he "just got out of jail last night," and he needed to get in touch woth a woman who has no phone and he doesn't know when she'll be online.

This would give me a raised eyebrow.

So today is favorite cousin's birthday, and I can't go down to New Orleans to play. This is the woman I once drove from Dallas to D.C. to go to her party and then drive back for.

Fooey.

Also, I don't think all the coffee in the world can rid me of this gronk.

I have no real plans. I may go to a gov't surplus auction and look at some barristers bookcases. I just don't know how I would get them home.

Shef mommy wen you git hom ples mak bsgety fram Emeline to mommy.

What I hate about the electronic age is that there's no easy way to save text messages forever and ever, like there is when your kid leaves you a note on your lunchbag, or the electric bill.

Because that text is a thing of beauty, truly. (I love "Shef mommy" the most.)

Daisy! And Dana and Nora and anyone else. I'm noodling around some halloween plans since it looks like Brazil might be off the table. (I also turn 40 that week.)

Tell me about Halloween in NO, please? Good/bad/way over my head?

Steph - that's why I posted it here! Buffistas will be around forever and ever!!

(And I love Shef mommy, too. She cracks me up when she calls me that.)

My plans include the movies (if I can get my ass moving in the morning, which seems unlikely at this point), celebration of my grandmother's birthday Part 1, and lots of salad.

I did not like salad until I was an adult. I still don't like raw (or even intact cooked) tomatoes. I even tried one...maybe a year ago? Not a fan.

Well, he has left reluctantly with his three police buddies. One of the cops told us he has been banned from the County by a judge, which is generally not a good sign. Also, he seems to have VOLUNTEERED this fact to them.

Seriously, if the guy had asked for guest access and not talked about his jail-ish activities, he could have used the computer happily for 2 hours. No need to play up the bad-guy stuff, dude!

Our going our of town plans fell through because of time and money, everyone's favorite villains. I am bummed.

So, sitting in the hot sun at 10 am to see a kiddie play (our son is a performer) and then...dunno. Maybe to the waterpark? Petting zoo? Despicable Me?

Tell me about Halloween in NO, please? Good/bad/way over my head?

Good. Not over your head at all. There is plenty to do, but I never found it to be OMGWTF crazy.

I will be lucky if I am able to take a trip for years after India, and that makes me sad. But, apparently, plans are afoot and we may be in buckle down mode for a while.