I’m sitting near the open window wondering if the entire neighborhood can hear when I yell at the kids, for example, to stop heaving things down the stairs at each other. Oh well. They probably can.

I’m feeling stronger. This afternoon I lifted weights but decided against cardio. I’ll pick that up in the morning, just a half hour, before going full-on (hopefully) Tuesday.

Last night, I should mention, S and I hit Borders after Quinn’s party. We drove south to Borders and while he checked out comics I dug through the sale tables and found a couple books for his brothers (a Calvin and Hobbes collection we didn’t have for T and a small book on identifying snakes for N). He thought the whole experience was pretty cool…both his brothers were home asleep. After we arrived home I read Ellroy and crashed by ten or so.

This morning N woke me but he forgot about our weekly donut run and let me sleep a little longer. After I woke properly we hustled over to the donut shop, returned, and since the sun wasn’t quite above the horizon yet I drove to the Lion’s Den and took some sunrise pics. The wind contoured the water and I sat and watched the patterns for a few minutes before returning home. After a shower and breakfast I began to clean in earnest. I also made the boys clean the two upstairs rooms. Well, they screwed around for the first hour, which was fine, I guess, as they knew they couldn’t play with neighbors until the rooms were clean. They finished in time for lunch, after which S and I watched football while I graded papers, and M, N, and T went to the Y for a birthday party. S eventually grew bored and went outside to play so I managed to knock out a slew of grading. I should be well-positioned for the morning. I felt pretty good lifting, only a little dizzy, but dizzy enough to know better than to push the cardio. Later I cleaned more, had pasta for dinner, took a quick shower, watched Dollhouse with M, and here I am. Thunder’s rumbling to the northwest.

Oh, I also finally cut the front grass. My neighbors will be happy.

Back to work tomorrow. Could be a long day, two committee meetings scheduled. Welcome back. Have a good start of the week.