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Ladies Night

On Saturday night I went to a bachelorette party for a co-worker and I realized that I hadn’t been out dancing in a very long time.  It started out with a rather tame dinner since we had a few “grown ups” with us.  I made a veil (hand sewn!!) for the bride-to-be and R. brought a pink boa to complete the look.  After dinner, we went to a bar and then a club that was just next door.  Once the grown ups left, there were 7 of us left and we had a good time dancing and booty-bumping with everyone.  The club was CROW-DED but made for a very festive celebration for the bride-to-be.  With a full day of sailing and sun and a dose of Dramamine, I was ready to go home by 11:30 pm.  It certainly wasn’t a crazy late night out but just enough activity for me.  I was asleep by midnight and not too drunk for another day of sailing ahead.

Ner’zhul is full

Muhahahahahahahahahaha. Someone got the new expansion pack, installed it as soon as he got home from work, and found this on the screen. Oh noes!

*happy dance*

Teaching Day Off

I got the day off work today so that I could give my lecture this afternoon. It was the first of a series that finishes next week and my first official lecture of my teaching career. I had a powerpoint presentation, handouts, and had to wear a microphone. Overall, I think it went well and there weren’t any major audio-visual glitches. I even finished by 3:00 pm and had the rest of the day off. I finally got to tidy up the house and finish the laundry too.

What a good boy.

Last night I babysat Jack and he was quite the entertainer.  When I arrived, he was a little whiny as if he knew that his parents were about to leave.  Fortunately for me, he quickly forgot about them once they left.  We read books, he played the piano for me, he pushed his wagon around the house, and he also showed me how he likes to harass the cats.  It was all very cute.

By 8 pm, he walked over to the baby gate in front of his room and seemed to signal that he wanted to go inside.  I guess it was time for bed.  I grabbed his warmed bottle and we sat down for “Goodnight Moon”.  Then I plopped him into his crib and he turned on his sleeping music.  I tucked him into his sleeping sack and gave him his bottle.  Just as Ryan said, he downed the bottle in just a couple minutes and gave me his sleepy eyes.  I gave him his horsie blankie, said “goodnight”, and turned off the light.  He immediately whined loudly and tried to stand up at the rail but he quickly began talking to himself and mouthing his blanket for the next couple minutes.  Soon enough he was out like a light and the rest of the evening was a piece of cake.  Perhaps he knew that it was his mommy’s birthday and had to be on his best behavior or maybe he’s just a good boy.  I’ll never know but at least he was an angel that night that I was in charge.

All done!

Yay, the election is over.  I can now walk through the streets of San Francisco without the barrage of Obama this and Prop 8 that.  Hopefully Prop 3 will pass so the hospital will get some desperately needed funding.  It’s sad when I’m supposed to be doing feeding therapy and we don’t have any food.  Parents are having to bring food or I end up buying babyfood at Target.

But I digress…This truly is an historic day for us as a country but I hope that there will be more to it than just a sigh of relief in the coming months.  Growing up near the “Orange Curtain” and now living in SF has given me two very one-sided views of the world and I know that a lot of people voted strictly along party lines and not because they necessarily believed in their candidate.  Yes, we’re in debt.  Yes, we are in war.  Yes, President Bush sucks.  Let’s get over it and talk about something else.  I would like to see a happier, more optimistic world that prefers to debate about which is the best Halloween candy.  I’d like to live in a community where I don’t have to go to work with grumpy liberals who constantly complain about our healthcare system and economy.  I like all of the people I work with but when politics come up at lunchtime, I just have to pick up my things and finish my lunch elsewhere.  Most would say that I’m a passenger in life and I tend to go wherever the car takes me.  Nevertheless, I would like to be able to stare out the window and enjoy the ride as well.