I celebrated being an American in appropriate style: gluttonously chowing down on beef served to me by people from Latin America. Before tonight, I didn't realize that steak could actually stop smelling good at some point.

Oh my god, how ultra-adorable does Noah look in that onesie?

The Godfather’s Severed Horse Head is Now a Pillow

$70. I love the 'X' over the eye....

eta: Crime Scene Prank Towel

Heee! Kat, I'm glad he's getting any wear out of it at all, and I'm sure Grace will look equally ultra-adorable in hers too. And I just felt like you and the babies deserved something cute and frivolous, what with Grace's hospital behaving like ass and all.

I'm so happy for Noah and you that he's heading home so soon, and vibing hard for Grace to hurry up and not let him get too far ahead.

ION, Hec and Emmett just left to walk to the top of a nearby hill to see the fireworks. Hec is nigh dead from exhaustion and I'm all worrited for him. He's going to return home a boneless puddle that needs to be poured into bed. I'd be walking with him to lend moral support, except (a) sleeping baby, and (b) nigh dead from exhaustion myself.

But it was a lovely day, tiredness and all. Went to a BBQ in the backyard of a puppeteer friend and her artist husband, walked home with Matilda through the Panhandle, past many many picnics and games of basketball, badminton and bocce, and met many many dogs, one of whom kilt Matilda ded with excitement by vigorously licking her foot.

I just bought a box of CrustyO's cereal. They're very much like Fruit Loops.

The Kwik-E-Mart that's allegedly in DC is actually in the suburbs, and not by a metro. (It is kind of near a bus stop, but it takes forever to get there, and I don't want to go to a Kwik-E-Mart quite that badly.)

Yeah, the one in Chicago is way to hell and gone. Feh.

I can see the firework shows from a good half dozen suburbs right from my couch. I think the views are the one thing I'll really miss with this move.

Yay fireworks!

You know what I just found out? There's a Kwik-i-Mart right around the corner from me. Like walking distance. DH's coworker wants to go there at 5 am. And he wants DH to come. Clearly he's never seen DH at 5 am.

Ooh. That must mean there's a Kwik-I-Mart near me, huh?

Burrell, I stil owe you a copy of that TV show, don't I? I'll get that taken care of this week.

Off to bed. Dilaudid typing is hard. All thanks be to Polgara, who helped a sister out.

Ooh. That must mean there's a Kwik-I-Mart near me, huh?

There is indeed, ita.

Sleep well, and sorry about the ER visit.

I have a guardian angel who follows my car.

I'm coming home from work on a main highway where the speed limit is 50. Right turns on red are legal in this state, and at one major intersection there's a merge lane you can turn into to get up to speed. I don't trust my fellow drivers, and today I had it proven to me why.

I'm just entering the intersection at speed. Light is with me. White Mercedes turns into the merge lane two car lengths ahead. Something tells me he's going to be stupid. Yup.

My brakes do work, but I discovered they tend to pull the car to the left under full emergency pressure. Also I seem to be a pretty good driver in emergency conditions, because I was just heading into a full-on out of control skid the little voice said, "Let off the brakes."

And then I'm back in control and back in my lane, and Doofus in the Mercedes still has his phone to his ear as he blinks stupidly at me.