Oh Ryan, you little star! Lethal cuteness and walking? Deadly combination. Admirable work there on your and his mom's part, bt!

Damn, that's what I forgot to mention earlier. Ryan's complete adorableness stole the words right out of my head. BT and Wallybee, you should be very proud of your contribution to the world's gene pool.

And, thank you all for the comments. I'm tired, but I'm getting positive reaction (and also, lots of traffic. Sadly, some of it brings ignorance).

I just hope I'll start to get stories. So far, lot of reactions, zero stories sent.

The stories will come once the storytellers feel safe, I think.

{{{Fred Pete and family}}}

This is the third time in a row that I went to the grocery store to buy pasta sauce and a few other things, and ended up buying a bunch of other stuff and forgetting the pasta sauce.

Tired. extra low on energy and not sure why

((FredPete and Hubs))) I know how hard it is to lose a beloved kitty.

can i put in a standing reqest for thread names to not include any mention of cookies (or other baked goods)? Every time i look at buffistas, i want a cookie. And that is very often. (why yes, i am highly suggestible when sugar is involved)

OTOH, i'm much better at my job after a cookie, far nicer to the callers. But then i go swimming and catcha glimpse of myself in a mirror and shudder in shock and horror.

Tired. extra low on energy and not sure why

Allergies? Lack of sunlight? October is usually a month when I feel extra tired for those reasons.

We took care of the tux rental tonight, and I have a dress fitting tomorrow. We plan on applying for our marriage license on Friday. Things are coming together for this elopement.

The people who have been on campus the past week or so protesting abortion with those huge posters of gory late-term abortion photos have added something new -- today, they had with them a group of little kids who held hands and danced around in a circle while singing "A fetus is a person." So wrong, in so many ways.

I am super extra tired but I know exactly why. First, it`s that whole regular massive loss of blood thing we do all the time. Ridiculous system, honestly. And secondly, I was solo doing the traveling music school thing today. The SO is covering the music store while the owner`s in Hawaii. So, extra dosh for us (good since I fucked up and went way over on data by falling asleep with Rhapsody downloading). But tiring.
 
But cramps and rumbly tummy have been settled by plain rice cooked in homemade chicken stock. And the kiddoes were super fun today, with bonus science time where we played with UV reactive beads and black light. And I am now hanging out in front of the fire so I feel much better. Heading out to pick up the mail and the SO, in that order, shortly.