I think the worst part of the sleep dep was how snappish DH and I got with each other. When you're both exhausted, it's hard to be civil.

That's definitely an issue. She's down to just an hour long nap at daycare.

It's more that she keeps waking up and won't go back to sleep readily. This week (while we've been insisting that she sleep in her bed all night) she's up every couple hours like a newborn.

Yeah, I slept really bad last night. Downstairs guy was making a lot of noise; upstairs guy was yelling at him.

Also, yesterday I emailed my boss (who's in London) telling him I'd be in at 8:00 this morning, and if this was not OK he should text me. So he texts me at 1:00 a.m. (7:00 a.m. London time) to tell me 8:00 is OK. Of course that woke me up too. And then I woke up at 6:00 and couldn't get back to sleep....

Last night was full moon, so unless you have blackout drapes, the ambient light may be an issue (my mom has always had issues with it.)

And then the 30 minutes I tacked on to the end of the recording weren't enough to catch the last minute or so of play!

I know! Challenges and blah blah blah back and forth. So you probably missed the last Saints interception.

If you put commas on fingers on both hands, and then you could make air quotes with style.

This is the most glorious Scola idea since chopsticks and Cheetos.

And then the 30 minutes I tacked on to the end of the recording weren't enough to catch the last minute or so of play!

I've gone to 45 minutes extra on NFL games, they can really run long. I always watch on delay now and steadfastly avoid finding out what happened until I watch it. I don't think I can go back to not fast forwarding through commercials, time outs, and challenges.

Back to yesterday's quiz questions.

My dad, the engineer with a PhD missed all three due to careless reading.

My son, the 7th grader, got 2/3 and had done the right math for the third, but didn't answer the question asked.

My daughter, the college junior, got them all correct.

I had gotten 2/3 due to misreading the third question.

Not sure what that says about us as a family, other than emphasizing the need to slow down and double check what is being asked. And that applies to so many things in life.

sneaking in to high five -t and Dana

This week (while we've been insisting that she sleep in her bed all night) she's up every couple hours like a newborn.

Ugh- well, hopefully this is transitory until she gets the hang of sleeping in her bed. Good luck though.

I think I convinced DH to vote before he goes to work, yay!

So you probably missed the last Saints interception.

There was another one? Good lord.

I don't think I can go back to not fast forwarding through commercials, time outs, and challenges.

I like zipping past the commercials, though it is harder to decide when to go to the bathroom or go get something out of the kitchen, but if I try to FF through time outs, etc., the rhythm of the game feels wrong.

That said, there was no reason for me not tack on even more extra time to the end, but I didn't realize it was a good idea.

Daisy! Woo!

{{ZMayhems}} I wish you all sleep. If only it was that was enough to make it so.

There was another one? Good lord.

After the Falcons scored a field goal, they recovered the onside kick (through this really bizarre pile-up where no one would move and refs were basically having to bodily move players off the pile). Part of the reason the final minute took so long is because Payton called a timeout *just* as they kicked, so he could see which formation they were going with, which doesn't seem quite fair to me.

Anyway, with like 10 seconds left they tried a Hail Mary, and Sharper picked it off before the end zone.

(WHO DAT?)