Eeeep! Thud. Wibble. Brain broken

Hee! I was waiting for Teppy to see the picture and enjoy. Come visit Seattle, Teppy! People will tie you up! :)

I'm thinking of renting Love Actually for Christmas this year.

I adore that movie, and may be making it a holiday tradition--the first time I saw it was over a Thanksgiving break, and it totally put me in the "Christmas is coming!" mood.

Is it wrong that I want a beer after I get out of therapy today?

No. Is this the one who thinks you're an alcoholic, or was that the other one?

Eep, Susan, that's very creepy!!!

Glad things turned out okay, Susan.

Susan's adventure reminds me of the time my parents' place was burgled - a kid crawled in through the cat door into the garage and picked the lock on the connecting door then made off with the VCR and maybe a couple of other things, leaving muddy footprints all over the place in the process. My parents were away and my sister, the only one of us kids living there at the time, was staying with my grandmother. She happened to come home after the burglary to pick up something she had forgotten and though "why did Mom and Dad take the VCR with them?"

Eeeep! Thud. Wibble. Brain broken

Hee! I was waiting for Teppy to see the picture and enjoy. Come visit Seattle, Teppy! People will tie you up! :)

The Boy liked the picture, too. He was agog at Matisse's catsuit, and also said, "Oooh, Monk tied her!"

So, meara, were you a Santa (or Ms. Santa) the following night?

Joe = Adorable.

Pete's title has been revoked for the nonce.

Joe is sitting in front of Hogfather , drinking hot cocoa with marshmallows, grinning like alittle boy who just woke up Christmas morning.

So, meara, were you a Santa (or Ms. Santa) the following night?

Yep! In hooded "fur" trimmed Santa minidress, with leather corset and boots. Don't have pictures yet, though, but have been promised a CD of that night.

Not my best evening ever...

We just noticed Annabel felt like a little furnace and was being more sedate and cuddly than normal.

She's running a fever of 102.

Holy crap, Susan - like you need another source of stress!

Meara - I have no words. (Well, I do, but they're fairly incoherent, and boil down to 'gah'.)

I also had a day that sucks beyond the telling of it. I think it would be too dreary to describe.

I led Annabel through the garage, opened the door quickly, and shouted "Who's there?" in my best firm, authoritative voice, hoping that if anyone was inside, they'd be startled into making a noise.

I am not criticizing and I know you've had a bad day, Susan, but please, everyone, do not rely on a firm voice. Rely on 911. If you are suspicious and call the police, the police will tell you you did the right thing. You may feel stupid, but that's way better than feeling dead.

Oh man, Susan that's so creepy! I'm glad everyone (and everything is okay).

All I have to say is FREEDOM! Finally that crappy class is over. I wish I had taken in more food tonight for extra credit, but I forgot.

Anyway, before the exam my grade was an 87 and she said if I stayed at that within 3 points she'd bump me to the next letter grade (A).

I got a 15/20 on my oral presentation, which is fine considering how half assed it was and a 70/80 on the paper. Which I'm also fine with.

I over heard that the highest over all grade before the final was a 90. I'm not sure how many people have a 90.

We had a 50 question test with each question worth 2 points, 4 points added on to each test for the curve and 2 points extra for those stayed after test was graded, all added up I got an 84, which looking at people's reactions was pretty good. If my math is right I have an 86 as a final grade, 1 point away from getting bumped up to a higher grade.

The girl who I've become friendly with totally bombed the test, she got 19 out of 50 questions right and she burst into tears and tried to get an explanation but the teacher wasn't having any of it. She also read the syllabus and based the structure of her paper off that and she got seriously marked down for not writing it correctly so she's really upset.

So I stayed after class to console her and talk to her about what she was going to do.

Then on my way home I witnessed an accident. I pulled up to the intersection as the light turned red and was sitting there for a few seconds when a car 2 lanes over flew through the red light and smacked right into an oncoming car. So I drove around the block so I could safely pull over (there were issues of one way streets) and go offer to be a witness, I stuck around until the police came, gave my statement and went over to Mom's to tell her my grade.

Now I have to do a quick load of laundry before bed.