Timelies all!

Quiet day here. Going to hit the mall and the library.

I hate this cold.

I could've slept in some. But like every other day this week, I woke up and can't go back to sleep despite being exhausted.

Which, on one hand...I didn't miss the FedEx guy. Jesus. 9 am. That's just mean.

OMG, you guys, there is a grilled cheese cart in my neighborhood on weekend late nights and it is MADE OF AWESOME! Plus they make maybe the best fries I've ever had. (with malt mayonnaise! yum!!!) you could also get sweet potato fries but I didn't wait around for that. And the guys who run it are totally cute and nice and thrilled that people were into their thing. And there was a band, too, with an accordian. I am loving my neighborhood right now!!!

That's it. I'm moving to Baltimore.

My dad must be lurking. He called me the other day and asked me to make him grilled cheese sandwiches when I come over today.

OMG, you guys, there is a grilled cheese cart in my neighborhood on weekend late nights and it is MADE OF AWESOME! Plus they make maybe the best fries I've ever had. (with malt mayonnaise! yum!!!) you could also get sweet potato fries but I didn't wait around for that. And the guys who run it are totally cute and nice and thrilled that people were into their thing. And there was a band, too, with an accordian. I am loving my neighborhood right now!!!

I a) want a grilled cheese sandwich and b) want one of those carts!

I have a full blown head cold. I should have stayed in bed, but I dragged myself to the farmer's market totally hopped up on cold medicine. Of course I ran into a few people I hadn't seen in ages, and was very spacey and congested and probably acted like a freak.

I think I will go back to bed for a while.

I'm researching voter ID requirements for new voters in Virginia on my brother's behalf. (He's back in Moscow now for a few weeks but returning to the States next week.) Anyone have experience here?

He's worried that he doesn't have anything official that shows his VA address - he sublets a condo and doesn't pay utilities, hasn't changed over his driver's license, etc. But he has been living there for the past year. His paychecks still show his Moscow address. He's got a check from the IRS that was mailed to his VA address, and he's changed one of his bank accounts from online to paper statements, but hasn't received anything from them yet so he's concerned. Anyone know what's required? Would early voting be a good idea to minimize potential problems or at least give him time to scramble for something more if need be?

Can he get any kind of printout from the bank with his information, either off the website or from a branch? That might count. But early voting is a good idea.

If VA won't accept it, maybe he can get an absentee ballot from his old address? (I mean, I assume he has an American license from a previous address he hasn't changed?)

brenda, does he have his car registered?

He doesn't have a car. He usually votes absentee in Wisconsin but now that he's registered in VA I don't know if that's possible. That's another reason early voting would probably be a good call though. I think he comes back from Russia on Monday so that would leave him a little time to regroup if need be.

Hee. Going after the hockey mom demographic, boy band style: [link]