hee.

I think we'd have to call it mostly dead at this point. Or maybe Natter just needs to sleep it off.

OK, and now I'm wide awake and headachy. Why must I immediately unpack and the cats take a huge stinky dump to welcome me?

Flights back were interesting. First leg, I took the seat next to 2 girls, 8 and 9, travelling alone (not together.) OMG. They were Wound Up. I played nanny, and they took it good naturedly and I basically fed them all my mints. Kinda wore me out, honestly! Next leg, I didn't get off the plane, or change seats, and the attendant apparently decided I'd done such a good job with them, she sat 2 boys with me, 11 and 12. 11 was so serious at first. Answered questions perfectly honestly (Did you have a good tg? No. Eat a lot? Not really. Oooohkkkay.) But both boys has DS and ended up bonding over that. Night and day over the girls, much quieter, ended up engaging a lot with me. They were totally awestruck by rover pictures. Score! I was refereeing thumb wrestling by the time we landed. Attendant gave me 2 cocktails gratis, though I don't know if anyone else on the plane paid either; all I know is she told me to put my card away and thanked me profusely when I got off the plane.

Yay, sarameg. I have a couple of friends who are/have been f.a.'s and you helped immensely.

Earwormed by "The Twelve Days of Christmas." Sometimes, I hate the Christmas music season.

This morning Dylan told me he was going to run away because I won't give him a bagel. I can tell already today is going to be awesome.

My day should be pretty good -- I'm going to the matinee of A Civil War Christmas, featuring my parents' choir singing beforehand. It should be nice! And I think I'll get the music for Christmas, when I'll be singing with the choir. I haven't sung in years, and they are pretty good, so that should be interesting....

Last night we had dinner with our friend C who has 5 kids ranging in age from 2 to 18. Watching C cook for her brood, it kept Thanksgiving in perspective because she always cooks for 7 or more.

Noah loved being in their house and chased J and her friend (both 9) as they wheeled on wheelies. All of the kids were sweet to Noah.

It was all good, even if it were tiring.

Puppy vs. praying mantis (photos)

Also, is turkey ham a good idea? I think the lack of real ham in my eggs benedict is its only flaw....

I like turkey ham quite a bit, tommy. Especially because I can buy a pretty small turkey ham as opposed to a giant regular ham. But the taste, to me, is more mild than regular ham.

I've been up since far too early. This is just wrong. Went through the mail, cleaned up some.

Gonna let breakfast settle (mmm, pumpkin coffee cake) and go to the pool.