Crap -- my library books were due last Saturday, not today. Well, at least they're renewed now....

I bought some henna for my hair. Going to try it out sometime this weekend, I think.

I was going to go for a bike ride today, but it's too cold. Maybe I'll just take a short ride to the bike shop -- I want to get those grocery bag basket things for the back of my bike.

I've been struggling with the fact that with all the campaign fighting and everything going on, it's hard not to get depressed sometimes. But you know, there's actually some really cool shit happening:

Fewer than 50% of the Democrats in the United States House and United States Senate combined are white, male, straight and Christian.

That's pretty cool.

I'm still a bit freaked about my cat. She's drinking (some) water, eating a little bit, but she still hasn't pooped and only peed a little. The doctor called with the final test results this morning, and she's a bit concerned about her (misshapen on the x-ray) kidney and its output. If she doesn't use the litter box more before Monday, I should bring her back in to have her looked at again. Also, her fever is still around, although I don't think it's as high as it was yesterday.

Pose #3 I've actually done in Yoga! I think it's called Frog pose, and is indeed a runner-up to the handstand.

It looks like crow pose (bakasana) to me.

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Frog is a hip opener done on the ground; it's not a balancing pose if I'm remembering correctly. yes

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Crow is my NEMESIS! I've been trying to do it for...oh, years now, and I'm just no good at it. It has something to do with my center of balance but also I'm just kind of a pussy about not wanting to fall on my face. I can do a headstand and I can do a handstand (well, against the wall) but crow continues to elude me. I'm pretty sure Kat can do it.

Poor Amarna! Feel better little kitty!

More babypic spam, from this morning: bucket full of Boo!

Emmett gave her bucket-rides for a good twenty minutes this morning so we could sleep in.

They enjoy each other so much it's ridiculous. When I was getting in the shower I could hear them harmonizing (sort of) on the vowel sounds. Sort of like: Eeeeeeee! Ooooooooh! Ahhhhhhh! Wooooooo!

And her wheedling voice fight nicely on top of his.

We won our game today and Emmett managed to not wind up in a painful heap at home plate, as he has the last two games.

I'm getting weirdly anxious as the season progresses because some kids from Emmett's tournament team aren't playing well enough to make the All-Star team. That's going to be so hard on them, if they don't make it.

Crow is my NEMESIS! I've been trying to do it for...oh, years now, and I'm just no good at it. It has something to do with my center of balance but also I'm just kind of a pussy about not wanting to fall on my face. I can do a headstand and I can do a handstand (well, against the wall) but crow continues to elude me. I'm pretty sure Kat can do it.

I love crow! Lisa, just put an extra blanket in front of your face and rest assured that you can move your head to the side. to really get into it, you need to lift your hips and move your heart in front of your hands. That's the balance piece.

If you come visit, I'll help you!

Oh, thank goodness my soup came out good! The bread is just OK, and I was worried about the soup. Granted, I put a whole block of cheese in, so how could that be bad?

Otherwise, I have entirely wasted my day. I'll do things tomorrow, I promise!

OMG, now I'm watching Thursday's Colbert, and it's SO AWESOME.