Finally made it home. An angel sat next to me and got glitter on my leather jacket. And a guy asked me what music I was listening to. That was the extent of my excitement.

Allyson, I am reading Sam to mac at bedtime and we are both loving it.

Why am I up? Well, I went to bed at 9:30, so there's that, then, cats - they insisted on food.

I am going to try for more sleep now though. The arthritis in my right hand is making it feel like a swollen achy club more than a hand.

Skipping oh-so-much (oh, what brave new world, with such internet in it! You're back! And, hopefully, this time, without any disappearing-for-almost-a-week like you did last time!) because, according to the Buffista Calendar, today is DCJensen's birthday.

Happy birthday, Daniel! With lots of wishes for a great day and a wonderful year!

And, of course, my deepest apologies to all those whose birthdays I've missed in those dark troubled days of no internet* - I've threadsucked now and was pleased - though, obviously, not the bit surprised - that you were still wished great blessings on time, but still, I wish I could join, as well, with electrons on board, and not just in my heart.

*Well, they were dark and troubled because moving your stuff from three places at once is tough, especially when the place that has the most day-to-day items you need in order to, well, live day-to-day, is 13 floors down and is the proud owner of an elevator which stopped functioning right when you needed it in order to move from that temporary place, and if possible, on time for the beginning of the semester its crazy hours. Oh, and it's been unfunctioning for 3 weeks before finally getting fixed, and yup, climbing 13 floors with a couple of bags each time instead of loading a big cart a few times through the elevator is never fun, and where was I? Oh, yeah. Having no internet for that time was dark and troubled, as well - I missed the world.

Welcome back, Nilly! Sorry moving was such a pain. How's the new place?

Oh my goodness, Nilly -- 13 floors is WAY TOO MANY. But I'm glad you're settling in a new place, finally.

Also: Happy birthday, Daniel!

Also also: Now I really need to do stupid work before I go to brunch, and holy cow, do I not want to do that.

Hi Nilly! That's way too much excitement, if you ask me?

Is your elevator set up for Sabbath service? A couple months ago a friend forwarded me a link to an article about how they're programmed -- something I'd never considered!

Timelies all!

Hi Nilly!

Woke up with sore shoulders and other places. This doesn't really surprise me, since I was on my feet from the time I got on the Metro to go down to the Mall to when we caught a Red Line train at Fort Totten(we were having no luck getting a Red Line train at Gallery Place, so we took a Green line train to Fort Totten and switched lines.). Most of that time was spent far too close to people I'm not married to, and my purse was on my shoulder the whole time.

Yipes Nilly, sounds like a brutal move. Glad to see you!

I am waiting for my coffee to finish brewing, then I'm hoping to get some grading done before the chaos of the day starts.

I tried to give myself a zombie manicure last night. Didn't do a good job, but I suppose that's OK. It only needs to last the one day as I'm fairly sure I don't want to teach with bloody looking fingers.

Good luck with the grading, Burrell. My attempt at working isn't going so well. Bleh! Maybe a shower.