Sometimes "I'm tired" means "I'm tired of this" or "I'm tired of people." Does to me, at least.

Oh yes. It most definatley meant that. 9+ hours with Mom. Love her. But. She is afraid of silence. Always has to talk. Sometimes, just wanna watch the game. Or the news. Or whatever. Thankfully there were quiet times while we were listening to the radio shows on the various propositions for the ballet.

Hope all in Sandy's wake are doing ok. Stay safe!!

Someone is mowing their lawn right now. It's a little windy but it hasn't really hit yet. Will came over and we had a late lunch and he stayed for while but I kicked him out so he wouldn't be caught in the high winds.

Finally got around to see a gyno and getting my pap and pelvic exam. The nurse probationer was really nice and when I mentioned the problems I've had with hormonal birth control and that I don't want kids she asked if I had considered either getting my tubes tied or getting Essure (this spring thing that's inserted into the Fallopian tubes.) She said she thought with my insurance I had to have a prelim appointment and then wait a month for the actual procedure, but I could make the prelim appointment next week if I wanted.

I'm going to do a little research and double check with the insurance.

Someone is mowing their lawn right now.

Probably my brother. (Yeah, I know Northfield isn't near you, but he seriously LOVES to mow his lawn. He's like Hank Hill.)

Do you know if he still has power?

I haven't talked to him yet -- I should text him and see.

I keep obsessively looking at this [link] you can click to see by county.

He has power, and he said the wind is just now really getting crazy strong.

I keep obsessively looking at this [link] you can click to see by county.

That's really useful! He's on the border of orange and green.

Our power just went out.

Take care of yourself, Cass, and those spoons.

Speaking of, I made bad choices today. I skipped lunch at work in favor of observing someone teach since I needed to do that anyway and today was a good day for her. Then decided to host double play dates for the kids, hoping to get a bit of lunch in. No luck although I did eat a small snack and I'll make an early dinner. And then Isaac decided to act up for a bit, but he's finally settled down into the play date.

Looks like 1 outage just happened around here. But this is just supposed to be the beginning the high wind watch lasts until 11 am tomorrow.

I opened the window and Penny can hear (Adn I guess see even though it's dark) leaves rustling and she keeps trying to run into the bedroom to find them. She wants those leaves.