I'm glad you're cool for the summer, connie.

Shocking revelation tonight as Emmett and I watched VH-1's Top 100 Songs of the Eighties. First of all, "When Doves Cry" was only #5. Second of all, Emmett's teammate Arlo is a dead ringer for Jon Bon Jovi. It was when Jon was shaking out his perm and smiling into the camera that we realized that was Arlo's smile.

So imagine Jon Bon Jovi as a star 10 y.o. athlete without the poodle do.

ION, Emmett is distraught. Our next door neighbors Maria and Mo are moving away to Switzerland for five years. Their dog Maklo is Emmett's...well. Emmett will tell you that he is half dog and Maklo is his brother. He will tell you this randomly at any time because it's just a part of how he sees himself in the world.

When EM separated from me, she moved next door into a basement room with Maria and Mo. Emmett was 2 1/2 and Maklo was a puppy. That's where his dog love took root and even if he only sees Maklo a couple times a month, just knowing he was next door was enough. He regularly goes over to see Maklo, and if the people aren't home, Emmett sticks his fingers through the mail slot and let's Maklo sniff them and he talks to Maklo.

When Emmett stops on the street to pet dogs, people always ask if he has a dog and he always says, "No, but I live next to one" and they don't really understand how important that is to him.

I just put him to bed and he called me because he was crying about Maklo moving away. "I'm just so sad. I'm going to miss him so much."

And he will.

In case anybody wondered, I finished the tests around 2, went to acrossthehall!Teacher's, had wine, watched Supernatural, fell asleep, woke up, went back, had MORE wine, watched more Supernatural and half of Phantom of the Opera, came home.

I think I passed sections 1 and 3 (language development and cultural... culture, or something, did I mention the wine?) but am not so sure about 2 (er, assessment and instruction). I wrote 4 essays between 7:30 and 1:30 PM. It sucks and I hated it.

Tomorrow, Pride. I didn't go to the meeting, so I'm not on the safety committee, and given my sleep debt will probably not make it there before noon. But if anybody's going to be there, give me a call or a text.

Now I must force my drunken sleepy self to make food and sleep. Thanks everyone for the ma!

had wine, watched Supernatural, fell asleep, woke up, went back, had MORE wine, watched more Supernatural

Sleep well.

Tooootally. Only I'm too tipsy to sleep.

Stay up and do the time-honored drunken posting?

Oh, Emily, testing just sucks. But, wine and Supernatural are good. Booze and pretty boys.

Stay up and do the time-honored drunken posting?

Apparently not.

Ugh. Gardened from 2 til 8.30 pm.

Sore.

Many thanks to Plei & hubby for all their help.

Awesome, made it just under the wire for Steph's birthday:

Happy, Happy Birthday, Steph!!!!

I know, "!" is supposed to be one or none (that's what I got from Sean's comic earlier).

I have much ~ma for so many of the rest of you, but no meara (either literal or metaphorical).

(Cheated a bit, hit "post" to make sure I got B-day wishes in on the 23rd)

Only just getting around to catching up around here, as I have had a long day of housework, homework, then B-day movie (Fantastic 4) and dinner (Applebee's). Many lovely gifts (plus a tiara-worthy occasion), including an absolutely amazing scrapbook my best friend did of our history together - the memories, they come flooding back! But the gift that few in my life can properly appreciate - one of my girlfriends had her "geek" fiance do the shopping for me and I received, in addition to 4 "episodes" of Buffy Season 8, my very own stake! It's so cool!

Vampires of the world, beware!

Apparently not.

That's a *lot* of gardening. I hope sleep helps with the sore. I bet it's purty outside now.

Cass, it has changed it from a wild meadow to a real garden.

We filled 6 yard waste bins. Twice.

Last week we attacked it with a brush mower. This week, raking, weeding and a regular mower.

Me & Paul recovered by meeting on Xbox Live and fragging each other. Practically a time-honored tradition. Also, ND got explodinated everywhere. Also a tradition.