Under the heading "Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most."

I woke up about the time of the time change tonight and set a couple of clocks ahead, including the bathroom clock.

I also got lost trying to puzzle out a problem and puttered around a bit.

So I lost track of, as it happens, time.

So when I found myself in the bathroom again a few minutes ago, I laughed out loud, as I saw that both Andi and I had set the clock ahead 1 hour. So I set it back an hour.

Except that she didn't. When I got back downstairs just now I noticed, that yes, indeed it is almost 5 AM now.

t headdesk.

Time to go back to sleep.

Andrea, my love, please set the clock in the bathroom when you see this message in the morning. I am apparently non compos mentis right now.

Ok, got the job done. I've set it to about the same time as my bedroom clock. By which I mean it's more like ten minutes ahead rather than 15.

BTW, why do two of my nephews now have facial hair?! When the heck did my beautiful little kewpie-doll David grow up enough to have a beard?!? Insanity!

Oh, meara. That so sucks. I guess it was breakup night. Hang in there, you.

BTW, why do two of my nephews now have facial hair?! When the heck did my beautiful little kewpie-doll David grow up enough to have a beard?!? Insanity!

Total insanity! I mean, I can't believe mine is already falling in love with Star Wars, but facial hair! Hopefully I have a few more years before that.

I knew I was forgetting something. meara, I'm sorry you had to end this relationship. Here's to you finding just the right woman.

I can't believe mine is already falling in love with Star Wars

Isaac has added Star Wars to his list of obsessions, along with the more age appropriate Transformers. He saw a Millennium Falcon at one of Franny's friend's houses and that was it. Of course, he calls it the American Falcon. What can I say? Pronunciation is hard.

Oh, goodness! How cute!

Apparently, at the end of the first Star Wars (Episode 4, actually), Cooper smiled and clapped. I wish I could have seen that. He is his daddy's boy, even if he looks more like Mama!

Ellie and Joe have been watching the Clone Wars together. I think it's definitely not age appropriate but they are having so much fun and I hate always being the enforcer.

eta: Ellie has taken to calling herself "Padawan Ellie" and using anything around as a lightsaber. Geek starts early around here.

Isaac hasn't seen any of it yet, Stephanie. He is concerned he'll find it scary, and we think he's right.

Ellie has taken to calling herself "Padawan Ellie" and using anything around as a lightsaber.

hee! so cute!

Stephanie, Owen is a Clone Wars fan, too. He got a lightsaber for Christmas and he loves it. I have to confess I loved it when he started showing interest in it and went ahead and got the DVDs--we also watch on TV together.

Okay, I have to share what happened to me yesterday.

Background: my neighborhood, while generally wonderful, also sees a LOT of crime. I can't remember if I mentioned that back in November, the police busted a local gang that was based in my neighborhood. And I mean "gang" like Crips and Bloods. They did some nasty shit. (Also? The spelling of their name -- "Taliband," with a "D" -- is how they really spell it. Buh? The Boy jokes that the next gang will call themselves Al-Kinda.)

So while the neighborhood is fantastic, it isn't always the safest place. There have been a lot of break-ins lately, which freaks me out.

So yesterday afternoon, I was on the front porch (it was 72 degrees), talking to my bro on the phone. The Boy's best friend pulls up in the driveway, jumps out of the car with a bag, and runs up to the porch. I told Best Friend that The Boy wasn't home but would be soon, and Best Friend hugs me and says, "No, I'm just here for the dental patient. I figured you could use some ice cream after having a tooth pulled." And then he turns and runs off the porch and jumps in the car, yelling, "You've just been the target of a drive-by ice creaming!"

My brother, who was still on the phone, said, "Did I hear that correctly? I thought your neighborhood was BAD -- you didn't tell me what KIND of drive-bys were getting pulled!"

Apparently Best Friend had called The Boy earlier in the day, and The Boy mentioned my dental woes, and Best Friend said, "I bet she could use some ice cream!" So he made good on that.

I laughed my ass off for a good 5 minutes after Best Friend drove away.

If the damn gangs in my neighborhood would just commit drive-by ice creamings instead of shootings, the world would be a much better place.