He basically gave me from nap-time till dinner-time without any expectations. I am *so* jazzed.

Still trying not to think too far ahead. This probably a series– solidly enough content for 2 YA, maybe enough to work up a 3rd part, but that’s less clear and I don’t want to waste brain cells deciding on that one now.

Happy to be *back*!

Now that I’m graduated, I just hope I’ll be able find a job by at least September. Maybe then “getting up” will have meaning to me again. Now, it’s simply the difference of when I happen to not be sleeping and when I decide I can’t keep my eyes open any longer.

Eilleen, honestly, I don’t understand why baseball is considered our national past-time. The Super Bowl is the most watched program every single year, and maybe it’s just my personal selection of friends, but I don’t know anybody that ACTUALLY enjoys watching baseball, especially if any other sport is an option (football, basketball, hockey – almost anything is a better choice than baseball). Then there’s the issue that I’ve never met a baseball fan that wasn’t solely a fan of either the Red Sox or the Yankees, so I’m really not sure where all the other supposed “fans” come from.

I think baseball’s popularity is just a myth. I hear a lot about it, but I sure never see it. It’s popular to little kids because it’s so simple and everyone is forced to play, but it seems like most people just forget about it as soon as they can. If I had to name a college that supposedly had a good baseball team, I wouldn’t even know what a safe guess was, unlike college basketball and football where a much bigger portion of Americans can probably name at least a couple of the big dogs for the season.

I hate baseball.

Friends came to mind with the football, I guess I expected that to be big in the U.S. because of that show’s opening. See how much t.v. warps us?

I think it reminds me a little like Christmas– a whole lot of pomp that can take away from the true meaning, if not careful to remember WHY you’re celebrating. Know what I mean?

Are you going to partake in a ballgame with your parents, Kaye? Around here, the guys like to play football when they all together. It landed one of the brother-in-laws in emerg one year with a hugely disjointed finger–very deformed–not fun. But they played it again the next time they got together, anyway.

We are doing very little tomorrow thank goodness!! I am just plumb worn out. My sis is having a garage sale on saturday, so we’ll clean out our garage some in the morning to get some stuff to take over. That is AFTER of course I make my hubby get up with the kids so I can sleep in!!

I was also THRILLED to find out the little town I am is going to be having their own fireworks show!

I know, I know, Nashville has a pretty good display, but its like a half hour drive for us and then an hour drive home (to get out of the traffic!), and with gas prices, yeah, we are going to relax have a good time, and watch our piddley fireworks show and be happy with it.

My kids are still young, they don’t know the difference!