Argh. I'm really hungry. I don't have much food, but I found one of those bags of frozen rice in the freezer. Took it out, and it was sealed wrong and the rice spilled out all over the floor. Swept it up, and managed to spill half of it back on the floor while trying to empty the dustpan into the garbage.

This has not been a good week. This is not a good way to end the week. I will be very happy Monday night when I can start relaxing.

{{{{Hil}}}}

new restaurant intown ... I'd shove the leftover bread through the 'net to you if I didn't think it would be crumbs by the time it got there, Hil. The rigatoni was a beef and mushroom . good thing they don't have a beer and wine yet , or I'd be in a major food/wine coma...

{{Hil}} May your weekend lay low, lay off and let you get stuff done. Glasses~ma.

ION, I went to the opera tonight. The best part? Standing in line for the coat check afterward and having a red satin ass to drool over. Seriously, there is nothing like slick, shiny, cheek hugging, red satin covered ass. I couldn't make up my mind if I wanted to pinch it, bite it or lick it. So I did none of those as she was not a Buffista and may have startled unreasonably at a complete stranger taking a chomp out of her red satin ass.

I am getting this in just under the wire:

Perkiest of Sugary Pink and Black Birthdays, Jilli! I hope you had a marvelous day.

ION, look upon my works and despair, for lo, I have organised my closet. The Container Store is guilty of aiding and abetting. Total time? 4 hours. It's wonderful not to be attacked by shoes when I open the door. The pointy ones hurt, damnit.

Sekret message for Aimee: tonight, at the concert, Natalie wore gauchos.

I have a package of that Nihilist chewing gum. Gum without added flavor is just odd. And it's not that sweet.

Mom just called. She and s-d are on their way. They maybe visit once or twice a year, so I get excited. Going to Bobby's baseball game then the guys are going to the races. Mom gets tired easily so I imagine she'll probably rest and read most of the weekend. I baked banana bread last night and made a batch of candies that she made when we were kids as a surprise. I set some aside for her to take back to my sibs.

I should be getting my dishes done.

Gronklies.

I need to go grade papers and work on the talk I'm giving on Monday. I'm not quite awake yet. I also have no food here for breakfast and no coffee. Option 1 is go to Starbucks, get coffee and a danish, eat at the office, and then get to work. Option 2 is go back to sleep, forget about breakfast, then wake up around lunchtime and go get lunch then. Option 1 is probably the more responsible one, but Option 2 is looking nice.