That's exciting, Stephanie. Congrats.

Emmett and I spent all day in Walnut Creek playing on our new wood bat tournament team. (Well, he played. I watched.) We tied in the first game, then played poorly in the second game and got our asses handed to us.

We could've won the first game too but had too many misplays.

And the great pitcher we had in the first game? Off to work for Habitat for Humanity in Guatemala for the summer.

Have a sense of priorities, kid!

Actually it wasn't a bad day. Not too hot, and we were at least competitive in the first game. But this team needs to pull together and play smarter.

Emmett didn't hit much, but he played good D today. Made a couple nice plays in right and his usual excellent catcher. (If he'd been catching in the first game, I think we would've won. Though he would've taken a tremendous hit at home on a straight steal to get that out.)

This is mostly a team of 14 y.o.s and Emmett's kind of on the bubble among the 13 y.o. players. But it's good experience, and it's baseball and learning to play with wood bats is important.

Posting from iPhone ack. BBQ ala bro tonight. Several vdka & somethings in w/Sil. Apple pie, too. If I do not gain lbs this trip ...

Took kids to zoo. They were fucking cute. Anyway, patience with keys has run out.

I forgot to say Happy Birthday Plei!

Stephanie, that's just wonderful! I'm a little envious, to tell you the truth.

We are proceeding on the built-ins, and once they're up and installed we can finally finish unpacking.

Maria, that hand lotion sounds awesome--do you mind sharing the brand?

I think these might be the flames I want for my car: [link]

Thank god for normal keyboards, good grief. I have a headache after typing those few lines, but my brother gave over his laptop to me.

Anyway, so far, a really nice trip. Very glad these people are my family.

For furture record, they can be hard to tell apart [link] but the kitten has clearer eyes and is browner [link] and MK is [link]

I have a small tv box full of smaller stuff to ebay: clothes, canisters, trays. Then I have a bed and a clothes dryer.

Wow, it sounds like you've gotten rid of a lot. Congrats.

I liked the Buffalo Trace

Haven't tried it yet. On the list it goes.

Several vdka & somethings in w/Sil

Good for you, sara! It sounds like you're having fun.

Maria, that hand lotion sounds awesome--do you mind sharing the brand?

elizabethW. My salon carries the line, and I love it. All-natural ingredients and non-cloying scents. Their products are handcrafted and they try to source locally in San Francisco. You can purchase the entire catalog on line if there's no local retail source: [link]

Ugh.

I had a bad food day AGAIN today. My mom is a terrible food influence on me. The thing is, when she is here, I gain weight and she magically loses it. WTF?!

We did go to dim sum and got rockstar parking (yay Handicap parking pass!!), but Noah and Grace are a handful at dim sum. Noah did eat his weight in fried rice and drank lots of tea. Grace did... well, not.

I love the dim sum green beans and even the dim sum broccoli was A-MAY-ZING[sic]! So yum. But I overate and feel vaguely nauseated now.

Also, I found my MIA calendar. YAY.

Next week, I have a meeting in Palm Springs (yay? desert?) and then we leave for Idaho (yay? 16 hour car ride with a potty trained(??) kid and a neckbreather?) for a week. Then back home and then Grace starts summer pre-school and away we go. I'm going to be sad when mom goes, but by then we'll have respite nursing 3 nights a week.

Anyone have info on Seroquil?

Guh. I just finished taking this test and it was pretty flipping awful. BUT, it's over now, and no one in the whole world cares about my grade, so..... yay test is over!!