unsent letters, sleepless spawn edition

Dear son (I called him 'son'),

While I do enjoy the opportunity to snuggle your father as much as possible, I'm not really looking to do this at 1-3 a.m on a Tuesday morning when everyone has to be up at 7:00. And neither is daddy, I can assure you.

The middle of the night is not time to play, and it is definitely not time to play in the living room. Ronald Reagan was not talking to you when he said 'tear down this wall'. Or gate, as the case may be.

Also: cheddar bunnies do not make a good carpet shampoo.

Much love (STAY IN THE BED),

Mom.

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In a more positive light: Just completed initial phone interview for library volunteer position. Librarian is out of town until next week; they'll be contacting me again then to set up an orientation. I'll be doing cataloguing (my obsessive little brainmeats are so happy about cataloguing), data entry, and possibly maybe working a little with the childrens' program if I'm lucky. Impressed volunteer coordinator with knowledge of uncontracted braille and basic screen reader-fu. I rock. *squee*<3

Edit: I swear I didn't post this. But I could have. I want to find this person and hug them.
( full text here, as the ad will eventually expire. )

eeeek! *scrabbles*

OK, local people - this is an incredibly weird question.

Does anyone have a decently stocked liquor cabinet that would allow me to borrow (well, I suppose not borrow as such, more like 'use') about three quarters to at most a cup of brandy? I need it this weekend if possible for a Devious Plan that I can't go into detail about, but that involves baking. :-) And I drink almost not at all and never brandy, so I don't want to buy a huge bottle if I can avoid it. Treats will be provided as compensation.

Failing that; where's a decently priced liquor store in Seattle proper?

oh, joy.

Good thing! The child's medical benefits card is now here! We don't have to pay for doctor visits! Awesome!

Not so good thing! He needs his eyes checked!

Really not so good thing! I have to take him alone, because Chris works all day! And he can't take days off, because he's contract! (Well he can, but then he doesn't get paid for those days.)

(You know the eye exam misery? Try dealing with a nonverbal four year old who doesn't understand why he needs an eye exam. And I suppose he also needs a regular checkup ... and his hearing eventually wants tested ... which means they'll put something in his ears ... which is worse if possible than the eye exam ... oh, crap.)

If you need me, I'll be cowering under the sofa, hiding from parenthood.

night moves

Baby Loves Disco.

They're opening up a Seattle location in the fall (September.) We have GOT to take the boy to this. He'd go crazy. What a cool idea. :-)

Also, mactavish will want to read this on volcanoes and Google Earth. And so might kareila.