I am waiting to board my flight back to San Francisco. I have a very long To Do list that I need to tackle before I fly to India on Friday morning.

So far I've set some chicken marinating for dinner tonight, some mowing, some dishes, some laundry, a bit more basement cleaning, and added another latch to help dog-proof our kitchen garbage can.

Now I'm actually working on a novel, Cog and the Copper Dragon. Will have to stop to cook dinner before long though.

Achieving verb status has been a personal goal.

Next class started today and there is SO MUCH READING.

Weekend disappointment for my boy. Once a year, I take him to a rugby league match. This year we settled on Melbourne vs Cronulla - last weekend before the finals, and the match to decide the minor premiership. Melbourne was just too good, with a rock-solid defence. (That's a shame, Cronulla was the team I followed before the Canberra Raiders joined the comp, and they're still my second favourite. But silver lining, their loss allowed Canberra to jump into second place with a 52-10 demolition of the Wests Tigers.)

Alas, during the first half, Ryan started to complain that his eye was hurting. He stepped out for a bit, but it was getting worse; and we had to leave at half-time. On the train home, his eye was getting better, but his tummy was getting worse. We weren't a third of the way home when he threw up. We got off the train (found a rubbish bin to dispose of any unpleasantness) and called Biyi to come get us. He threw up again when we got home.

Poor boy. He'd been looking forward to it for many weeks. In happier news, here are the highlights from the Canberra-Wests match. Check out the magic pass to set up the Raiders' second try, about 55 seconds in. (Reminder: in rugby league, you can only pass sideways or backwards, not forwards.) [link]

Way to go Suzi! You Suzi'd the hell outta that test!

Productiveness~ma for everyone who wants it!

Not that I have much productiveness, myself. The weeding got done because the handyman came by; bless him, I told him I didn't like the new concrete pathway and instead of getting all defensive, we talked about what I don't like and how he can fix it. I got a bunch of errands completed Saturday morning that I'd been putting off, but other than that, I haven't done much. Just watching movies and napping a lot. I've gotten some good sleep this weekend, man. I feel so much better.

yesterday was reading and going to a friend's campaign launch party

today was brunch that started at 10 . we got home an hour ago. There are a few thoughts of actually doing some things....but maybe not

Feel better soon, Ryan!

I got in a hike with my niece, helped her take her new bike home, did some dog training, did some yard work, painted a board. Now I need to do the dishes and start on macarons.

screwing up my brother's amazon prime recs again by watching Teen Wolf.

Where's that like button? I need it for msbelle's post.