Randoms:

I just got back from Wal-Mart so Summit and I would have actual food and not the scraps I’d been feeding us. It was crazy! I don’t know if people think we’re going to be impacted by the Hurricanes in the gulf, but it was insane there. I can understand all the gas lines though, I heard it’s suppose to be up to $5/gallon by tomorrow, so like a good American, I filled up my half-full tank. (see, I typed “half-full” like an optimist, so Ben must be rubbing off on me) I had to park far back and when I was leaving, a car pulled out of a really good spot at the front and I had to fight myself from parking there, just to have got a good spot in the chaos.
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I’ve decided the trick to being a successful news anchor is to have a silly or unique sounding name. I’ve watched more news in the last couple of weeks than I have all year and between Wolf Blitzer, Shepard Smith and Major Garrett, I’m wondering if the regular named folks even have a chance. I wonder if these are their given names or that they changed them to be snazzier. Then there are the cool sounding names like Anderson Cooper, Heraldo Revera (I didn’t say he was cool, but be honest when you say the name, it just sounds cool), and Greta Van Susteren (which makes me bring out my cheesy German accent to say “Van Susteren” even though it may not be a German name.) Shepard Smith just wouldn’t be as cool if his first name was “Bill”.
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did I tell you I’ve been sick??? eeeh… it’s not fun being sick. it’s not fun being sick on your own. and its especially not fun being sick on your own with a baby that is also sick. (add to that a mother who is sick and mother-in-law out of town) I’m tired. one of my friends invited me to George’s to hear a band, and I was like HEY YEAH, but then I realized I’m exhausted. Bummer. Anyone want to play cards at my house?? I’m better now! (pathetic pleading in my voice)
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OK, this just happened. I went to check on Summit, heard he was in the other room and called for him in my silly voice that he likes and he was silent. I knew where he was so I peeped around the corner to see what he was doing and he was crawling as quick as he could away from me… Huh. He used to crawl to me. I realize I’m boring when I’m sick, but geez kid, give me a break, I’m not that bad.