I didn't even mention the stinky skunk!

2-20-14

There was no sleep in Brenanville last night.

Ken headed out to his soccer game and Lily must have felt as if it was her responsibility to alert me to it from the point of him leaving all the way until he got home. I had been all excited to get some sleep, but not so much when she did her barking and whining in the crate. I tried to pee her, but she would have none of it. I had even made a point of walking her last night and got her a rawhide treat for her crate. Sadly it didn’t help.

Poor Ken has caught a nasty cold which kept him up much of the night. Of course, we both had finally fallen asleep at like midnight when a loud beeping from outside woke us up. Apparently Time Warner felt the need to have their truck out doing god only knows what at that house. Whenever the backed the truck up, the loud warning sound echoed through the house. It was awful.

I really considered calling out. I thought that I could totally stay in bed until the boys needed to get to school. I could then take them so Ken wouldn’t have to worry about it so he could get some rest. As we see, these were all just thoughts because here I am, sitting at my desk wishing for an extended vacation.

Ken got most of the laptops up and running for the LAN party on Saturday. They are all on the dining room table, ready for a bunch of boys to play Minecraft for 3 hours. I picked up a small square cake pan last night so I can make a Creeper head cake and I also got brownie mix to use with the cookie cutters. It should be pretty low key. I hope to have it all pretty much ready to go Friday night since Ken is reffing one game on Saturday. Really, this is going to be the easiest party to host EVER!

I was sad yesterday when I realized that the copy of Labor Day I found was only the first chapter. What makes it worse is that it is good so far and I can’t seem to find a full copy. I will keep searching, but in the meantime, I found a copy of Vampire Academy, which was on this list of books to read before the movie comes out. I figured I would give it a go. Worst case scenario I don’t finish it.

I have decided, and I will need to pick a date like now, that for my 40^th birthday next year I will have a large party. I would like to have a theme, but Ken thinks that will limit my turnout. I still think theme, though, just not one that is outrageous. So who’s in?