Thank You

A great end to a really good day...coming home tonight to find bee balm on my front porch. I laughed so hard, I could barely breathe. So, thank you, Bee Balm gifter for an awesomely awesome gift. I just hope no one pees on it this time... at least until the season's first EP :)

Well, Hello Dracula. How You Doin'?

I've discovered 2 bite marks on my neck right under my jaw so I'm assuming that they must be vampire bites. Makes sense, right? And it's terribly sexy. This would also explain why I've been tired during the days lately and awake all night. Oh, and don't forget that pesky aversion to sunlight. Vampire bites are usually itchy, aren't they? I'd hate to be all excited about a stupid mosquito...

When Lame Excuses Are Handed To Me On A Silver Platter

Dear Neighborhood Children (including my own),

I'm not sure what kind of magnet my mower has in it that makes all 6 of you cluster in the exact small area I'm mowing, no matter how many times I tell you to move to a safer place. And I'm thrilled that my children told you the "signal" to get me to turn the mower off so that you can tell me something in an emergency. I'm not exactly sure how "Can we play in your house?", "Why does J make you do all the mowing?", and "My foot is starting to hurt" constitute emergencies, however, I am grateful that you got me so frustrated after turning the mower off at least 6 times in 30 minutes that I gave up. Because I didn't want to mow. And it's kind of hot today. And I have lots of other things to do. So, thank you. Any time someone wants to hand me a ready-made excuse to procrastinate, I'm gonna take it.

Best Regards,

The Meanest Mild Mannered Librarian Ever

I've Still Got It

Impeccable timing that is. I've been planning this Alaskan cruise for next year and inviting friends and family that I would actually like to see for an entire week to come along. I mentioned before that the power of the internet helped me get back in touch with Howdy and we've been emailing a little back and forth, catching up on the 7 years since we last saw each other. She and I always got along great and hopefully by now she's forgotten about all the dumb drunken stuff she's seen me do so I asked her to come along. And you know what? She said she and her girlfriend were just talking about wanting to go to Alaska so...Yay! They're going. In the words of Howdy, "You have crazy good timing." Yeah, I really do. Now if I could just harness this power for good...

But, really, what fun would that be??

Friday Afternoon Confessions

1. I'm embarrassed to admit, though it will come as no surprise to anyone that my current streak of 7 days of running (plodding) is the longest streak I've had since I was...um...ok, it's the longest streak ever. And, while I'll completely agree with Perpetual Runner that a treadmill is incredibly boring it is A. Better than push mowing for hours and B. Impossible for me to make excuses when it's sitting right there in my basement. And, boy, you know I love coming up with lame excuses.

2. My current song obsessions are all sung by James Taylor. Specifically "Fire and Rain", "Carolina in My Mind" and "Something in the Way She Moves." Now, I'm not embarrassed to like JT. I even went to see him in concert when I was 17 on a perfect summer day, laying in the grass with a boy I would've sworn was the love of my life, eyes closed, listening to him sing songs that were written long ago. But it becomes embarrassing when you have repeated the same 3 songs about 15 times today and the song "Carolina in My Mind" makes you hope that J gets relocated to one of the Carolinas...