfortunately the weather turned to crap before we even left the house and we never got to go.  It was a nice day, though, in spite of the rain. He and I went to Starbucks and hung out for coffee, then went to see the Social Network (excellent movie).  I took a nap later in the afternoon in preparation for T's birthday party.

It was kind of a family thing, this party, at first, so M went over there with me and stayed until he had another, more age appropriate party to go to. J stayed home, and JJ went to a party at JK's house, so I was solo; still, it was a great party. Not a huge crowd, but a good mix of people. JJ came over around 11 and we came home starving. The two of us sat up until after midnight eating leftover ribs while he told me every detail about the funnest party ever. It was a great night.

Sunday, in the end - shocker! - JJ changed his mind and went out with his buddies. They just couldn't resist free candy I guess. I went out walking with CK and her new boyfriend for a bit, then I met up with M and we went over to S&T's to hang out with them. He was dressed up like some skeleton sort of thing and just sat on their porch scaring people, which was pretty hilarious. We got home early - all of us - and everyone was in bed by 10:00, completely exhausted.  It was a very fun night, as always.

Back to work today, still on my full time schedule. This week I'm having my jewelry party so I'm trying to figure out where to get the energy to clean my entire house before Thursday. Maybe I'll Clorox wipe the bathroom and create good lighting - that should do the trick. This weekend not much planned, so I'm happy about that.

Nothing else going on here.  I do remember you telling me that you would like to hang your own shingle one day, but didn't know you had a real plan. I hope you pursue it; you definitely would be very good at it, no doubt about that.  I have to say, though, that your commitment to teaching has been admirable and even on your "bad" days, you never come across miserable. Just tired sometimes, which I think is a great place to start thinking of moving on.

Ok, eyelids are starting to droop - I'm gonna give sleep another shot. Just wanted to say hi and wish you a good week.
Love you,
A