By the time I got home today it was after 5. GAH! Too much to do!!! So I’m blogging.

The retreat was fun, though. It was at the Calvin center, and the weather was PERFECT! hot and sunny. I enjoyed a nice walk around the lake today, scaring little tadpoles in the shallows.

Last night, we just socialized and played games. The wine was FLOWING! It was weird being tipsy around church folk. Not that they’re a conservative bunch, or anything (we lamented about how, despite all of our best efforts, GA will most likely go to Bush…ack!), but you know….they’re GROWNUPS! Had a VERY entertaining conversation with two women that had young kids, and one that was older and had grown up kids. We talked about sex, pregnancy, dealing with puberty - ours and both of the mother’s daughters, who are apparently just beginning the crying about everything and the “why is my body changing? I don’t like it!!!” phase. We didn’t get to bed until well after 1, which made getting up at 7:20am VERY difficult. Especially after my roommate, a very sweet older lady who turned in early, starting snoring at around 5am.

We got a lot of work done today. We’re doing a very complicated piece on Dec 5 (you know, in honor of my birthday, of course!) , where we’re actually singing the whole service. We’ve done it before, but it’s a LOT of work! Seems like it’s coming along, though.

We ended around 3:15, and I drove straight to work. I think I did the fastest colony patching of my life.

So now the floor is clean, the last of the food is bought (except for the baguette for the leftover goat cheese, which I’ll pick up fresh tomorrow), and all that’s left is a quick wipe down of the bathroom, including installing of a new toilet seat. The old toilet seat cracked, and now pinches your butt when you sit down. (I’m inclined to believe it was a factor of cheapness, and NOT a commentary of Kevin’s or my weight. ahem.) I thought about making it part of the party theme - Beware the Evil Biting Toilet Seat of Doom! but figured my guests might not have a sense of humor about that sort of thing.

Tomorrow I’ll make the rest of the food. Yummy! Hopefully my camera batteries won’t crap out on me and I’ll be able to take many pictures. Wish you could all be there!

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just realized that after tomorrow, my template is going to look a little silly. I haven’t had time to come up with a thanksgiving theme, so I may just go back to the original. any fun theme ideas any of you would like to see?
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in the interest of animal fairness, here is a picture of my friend Brenda’s (another grad student in the lab) cat. His name is Max, and he’s sticking his tongue out at you. HA HA! Happy Halloween!

Ugh. Woke up this morning early and couldn’t fall back asleep. Got to work tired with a general feeling of all over ickiness. Headache, soreness…bleah. No amount of tylanol was doing anything for me. So I got what I could done today (slow day anyway, not much to do) and left work around 12:30.

I have a gazillion things I need to do before sunday, and not much time to do it! I have a stupid choir retreat friday night, so friday and half of saturday is lost to me. So headache and all, I decided to get some errands done. first stop, HAIRCUT!!!

Haven’t gotten my hair cut since….august maybe? my hair is fine with no discernable body to it whatsoever, so when it starts to get long, it just looks…bleah. As evidenced by the picture below.

So because I’m a big spender, I get my hair cut at Great Clips. Good because it’s cheap, bad because I don’t get the same person every time. This means I have to explain my hair likes and dislikes to a new person. And new people never think the style I’m describing is going to work. The hair by my face should be long enough to just tuck behind my ears. Then layers cut into the side, and the length angled to the back, which I like short, cut to the hairline, also layered. They all give me the same response. “shorter in the back than the front? are you sure that’s what you want?” Yes.

This guy did the same thing. and it wasn’t until he was blow drying my hair that he commented “you know, your hair really takes to this style.” duh huh.

then off to the best store in the world: target. Picked up some plates and napkins, candy, makeup to turn kevin into a zombie, a devil horns headband for me, and…heehee…a little devil costumy thing for sadie! God, I’m such a dork. but if I’m going to be a devil woman, I need my trusty devil hound by my side!!!

So now I’m home and should be cleaning and decorating. But instead I’m blogging. What is WRONG with me???

Such a slacker.

GEORGIA REPUBLICANS:what are you so worked up about? Relaaaaax. Georgia is a red state! Don’t you notice? Every time they show that red and blue map on the news, Georgia is ALWAYS red. No one is even TALKING about Georgia! Of COURSE Georgia will go for Bush. In fact, I wouldn’t even worry about it. Don’t you have something to do next tuesday? Little Bubba Jr’s got soccer practice, doesn’t he? And you have to get over to Save Rite to pick up some fat back on sale, right? So if you don’t make it to vote, it’s no big deal, right? Georgia will go for Bush with or without your vote. Stay home, and take a niiiiiice relaxing bath……

(OK, I think I’ve got them lulled into complacency.)

pssssst!!!! Georgia Democrats!!! I know you’re out there! I see many many Kerry/Edwards bumper stickers around! So, at least in atlanta, our numbers are strong. Here’s the plan: GO VOTE!!! Don’t vote early, then they might catch on to us. Hopefully, most of them will be so sure of a republican lock for GA, they won’t even show up to vote. That’s where we have to show our numbers! Most of us are in the cities, anway. And atlanta’s the biggest city in GA, right? Hopefully, Athens will go our way, too. That leaves us Macon and Savannah to contend with. Pft! Nothing. Are we gonna let MACON push us around? No Way!

So remember, VOTE! Let’s pull a fast one on the republicans. Please!!!!

What? Oh, nothing. Nothing. Just talking to myself. Go back to your hot bath. Relaaaaaxxxx…..you’re feeling sooooo sleeeppppyyyy….(don’t vote).