Had I gotten the memo, and complied, I could have dug out my Black Cat costume to wear to work. However, that would make me the fourth black cat here. This must be the easiest costume to put together. I'm glad I didn't get the memo.

Speaking of cats, Eliot must have met his match last night. We overheard his rumble behind the fence- not uncommon for our little neighborhood bully. A while later, he was at the back door looking a little out of sorts. And again this morning, he was moving very slow. No bloodshed or injury found, maybe just a little bruising of his ego.

We had a great weekend- it's been a while since my sweet and I have had a whole weekend together.

The Pat Green concert was lots of fun. I still prefer the acoustic setting, but at least he wasn't drunk at this performance!

We were able to go on a mountain bike ride yesterday. 12 miles at Cedar Hill State Park. It was a fun ride. I'm a little soar today...everywhere.

We went to dinner Friday at Simply Fondue. Unhealthy? A bit. Great service? Always. That's what really counts.

Congratulations to my superstar sister for finishing her first marathon! Someday, I will muster up the courage. And to my brother-in-law as well for beating his sub-4 hour marathon goal!

I took test #2 of 4 last night. The pressure builds up about 7 days out and amazingly disappears as soon as I leave the classroom.

Big weekend of no studying - just more reading. Oh - and a Pat Green concert! Yea!

Snack Day

Tomorrow is our day to bring snacks to the soccer game. It was a big struggle - nutritious snack to nourish the body after 1 hour of running your heart out on the soccer field? Or the traditional sugar-filled snack that will prevent your child from being singled out for having the lame, no-fun parents?

Against everything that I am, I went with the chocolate chip cookies. Even though it is a 9 am game. I can't say that my parents would have made the same decision.

I've had a cold for the last three days. Lots of head pressure and lots of sleep.

However, it magically disappeared yesterday afternoon. And I finally went running again in the new 50 degree weather! A big difference from the last run I did in the park!

Had to spend another weekend without hubby. Work trip. Again, no spouses. But who's counting? (that's like 4 this year.) Someday I will see hubby's boss and throw out the spousal accompaniment suggestion.

So what did I do? I went to school, went shopping, ate dinner from Al's, and went to Austin. Got to make a brief visit with the fam. We had a good time- saw a super Baseball game, went to see the Departed, rode bikes in the park. Great visit. But I had to head home to do homework. Always homework.

Hubby is back now. Brought me a shirt. Very nice.

I'm really bummed- my laptop won't boot up. It's been on a slow decline for quite sometime. I don't have any super important info on it that I can't access elsewhere. But I do have hundreds of songs, some of which I bought from iTunes, that I will have to reload. What a whipping.

My sweetheart left town again. Again- no spouses on this trip. What kind of company do we work for? But I do get to go visit my sister and family which I haven't done since they moved. I'm quite sure that I've moved down on the Aunt scale.

We watched Tina Fey's new show 30 Rock. It stunk.

One final note- I got my first Tax test back and got an 85! I'm really pleased with this grade. Now if I could get my laptop to work, I have a chance to raise the score with test corrections...