Y'know, I'm usually pretty cynical about advertising, but I have to tip my hat to the folks at the Discovery Channel: [link]

2 of my grandparents had open caskets and have graves. The other two went to science and have no markers anywhere. Maybe somewhat unsurprisingly, seeing my (to be donated to science) dead grandfather as he was carried out on a gurney I found less disturbing than the open caskets. Maybe because he'd died in the house with us, and so it was an immediate confirmation, whereas the open caskets were enough after I'd accepted the deaths to be redundant.

I didn't get to bed until 4:30 am. Babysitting was fine, if late. We made brownies! Or rather, I supervised since the baby decided he needed feeding just as we started the process. I had visions of the 6 year old dropping the bowl (and there were a couple of near misses) but it went well. Kids passed out with half eaten brownies on the couches not too much later. Unfortunately, they took up all the couches, and I wasn't comfortable navigating the stairs carrying them, so I had no couch to crash on. I sat in the kitchen watching HGTV and Animal Planet. Man, some of those personalities would be well suited to children's tv...

Also confirmed it is best I not get cable.

Vacuumed, mopped, cleaned the bathroom and carpet cleaned once I hauled my ass out of bed.

Still a little out of it.

Matt, thanks for sharing that link. That is indeed a fantastic commercial. It makes me happy.

Kevin, people cancel at the last minute so keep your eye on hotels closer. Of course, I think the closer hotels will be out of your budget, but you might get lucky.

Timelies all!

Yay, Passover is done! I am sooo sick of matzo.

Congrats on the move, Allyson!

t hands crusty yummy bread to Sheryl

sarameg, you should have gone upstairs and taken one of the kids' beds....

I have fought with and conquered the last of the homework problems for my Java class! So now it's just down to the final project, really, due May 7th. Plenty of time, right?

I don't like to full sleep when babysitting. It's paranoia. I'll lie down in the same room and doze, but only as long as I can hear them. It's goofy, I know.

ita, I almost called you to see if you wanted visitors today.

I'm sort of sitting here in a daze. I was supposed to visit Colin today, but he had a bunch of friends flake on him and mess up his schedule. Plus I don't feel up to driving the couple miles to pick up my Depakote prescription much less all the way over to Eagle Rock.

I probably would have been up to seeing you--don't ever hesitate about calling. If it's too much, I just won't answer.

Though someone called from a number I didn't recognise while I was out of the earshot of the phone. I'm not full on the sort of person who calls those numbers back, but it's local and I'm curious. Still, ennui will probably have the better of me.

ita, did you get the email I sent you this weekend?