It's 5 AM...
...do you know where I am?
Of course you do! I'm right here, sitting in front of my computer. I've been up since 1:30 with what doctors blithely refer to as "gastric distress". In order to keep noise to a minimum, I decided to dork around on the computer rather than turn on the TV. Not that it's been exactly silent around here. I mean, besides that. I was talking about the cats. They realized that someone was awake and started howling at the basement door, hoping to either be let out or fed or both. They got neither, and they finally gave up and went back to bed. I'd like to go back to bed, but until my gastrointestinal system settles down I think I'll stay right here.
The challenge with being awake in the wee hours of the morning is finding stuff to do on the computer. I'm not a gamer (except for that annoyingly addicting Marbles game) so I head over to FOXnews and Drudge to see what's up, if anything. Not really. The jist of the news is that the economy is still in crisis, Hillary and Barack are still sniping at each other (and neither of them is in Bosnia - HA!) crime is still running rampant and all four of the Number One seeds in the NCAA basketball tournament made it to the Final Four for the first time in tournament history.
How many of you have watched the games? I've caught most of them (except for Drake's humiliating loss to Western Kentucky) and so far it's been a good tournament. West Virginia beating Duke was wonderful, and some of the really close games have been terrific - I loved the Louisville/North Carolina game. Right now I tend to favor Memphis for the national championship. They have the look and feel of a NBA team. I mean, they really put on a clinic when they played Michigan State. (Sorry, Jonathan!) I don't think Drew Neitzel knew what hit him, and he probably still doesn't know what hit him. And that was his last collegiate game, poor kid. But I bet he'll go pretty high in the draft.
Anyway. Back to web surfing between restroom runs (pun intended). Hmmm...what else to do, what else to do? Ah! Go back and read my last blog, and the comment from my brother...
Bad idea. I read it and suddenly the word "chooglin'" sounds completely unpleasant. I think I'll head over to Amazon and see if they have anything that I'd feel like wasting money on.
Jewelry? No thanks. Metal things attached to your body isn't recommended when working for an electrical contractor. Ooh! the new Christopher Paolini book is coming out! In September. I think I'll buy it once it's actually on the shelves. Ah! DVD sale! The Star Trek TV series, starring William "I'm not a starship captain, I'm a lawyer!" Shatner is half price. Sort of. You have to buy each season individually because the 3 DVD set isn't half price. Whatever. I think I'll hang on to my money for now.
And the time has come for me to get the girls ready for school. It's raining, so I'll drive them to the elementary school where Hannah can catch her bus and Mary can wait in the gym until the start of classes. Which, until April 9th, are extended 30 minutes a day to make up for some of the 13 snow days we've had.
I'd better get "chooglin'".
Of course you do! I'm right here, sitting in front of my computer. I've been up since 1:30 with what doctors blithely refer to as "gastric distress". In order to keep noise to a minimum, I decided to dork around on the computer rather than turn on the TV. Not that it's been exactly silent around here. I mean, besides that. I was talking about the cats. They realized that someone was awake and started howling at the basement door, hoping to either be let out or fed or both. They got neither, and they finally gave up and went back to bed. I'd like to go back to bed, but until my gastrointestinal system settles down I think I'll stay right here.
The challenge with being awake in the wee hours of the morning is finding stuff to do on the computer. I'm not a gamer (except for that annoyingly addicting Marbles game) so I head over to FOXnews and Drudge to see what's up, if anything. Not really. The jist of the news is that the economy is still in crisis, Hillary and Barack are still sniping at each other (and neither of them is in Bosnia - HA!) crime is still running rampant and all four of the Number One seeds in the NCAA basketball tournament made it to the Final Four for the first time in tournament history.
How many of you have watched the games? I've caught most of them (except for Drake's humiliating loss to Western Kentucky) and so far it's been a good tournament. West Virginia beating Duke was wonderful, and some of the really close games have been terrific - I loved the Louisville/North Carolina game. Right now I tend to favor Memphis for the national championship. They have the look and feel of a NBA team. I mean, they really put on a clinic when they played Michigan State. (Sorry, Jonathan!) I don't think Drew Neitzel knew what hit him, and he probably still doesn't know what hit him. And that was his last collegiate game, poor kid. But I bet he'll go pretty high in the draft.
Anyway. Back to web surfing between restroom runs (pun intended). Hmmm...what else to do, what else to do? Ah! Go back and read my last blog, and the comment from my brother...
Bad idea. I read it and suddenly the word "chooglin'" sounds completely unpleasant. I think I'll head over to Amazon and see if they have anything that I'd feel like wasting money on.
Jewelry? No thanks. Metal things attached to your body isn't recommended when working for an electrical contractor. Ooh! the new Christopher Paolini book is coming out! In September. I think I'll buy it once it's actually on the shelves. Ah! DVD sale! The Star Trek TV series, starring William "I'm not a starship captain, I'm a lawyer!" Shatner is half price. Sort of. You have to buy each season individually because the 3 DVD set isn't half price. Whatever. I think I'll hang on to my money for now.
And the time has come for me to get the girls ready for school. It's raining, so I'll drive them to the elementary school where Hannah can catch her bus and Mary can wait in the gym until the start of classes. Which, until April 9th, are extended 30 minutes a day to make up for some of the 13 snow days we've had.
I'd better get "chooglin'".
1 Comments:
I'm just happy Kansas is in the Final Four!
I actually did see the end of the Drake game... it really stinks when you are on the losing end of a classic finish like that. Last year I went to the NCAA Division II championships with a Winona State alumnus. If you haven't seen the end of that game, here you go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WzmQmz9Kdc
Fortunately, they made it back to the championship this year and this time didn't let up. Plus they had won the championship the year before, so it's not like this was their only dream season...
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