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....

I'm trying to decide whether I really need to do any work this morning. I'm thinking no. Or maybe yes, since I know I'm not going to be doing any this afternoon.

So sleepy. One should not have to wake up at 6 a.m. after not going to bed till midnight. How do people do this on a regular basis?

One should not have to wake up at 6 a.m. after not going to bed till midnight. How do people do this on a regular basis?

With coffee, bitterness and recrimination?