One Husband Hangs up the Laptop for the Summer. Sort of.
Yesterday the Barenaked Ladies performed at our store, and it was total madness, but in a good way.

Tomorrow morning we will get up early & drive down to Springfield, maybe check out the Lincoln museum and see N's parents in the evening. The next day we'll head to Danville at some point to watch American Idol and have pizza with the nieces on Emma's birthday. Then we'll high-tail it back, because I work again Wednesday morning.

N finished exams and paperwriting this week, learned he got accepted into a conference where he'll deliver a paper in the fall. He'll be working for a professor this summer, but only a few hours a week, so he's trying to supplement with work from Whole Foods or Starbucks. He's been celebrating the last couple of days by seeing his friends and pursuing manly endeavors like eating burritos and playing Halo 3 or drinking pitchers of cheap beer at Miss Kitty's and heading to the record store. I'm glad he will have time to see his friends again. For a while it was just dinner with the wife and quality time with the laptop and books and books and books. You need balance.

Last night I sat in the driveway for a long time after I got home, watching the two bunnies in the front yard. They were so still and beautiful, one had the most remarkable mottled fur. Eventually I went inside where N was cooking up artichokes and roasting garlic, reheating some black beans. I sat by the window, transfixed by those bunnies. They hung out on the lawn for hours.

Today I'll make some Mothers' Day calls, whip up a frittata, and head off to work.