Someone linked it in the comments of the original blog post.

Okay, that's a relief. I was worrying about your wanderings.

As for tonight, once I leave work I have big-store errands to run (ouch), and then I report into work tomorrow morning at 7am, so I'm going to keep it close to home. Under no circumstances can I risk more of a headache than I have now.

But this is out of control, so keep asking me. Or maybe one day I'll get my apartment tidy (although never remotely babyproof).

Happy Birthday Hec!

Thank you all for the birthday wishes!

Emmett hit me a double for my birthday and we won the Tournament of Champions. Which means our team is the best team in all of District 4, which is about 130 teams altogether.

It was a very tense game (again) but late in a tie game Emmett lead off with a long double to right field that one-hopped to the fence. And he eventually came around to score the go ahead run.

They made a fight of it, and scored two in their last at bat, but we prevailed 4-3.

Emmett also ripped a single, so he seems to be over his hit-by-pitch panic. He also threw out another baserunner as the catcher. So, it was very gratifying.

Then I scooted down the peninsula to attend Suzi's going away party. Saw fellow birthday celebrators Deb and Nic (and K-Bug's boyfriend), and many Buffistae (it was pretty much a full turn out of the Bay Area group).

Matilda was working the super-adorable thing, and as K-Bug is the Best Teeanger Ever she played with Matilda lots and lots. I'm pretty sure there were pictures.

JZ wore the dress I got her for her birthday and a swell time was had by all. I gave Suzi lots of extra hugs.

Emmett hit me a double for my birthday and we won the Tournament of Champions.

Woo hoo!

Apparently my uncle is a coach for my cousin's baseball team, and my mother was telling crazy stories from their league. Like, apparently there was a coach who made his less-good players stay home for important games, so he only had to play the 9 best kids. Also, his co-coach or whatever was having the better pitchers throw more than the allowed number of pitches. It's funny, my uncle is nuts about a lot of things (never get into a car he's driving unless you enjoy road rage), but is really insistent that the baseball team stay fun.

Like, apparently there was a coach who made his less-good players stay home for important games, so he only had to play the 9 best kids.

Ha! We suspected the team we played today did that. They only had 10 players. We played our full 12, including the kid who could only bunt.

Also, his co-coach or whatever was having the better pitchers throw more than the allowed number of pitches.

Yeah, that's a big no-no and will get you forfeited out of the tournament. It's why we have so many complicated rules about pitching and rest.

Had a bit of a scare this afternoon. I was on the phone with a friend, tv was on the tennis, suddenly the wind came up, the sky turned dark and it was pouring rain. Then the electricity flashed, tv, tivo and phone all went out. I actually felt it in my phone. (It's comcast digital voice.) Rained and hailed for about 10 more minutes and then it was bright and sunny for the rest of the day.

Weird.

. I was on the phone with a friend, tv was on the tennis, suddenly the wind came up, the sky turned dark and it was pouring rain. Then the electricity flashed, tv, tivo and phone all went out. I actually felt it in my phone. (It's comcast digital voice.) Rained and hailed for about 10 more minutes and then it was bright and sunny for the rest of the day.

Did you or your friend say something mean about Kaikias?

I now feel like an enormous loser: a friend just called with a question from bar trivia. Not only was I here to take the call, I knew the answer. The question was who was the first person to win the million on the US Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

Happy birthday, Hec!!

And congrats to Emmett and his fellow Champion Cubs! (Not the NL Cubs--they sucked today.)

I finally worked at the bookstore, for the first time in three weeks (last weekend was by my request for the F2F, the rest of the time off was due to cutback in available hours because of lower revenue). We got new registers 2 1/2 weeks ago, so today was all about me getting used to them and their newfangled touchscreens. Also, the home office has been on the managers' cases to increase new membership card sales, and we've been doing a good job on that this week, so we only needed two more today to make the goal for this week.

I got five (buffs fingernails on shirt in satisfaction).

When I pointed out my lack of hours to one of the assistant managers (not the one in charge of scheduling), she said that they've decided that the fewer hours will be doled out to those who help the store meet their goals, so I should be getting more of those hours very soon. Yay!

I now feel like an enormous loser: a friend just called with a question from bar trivia. Not only was I here to take the call, I knew the answer. The question was who was the first person to win the million on the US Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

Or you are a special sort of genius!

I was at a babyful cookout where I talked about my Chicago gentleman friend A. Lot. and played Mario Kart very very badly. Now I am home and should do some sort of housework but I think I'll retire to the airconditioned room w/ a beer and a book.