Andrea's a freakin' genius

(I mean, who doesn't wanna see that once in a while?)

So all of a sudden today, my eye starts itching like crazy. I don't wear contacts or anything, but I remembered--I had eye drops in my desk. Not a bottle of eye drops, but these fantastic single-use eyedrops things from B&L. I love them! It's like having a tiny bottle of eye drops in your house, your purse, your suitcase, your office, and your car--except you only have to buy one bottle. I had some when we were camping and another mom used them to wash something out of her kid's eyes. You don't have to worry about contamination or anything.

They rock! This has been a public service announcement. ("with guitar!"--name that tune.)

Great week at work

I gotta go change for hockey in a sec, but I have to say, I had a great week at work. I still have one big task hanging over me, but I fixed a buncha stuff, checked other tasks off, and was looking at the last part of a big task late Friday afternoon. I had spotted some sample code on the wxWidgets newsgroup and saved it; I modified it and gave it a try. To my amazement, it worked nearly perfectly the first time. I copied a graphic to the system clipboard! I was so jazzed. I thought it would take days, but I'm mostly done--and it took me 2 hours. Awesome.

Take it as it comes

Took the little guy to the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory last night. Saw the 5PM local showing, and it was pretty good, although the squirrel scene (directly out of the book) is a little creepy and he felt he needed to hide his eyes till it was done.

Anyway, we took my bike & the bike trailer there. As I started home, he seemed extremely quiet, so I peeked around--out cold, his head bobbing with every dip in the road. When we got home, he didn't even wake when I parked the bike, so I took the opportunity to weed the rosebed, something it's needed for weeks now. Embarrassingly so. But I couldn't easily find the time before. I filled our greens barrel! And deeply watered them. Phew! He woke up when I was all done, bewildered and groggy. I took him upstairs, stripped his clothes off, and told him I'd be back to tuck him in. He rolled over and didn't wake up till the morning. Whoah. Big day, I guess!

Geekin' Out on Music

I've seen The Incredibles too many times lately--I've got that scene stuck in my mind where Buddy/Syndrome says, "I'm still geekin' out about it!"

Anyway, I'm still geekin' out about a song by Jethro Tull that I downloaded from AllOfMP3 (yes, questionable grasp of English, but they haven't charged a million bucks to my credit card yet, and the music's good and the selection is awesome and so cheap!). It's called Living in the Past and after listening to it for a bit, I realized it's in 5/4 time. A rock song! In 5/4 time! I mean, the Beatles' Good Morning is in 13/4 (or is it 13/8), but what other rock songs can you think of that are in 5/4 time? Insane!

What can I say? I'm a follower.

Liz posted this, so I'll do likewise.

1. What is your occupation? Software developer. And mom.
2. What color is your underwear? Black
3. What are you listening to right now? Quiet.
4. What was the last thing you ate? My homemade granola.
5. Do you wish on stars? Yes, quite often.
6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Sheen green.
7. How is the weather right now? A little cool but heating up.
8. Last person you spoke to on the phone? My stepsister, to RSVP by phone for her wedding (card's in the mail and not even late!).
9. Do you like the person who sent this to you? Fuck yeah.
10. How old are you today? 41
11. Favorite drink? Water. I'm a freak.
12. Favorite sport to watch play? Ice hockey. Women's.
13. Have you ever dyed your hair? Ah, that makes me all nostalgic for the days of magenta hair. I also did black (not a good color on me).
14. Do you wear contacts or glasses? No. I'll get reading glasses within the next decade.
15. Pets? 1 dog, Maddy, plus Riley-dog, who's hanging out while his folks are in Spain.
16. Favorite month? Mmm, December. And July. And October.
17. Favorite food? Too hard to choose. Thanksgiving dinner, blueberries, UNO bars...
18. What was the last movie you watched? Fantastic 4. Flame on!
19. Favorite day of the year? Well, Thanksgiving, which shouldn't be a surprise at this point.
20. What do you do to vent anger? Yell and throw things.
21. Fall or Spring? Fall.
22. Hugs or kisses? Depends.
23. Cherry or Blueberry? Blueberry for sure.
24. Do you want your friends to blog you back? If they have time.
25. Who is most likely to respond? At this point, I'd pick Andrea, 'cause she's getting it from all sides.
26. Who is least likely to respond? Renie.
27. Who do you live with? In addition to the pups above, Graham, my son.
28. When was the last time you cried? Not sure. Recently. I cry pretty often.
29. What is on the floor of your closet? LOTS of shoes. And some dog hair.
30. Who is the friend you have had the longest? Noni.
31. What did you do last night? Had dinner out, gave the kid a bath.
32. Favorite smell? Lavendar.
33. What inspires you most? My son. And music.
34. What are you afraid of? Thunder.
35. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? Cheese. You can even leave the burger off.
36. Favorite car? BMW Z3. When I win the lottery...
37. Favorite dog breed? Labradors. Sweet and loyal, and not too smart.
38. Number of keys on your key ring? 5.
39. How many years at your current job? 11. Very odd for this field.
40. Favorite day of the week? Saturday.

OK, you go.

Friday night, date night

At least I'm a cheap date... for myself. Tonight was "Parents' Night Out," so I was freefreefree until 9PM, rather than having to pick up my little dude by 6PM.

As has happened every time before, I could hardly stop myself from thinking about my little dude the whole evening. But at least I made myself do something fun: I took my $20 AMC theatres gift card and went to "Fantastic Four" at the AMC Bay St. Gawd, it would have cost me $10 for the ticket! I don't even know how much the small popcorn cost (you can put that on the card, too).

But... good movie. Not a $10 movie, but definitely a matinee--see it on the big screen, if you can. They did a good job establishing the relationships between the characters and I thought it was very well cast. The Human Torch is really funny. A few problems in plot development, but overall well worth it!

Flame on!

Lazy weekends, not the kind I love

So yesterday, we were invited to a birthday part 2-4PM at a local park. It was the ONLY thing we had going all day, and yet we couldn't even manage to be on time. We weren't the last guests, but geesh, 20 minutes late to a party 9 minutes away from home? Sigh.

And today, I only wanted to go to church. Didn't have much hopes of managing to arrive there by 9:15AM in time for the summer 'pickup' choir, but thought I'd make the service, at least. Felt pretty dejected when I looked up at the clock and saw that it was 10:41 and there I was, still in my PJs. Finally got Graham into the tub about 11:30 (he smelled a bit funky) and forced hair-washing on him (had to check the bottle to confirm that it wasn't full of sulfuric acid, geesh, can that guy complain!), then settled down for a relaxing bath myself. Little dude decided to hop in himself after a while, not so relaxing but it did crack me up a bit.

Then I finally got it together enough to get the dishes caught up (ugh) and run a few loads of laundry. Still need to mow the lawn and do some (OK, a LOT of) weeding out front. And then there's the general tidying that's needed. Not gonna be hosting the book group this month, yuck.

Went out to Trader Joe's to get pizza dough, came back and made pizza as well as baked a little quiche for Graham and samosas for me (DON'T shop when you're hungry!). Now it's a quarter to nine and we need to get into bed already. Oh well, at least I've been getting to work on time all week and have been really productive--and some of it I really like.

Oh, AND I started off the weekend by playing in my first game of my summer season--complete with Liz's (THANKS) right-hand stick. Made some nice shots and, if I say so myself, a sweet cross from the corner. And did my best to shove Nora around, despite the 12 1/4" she's got on me. Ah, man, I LOVE hockey. So that's good.

Here's to a good week. (Oh, and I managed to remember to call my mom on her birthday and Graham decided to sing "Happy Birthday to You" all by himself. Left a message for my sister to call but apparently it didn't reach her in time and she is in dutch with Mom. Hey, I tried.) Dang, 5 till 9 and I gotta get in bed. Oy.