Oh, I am very charmed by it all, but especially Asperguy.

This. How very sweet they are!

I have 2/4 classes graded. It's taken me 5 hours to grade those 2 classes. And, I only had 1 assignment/class to grade and then compile a quarter subtotal. Yikes. Of course, those assignments were essays, so it's not as bad, right? Right?

Joe had never seen "Dick in a Box" until JUST NOW.

Oh, thank goodness, marty. Glad to have you home.

How did Joe miss THAT. Right up his alley.

How did Joe miss THAT. Right up his alley.

Who the heck knows?

What cracks me up is that he recognized JT.

Oh, Allyson, wonderful.

They gave us an hour off today but since I took too long a lunch and went to the gym, I ended up staying until 5:15 anyway. Even though I could have left early and nobody would have noticed, because hello, Good Friday! Sheesh.

On the way home I read most of the second half of Cormac McCarthy's The Road, which may be the Most Depressing Book Ever Written, Yes Really.

But now I can watch Primeval and squee about dinosaurs.

I got to leave a little over an hour early too. I think I may celebrate by going to sleep before it gets dark.

Grindhouse. I think I'm insane.

Yay, Allyson! What a great last day of work.

I think Grindhouse looks fun, ita. Not that I'm likely to see it in a theater, but you know.

So I've been of need of evening conversation all this week to keep from being totally whacko and just now called the brother. Who engaged me in a long philosophical discussion which devolved into middle names for the oncoming nephew and a faux-fight with his wife. (He's not keen on the first name chosen, but resigned.)

It was a good conversation. And I STILL think Esteban would be an awesome middle name, damnit (he agrees, she doesn't. Plus, the whole TEA initials.)

Also? My brother is the funnest dad. He brings D into work (partly to freak out the boss) and sets him up with acid/base experiments. Color changes! D can now use various pipettish tools better than most first year grad students. And he's 4!!!