Happy first day of February! I’m in the glider while the boys watch some program that shows cats playing on a fake football field. The Super Bowl starts in 15 minutes. I’ve got the Steelers but a Cardinals win would be a great story.

This morning I slept a little later, 6:30AM, and I probably would have slept later had one of the kids (T?) not jarred me out of my sleep. My bad, I crashed on the living room futon. After coffee and breakfast I showered and read the paper. The boys were listening to They Might Be Giants so I showed them the Ana Ng video on youtube. After they left for church (I skipped, as this morning was the annual “give us money” service) I hit Pick and Save. I used the automatic checkout system for the first time and needed assistance from a teenage girl about seventeen times. Then I dropped Vicky Christina Barcelona off at Blockbuster and decided to stop at Schwartz’s instead of Borders. Of course I decided too late to modify my course and went slightly out of my way and followed by a county police car for about ten miles. Bastard. Anyway, I picked up a 12 dollar copy of Lady Chatterly’s Lover from the independent bookstore. Two problems. First, Borders had a copy for five bucks. Second, I was the only customer in a bookstore where four people were working. No wonder the bookstore is closing. I drove home and worked out to Anthony Bourdain’s Azores episode, then lifted weights to Super Bowl pre-game coverage. I added push-ups to the routine and knocked out twenty-five without too much difficulty. Later M and the boys met some friends at the sled hill so I cleaned the kitchen and settled on the couch with the novel. Damn, DH Lawrence is good. I made a decent beer/cheese soup for dinner (pictures to follow) and prepared everything (lunch, clothes, etc.) for a long Monday. After reading a little more I settled in with the boys.

Welcome to February. This might be a long week. Stay tuned.