I’m having a hard time getting to sleep tonight. I’m not sure why. Maybe I’ll take some melatonin. I’m due at basketball in a little more than seven hours, so I should get to sleep soon.
This morning I slept slightly later than I wanted and missed the late hoops game. I reached work by 8:30 or so, and I screwed around in different offices for a while until I had to attend a fairly lame panel at 9:45AM. After the panel I answered a slew of emails and knocked out another fall syllabus. Today, I guess, was one of those days when I felt busy and productive, but I can’t think of too much in specific that I finished. Oh, at lunch I drove over to Best Buy and bought the second and third seasons of Arrested Development. Both seasons were on sale for 15 bucks each, a great price, so I only felt mildly guilty about spending the cash. The transaction took forever, though, because the Best Buy computers were down. The cashier, a nice guy doing the best he could in a rough situation, had to run my debit card through one of those old imprint things.
After I reached home I hung out with the boys for a while, ate dinner, and headed out to T’s game. I didn’t get to read much this time. S and I played catch out in the outfield for a while, I talked on the phone, and I couldn’t get in a literary groove. Later I found out M and the boys were in the creek again, and I saw a video that made T appear as if he were in quite deep, but it turns out he was sitting on the ground in a shallow part. I was still kind of freaked. Are there holes in the creek? I don’t think so. I asked T, and I think I freaked him out a bit, too. Sometimes I think I’m setting his therapist up for the future, thank you very much. Anyway, the boys and I hung out, watching the Brew game and chatting, before they fell asleep. M and I watched the first two season two episodes of Arrested Development, and here I am.
The Shedd Aquarium trip is cancelled, long story, so I’m working tomorrow. On Thursday we’re taking the boys to Discovery World, followed by Festa Italiana. That’s enough for now, I need some melatonin. Good night.