If I quit worrying, how else would I entertain myself?

Books, DVDs, sex, liquor, rock and roll and us?.

Ooof. Little League is done. Twins beat us 6-3 so the Mets are finished with the forced death match of playing through the losers bracket.

Emmett pitched well, though his friend Arlo took him deep. That's about all he gave up, though, and he went four innings.

So relieved. It was fun, but Emmett's got a tournament at Concord that goes from Sunday through Wednesday, followed by a tournament in Burlingame immediately after and then he's got all-star stuff all through July. So, his baseball is far from done.

Where's that littlest Alter? I know Jess had to go home for lack of bed space but I am ready to meet her kinder.

Hec - CJ's team is in second place - they have a playoff game on Thursday and then "finals" on Saturday. He is quite the excited kid. I adore his coaches this year. Every kid on the team has pitched at least twice. CJ loved getting that opportunity even though that is not where his skills are...he had a blast.

Hec - CJ's team is in second place - they have a playoff game on Thursday and then "finals" on Saturday. He is quite the excited kid. I adore his coaches this year. Every kid on the team has pitched at least twice. CJ loved getting that opportunity even though that is not where his skills are...he had a blast.

Rock on, CJ! (and his coaches) That's fun when you get a kid on the mound for the first time and they really enjoy it. I didn't have quite that many players pitching, but we did develop several this season.

Does CJ have any summer baseball plans? Emmett went a baseball clinic at Cal last winter and it really helped his catching.

No summer plans at the moment. How did you find the clinic? Wonder if they are doing it this year.

Dining room is rearranged and is now a crafty haven.

vw's a crafty wench.

How did you find the clinic? Wonder if they are doing it this year.

Cal's baseball team runs the clinics and camps all the time. I'm sure you can look it through some UC website. Emmett took both the pitching and the catching clinic. But they do have full summer camps too.

vw's a crafty wench.

That I am!

I'm hoping our admin can do similar - "I'm covering for someone who is off on maternity and no one else is trained to fully cover my work".

unfortunately, a lot of people assume that anyone can do admin work. Except the people who actually do it or have done it.

So, remember the whole question about people calling you by your first name. So, I call the other guy that I like, first name guy answers the phone. I ask for other guy, he says "this is peter, can I help you?" I decide what the hell. I say "this is Miss Johnson, Stephanie Johnson" (like Bond, James Bond) and he says "Hi STEPHANIE, what can I do for you" WTF?!?!?!

I then say icily "I perfer to be called Miss Johnson" He says "oh". Then he asks if I got the certified letter. I say "I got the letter, it just appeared in my mailbox, not certified" He says "oh" again. I then ask him about something in the letter. He has no idea what I'm talking about. He says "well, if it's in the letter it's true" (I very helpfully don't say something like 'the last letter I got from you people said that we'd settle in March, so forgive my skepticism') I then said "well, if you don't know about it, I guess that you can't answer my question." I then ask him "What is my actual address?" It takes him THREE MINUTES of flipping around. He says "it's 123 Taylor Street. That's T-A-Y" "I said "believe me, I know how to spell it" (since I've been buying this place for TWO YEARS) he then snaps "look, I'm just trying to help you." I said "excuse me?" He then said "I'll have [other guy] call you." I said "thank you. I've been working with him for two years, and he's always been able to answer my questions" So I said good bye and hung up.

"I prefer to be called Miss Johnson"

Miss Jackson if you're nasty...

(sorry, earworm)