Kristin, I hope you don't get the fullblown ick. I'll be watching with great interest, because I think it may have come through the interwebs. There has been altogether too much illness this winter.

On finances, I have not much saved beyond the standard retirement that I get from work, and even that is just in the default account, which is way too conservative for my age. But I tell myself that it's not so bad because I owe nothing. Granted, no house, but also no student loan or credit card debt.

And yes, I am leaning towards staying at my friend's tonight even though I'd really like to go home.

lib, please to be staying in the safe zone. You know how much AK likes to fuck with overly-optimistic people.

Had to skip. Finally home. Long-ass day. Big-ass project that will make me look really good if this comes off right. Project debuts at 10 a.m. Monday morning. Will be stressball about said project until 2 p.m. Monday, when I can reasonably go get a drink. Only about half done on said project, which means coming in to the office on Sunday. Possibly Saturday after my volunteering stint. Gronk.

On the plus side, Supernatural tonight!

cracks a beer

So, what's up? I hear it is The Adorable One's birthday today, so:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PETE!!!!

That's no longer true. It changed a few years ago (three, maybe?).

not according to 2006 Turbo Tax.

Jacket~ma and job~ma please. Job~ma you understand, I've applied for a great job. It has commuting issues, but easily surmountable (wouldn't be issues if I wasn't moving to DC) But now, you're wondering what's jacket~ma?

So, I went out with some friends. Despite 30 degree temps on Monday, it was 70 degrees today, and a warm night. The bar was having some climate control issues, and it was quite warm. I was wearing a lovely sleeveless top, so I took my jacket off and tossed it on a banquette. I hung out for a few hours. Eventually, got hungry and my feet started to hurt, so I grabbed my jacket. Basic black, checked the label -- yep, Jones New York, time to go. I was walking out with K and C, and tried to put my jacket on. WTF? I can't get my arm in the sleeve? I looked closer and SON OF A BITCH, it was size small. It wasn't quite the same style, but easily confused. I can't really be upset, I mean, I thought that hers was mine until I tried to put it on, so I'm not surprised that she did the same thing. So, I left my business card with the description jotted on it, and took the other one. Why take the other one, you ask? Because if she comes to find it, and doesn't have mine with her, she will take hers and not care about getting mine back to me (I mean, I'd do the same in her place) Now that I have hers, she'll make an effort for exchange. I mean, I'm sure that she's as pissed as I am about losing her jacket.

So, Jacket~ma that she comes back to the bar and calls me.

Jacket~ma and a boatload of job~ma, Vortex. I take it I'm not sending it to the same place I was before?

Man, I miss having savings. We used to have savings. Then we bought a house. That et up the savings and made sure we didn't get too far in replacing them.

Oh yes, this. Couple that with DH still in the process of making sure his business is self-sustaining and things are TIGHT. What kills is the fact that I make good money, and we've cut back on the non-essentials, but damnit, I hate not having a cushion. If we had it to do all over again, I think we may have waited another year before buying the house.

nope, new job~ma. law school in arlington, don't want to jinx it.

I'm not saying another word. The non-jinxable job~ma is all yours.

And I can't believe I forgot! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Pete! My present to you will be to refrain from calling you anything but a handsome, witty Brit. For today only. It's a good thing there's only 2 1/2 hours left. This may kill me.

jacket~ma and job~ma to Vortex.

What a crazy day/night! I'm never up this late. I need to crawl into bed, so you will all have to wait to hear about the craziness till the morning.

So, I picked up Emmett early, called JZ and said, "I'll scoop you up and we'll all go get Matilda."

Emmett's talking about how much he loves sushi.

JZ and I are all, "Buh?" Because Emmett has the palate of a 10 y.o. boy and the idea of him eating raw fish is not within the realm.

He assures us he likes California rolls and can we please please please get sushi tonight.

Uh. Okay. We swing by fancy grocery store Andronico's where we know we can get sushi. I get the spicy tuna rolls, JZ gets nigiri. Just because, I point out the deli array and say "Is there anything else you like to eat in there?" "Pork ribs!"

So we get home and Emmett announces that everything in his sushi has too strong of a flavor except for the rice and seaweed. Ultimately this is not filling. Yes, he had the ribs for dinner.

Mind - we had to go pretty far out of our way to get sushi for a Thursday night at home dinner. But you gotta give them room to make that mistake. JZ and I enjoyed our sushi. Yes, we washed it down with Chardonnay 'cuz we're Cali like that.

Hec, consider yourself lucky. CJ likes sushi. Real sushi. Raw salmon usually, but also tobiko, tuna, and unagi. He is can be expensive if we are not careful when he orders.

Sushi killed the thread? Dang, never thought I'd be able to have a decent night of sleep and still be able to make Raisin Bran posts.

Don't wanna get dressed. Don't wanna go to work....