Another one down

Played with the kids this morning till Dave picked them up around noon. Carole finally cut Alexander's hair after repeated requests, to his increasing displeasure. He said he wanted a haircut like mine, but we all seem to agree that it looked better the other way. Oh well. Lesson learned, and it will long again in a month or less. Both kids woke up early and seemed to show it, as Carole mentioned earlier.

On the whole it was a decent day; it just didn't go the way I was hoping. Between Carole working on the shower curtains she didn't want to do and me working on other random stuff—updating the Gmail address books, installing Freehand, and creating some basic storyboarding sheets for our animation class—plus lunch and watching some Seabiscuit extras, the afternoon got completely away and we didn't end up leaving to run our errands until 5:00.

Stopped at Movie Trading Company to trade in one movie, and ended up leaving with eleven. This time their $3.99 bins were loaded up with some of my favorite films of all time. Unbearable Lightness of Being, You Can Count on Me, To Kill a Mockingbird, Donnie Brasco, as well as great ones that I do want to own like Being John Malkovich and The Hudsucker Proxy. So against my better judgement, I got most of them. (Enough to take advantage of the bulk rate.) $36 I hate to put on the Discover right now, but at $3.99 it makes sense to get them now and not later for four times as much each. Then we headed for Black-Eyed Pea, also against our better judgement, since we knew it would take an hour to get back home and cook anyway. We split a dinner and salad for $7, so it wasn't too bad. Next stop Bed Bath and Beyond to keep registering, then Barnes and Noble next door for an hour or so, even though it kept us out later, just to renew the spirit some before heading home.

Got Brea's pics from Shana's wedding in the mail (neither of the checks we're waiting for, still; grrrr), so we looked at those online after I sent our wedding rabbi the quotes we'd like him to use or paraphrase in the ceremony. Some good pics in the batch, if a little low in picture quality.




And now here I am. I actually meant this to be a "the day happened" precis, but whaddyaknow, I typed more than I intended.

Which just proves I'm right to be with my intended, who I believe is on the other side of the room offering her own take on all the above.

Night, Carole.