Was very happy to get out of Target for under $20 recently. But I did feel likE I'd done something wrong.

Spoke with KCD briefly. Of course the issues from the other day aren't resolved, they are still in his court. Mad making. But I didn't want to push while babysitting.

Speaking of which, I have a sleeping baby in my arms.

man, meara.

so now that you are dressed up, you need somewhere to go! will you go out?

Oh, my umfriend from Atlanta is getting in later tonight, so I have to finish cleaning the house (the date was coffee in a few hours, she canceled this morning). And then I'm nervous but excited about Atlanta. eek.

Also OKCupid related--oddly, after months of no messages, I had three people email me recently. One was the now-canceled date, one was someone in Portland who I haven't responded to because I don't really want to TRY to meet someone far away, and then one is someone who emailed me the other day saying in a slightly awkward way that I was lovely and she liked my hair/eyes/etc.

And then she emailed me again today to say more. Um, OK, weird.

And then she emailed me again later today to say she'd be at the farmer's market (?) today if I was free and wanted to meet up.

Dude. I haven't even RESPONDED to your FIRST email. Don't send three. That's just weird and now I don't want to respond.

meara,

I kind of admire your sociability and seeming ability to have plans a, b, c lined up. if someone had canceled on me, I would be on my couch rocking back and forth humming to myself.

do not contact Fatal Attraction woman.

Oh, BTW, TBS is showing How the Grinch Stole Christmas tomorrow at 8. I plan to tape it and save it for later viewing. One year, I wanted to watch Christmas stuff in mid-December and couldn't find the stuff I wanted!

The kids just left and Noodle is demanding attention. Miss Kitty is still hiding and napping.

I really adore those kids but I'm so not ready to be a grandma. I know it will happen whether I'm ready or not, but hopefully not in the very near future.

TBS is showing How the Grinch Stole Christmas tomorrow at 8

WE HAVEN'T EVEN HAD THANKSGIVING YET!!!

What is this world coming to?

My mother just bought us a Yamaha P-95 (NICE digital piano). It's our Christmas present. She said, "If you let me buy it now I will pay for it; if you want to save it for Christmas I will pay half." How could I say no to that?

I am going to start learning, in hopes that that will make the kids want to learn. So far, this seems to be working. (Also, my mother can't find middle C. This boggles me. I only had 4 weeks of piano lessons when I was 6, but I do know how to find middle C.)

I am going to start learning, in hopes that that will make the kids want to learn.

I had piano lessons from 2nd through 5th grade. I did not like it and hated practicing, etc etc. But I am very glad my parents made me take them, it was a solid musical foundation that I found valuable later on. Even if now, I don't think I could play a single thing on the piano. (ETA: I only wish they'd been so pushy about sports or something physical like dance or gymnastics!)