Emily had a long day – a 38 hour day, if you want to be specific – and she’s in bed now, asleep. I fully expected her to be asleep by the time I got home from work, but she was a wee bit manic and giggly and talking about how she was going to stay up for 50 hours straight! We got takeout from Surin’s and popped in last night’s episode of Lost…and it took her about thirty seconds to fall asleep after she finished her tofu coconut soup.
I’m watching the high school basketball tournament on tv. Soon the NCAA tourney will be here, and I’ve got tickets to the first round in Birmingham.
Things have been a little crazy around here lately. I’ve been sick, Emily’s been sick, everyone’s been sick. We’ve been having bad storms here; one knocked out our power for about 12 hours and knocked down a tree next door that took four cars with it. That was the last day I was sick; I went into work and got sent home (actually, my boss drove me home), and when I got home the power was still out so I couldn’t even pretend to be productive. It was kind of nice, to be honest. I sat by the window and read, and napped on the couch, and I’m sure getting some solid rest (I mean, there was nothing else TO do!) helped immensely.
I had lunch with Robyn last weekend; she was in town for some church conference thing. It was awesome to see her – I sure would like to get back out to Berkeley before she graduates from seminary. I literally came up with an absolutely fabulous idea for a book the night before we had lunch, and it was nice to solidify my ideas by talking with her about it. Now that I’ve put it out into the universe, I have to write it before someone else has a similar idea (as happened with the last book idea I had a brainstorm about, thanks Garrison).
I’ve been working on a side project that’s been keeping me up late, too. I should be completely done with it this weekend, though.
I’ll be getting another tattoo soon. (Emily was going to get me a skateboard for Valentine’s day, but I told her I’d rather have a tattoo.)
