Happy Thursday (Friday Eve)!

Sunshine! Yay! Yesterday was so nice, we went for a walk.

Two of my cousins have birthdays today. Happy birthday to both of them! I think it's the only day of the year that two of my cousins were born on. Not that I know the birthdays of my Viguerie cousins, except for my uncle Tony's family.

I wanted to have a good day on Tuesday, remember? Well, my scheduling was unfortunate. In the morning, Josh had a job interview via telephone, and he didn't get the job. He was particularly upset, because the job would have been perfect. 14 something an hour, 8-5, and a temporary contract position. Then he checked his messages and found out that his grandfather had died. Poor Josh. Really not his best day.

I went on to taiko practice that evening, as usual. Michelle is sweet and wonderful. She made me a music CD. With foreign language songs! She also lent me a boxed set of her anime. I'm not sure what to think about that one, I'll try and take a peek at it sometime today. But it was so nice of her, regardless.

Andrew came back to practice. WHEW! I'm very relieved for that. There is one particular new member who has decided that I suck and know nothing, and so he doesn't listen to anything I have to say. In fact...he's an arguer. He always has a reason why he's right. I don't want to start bad feelings. After all, he's right that I suck, but that doesn't mean I know nothing. So, I'm glad that there is someone indisputable, if you know what I mean. Also, this time of year, having Andrew's energy around is just what the doctor ordered. My biggest hope of all, though, is that the "2 out of 3 practices per week are required" rule will be reinstated. Lack of attendance in experienced members is inconvenient, but in the inexperienced ones, it's absolutely poisonous.

My wrist is still bothering me, so I tried to ask Andrew if maybe I'm doing something wrong. We're both going to pay closer attention to my Oodaiko playing this week, I think. I also heard from Karlynn, who says to use the wrist guards and not to worry about becoming tolerant of Ibuprofen, just take it when I need it, but not on an empty stomach. So, at least I'm not as worried about it, even though it still hurts.

Yesterday, it was sunny! So...who thinks I had a good day? Ah. You would be correct. We all got dressed up in our St. Pat's green, took pictures, played with shamrock stickers, made sugar cookies and added green sprinkles and green M&Ms, and drew a leprechaun. Happy late St. Patrick's Day!!! I didn't have green beer or corned beef. In fact, we had pork chops and ramen. But we enjoyed it. And we watched The Secret of Roan Inish.

Sadly, I didn't sleep wonderfully. But I'll live. I'm solar powered. ;)

Josh is off to peddle his knives again. On the way, though, he got a call, and has a job interview on Monday for a job in O'Fallon. He also applied to a bunch of other places this week. Personally, I hope he gets the Netflix job in St. Louis, but they haven't called....yet.

I am going to shower in a minute, then start some laundry. We might watch Roan Inish again. It was a big hit. We hadn't seen it in a long time. What I love most about it is how it really captures the beloved Irish tradition of story-telling. Most of the major characters tell a story during the course of the film. And it's just cute.

I haven't heard much from the outside world lately. I think I am going to try to call Brother tonight or tomorrow. And I might call my grandmother, or write her an email.

I kinda want to have a barbecue. Wanna come? Josh says the first thing he's going to do when he gets a job is to have a karaoke night at Charlie's. You are invited to that, too.

This morning I was taking pictures of Josh playing with the kids, and got a fat lip. Gotta look out on those action shots. And then on Monday, Grant was playing and head butted me in the chin. I ended up cutting the inside of my lip both times. Gonna have to start taking these wild babies to the park.

Tomorrow, cheese pizza for lunch (Zoku pizza) and macaroni and fish sticks for dinner. Then Saturday I'm going to make "Man Dinner". It has ground beef and diced tomatoes and onion and garlic and noodles and cheese.

Right now, though, I think I'm up for that shower. Are your windows open? It's a lovely day!