Feh. Am in dinner limbo because of a maybe-date that hasn't called me back. I don't want to run eat out early in case he calls (I'm sure it would happen the moment I took the first bite of food), but broiling the roast I bought today is a 2-hour commitment that I won't be able to leave once it's started...

Not very exciting, but I have new hair:

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Happy Sunday! And Sue, I'm mega impressed with the caulking.

Cute hair!! And, really seriously cute picture!

Super cute, Megan! And, Lord, but you have beautiful eyes. The new hair frames them gorgeously.

What a gorgeous cut! You look lovely in that photo.

I am making tempura.

That is to say, I am sitting over here listening to the oil get hot, because I'm afraid to start the next bit which involves spattering and possibly cursing. Everything else is ready.

I like the hair, megan!

I use the oil to keep the water from boiling over and it keep the pasta from sticking to the too-hot pot sides and burning. Could be solved by buying a more expensive pan, but no.

Lovely hair, megan! You do have beautiful eyes.

Matt, just have a sandwich. If he's gonna call, he'll call halfway through it. You know how the magic works!

I took a freakin' two-hour nap this afternoon. I may be more stressed than I realize.

I ate a chicken foot. And a lot of other stuff.

Then went to Mom's. Nephew was tired and cranky and shouty. SIL would not stop interrupting me. Repeated uses of "Hm, what I was saying..." had no effect. Soon I was tired and cranky as well, so I left before I got shouty.

Also, I have resolved to start being rude when people tell their children to give me a hug. It pissed me off when I was the child being told to hug random adults, and it pisses me off even more now. And if I explicitly told you that I find it creepy, why would you keep doing it?

I wanna go live in a deep dark cave.

OK, guys, It Begins. Am I crazy to have a Catholic wedding ceremony when I am not, in fact, Catholic? I don't care so much about the ceremony mass and jazz, but all the pre-wedding counseling and stuff-- are there any non-catholics who have gone through it and can advise? Is anyone familiar with doing it with a foreign parish?

The reason I am thinking about this so early is that Bob liked this one wedding we went to at a chapel in Phoenix and I don't know if I should even try to book a Catholic church.

Ooooh, Strega, that "Give so-and-so a hug" thing creeps me out too. I have an acquaintance who not only does it with her son, but says Uncle or Auntie so-and-so, no matter how infrequently the poor kid may see the grown-up in question. He's gotten more and more surly about it as he's gotten older (he's now six, and he'll still coldly hug others as per orders, but the last time he was told to hug his mom he refused point-blank even after being punished for it), and everyone else has gotten more and more visibly uncomfortable, and yet she still does it. Symptomatic of so many problems. t shudder

I used to tell him, in front of her, "If you don't feel like hugging, that's okay."

Bleah.

In short, I suppose I'm saying (a) go you with the rude! and (b) can't you send those other people to the deep dark cave instead?