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I had better hurry and write something. I'm done with the cranky, but Abbie has a very contagious-looking cold.

So! Did I tell you about Josh and the car? Well, he bought a 2002 Honda Civic, and today it is getting aligned and inspected, and with any luck, licensed. It's the same color as my Honda. Josh loves it already. It has a moon roof and a fancy stereo and the interior was already a mess, so he doesn't have to feel bad about not keeping it nice. (He freely admits that he won't.)

AND...the dogs have arrived. So far, so good. 4 dogs, and none of them small. As of this moment, they're all lying down in various places. It might be a rocky few weeks, but we're off to a good start.

Yesterday, I finally got some eel, which I'd been craving. We went to Kitaro for lunch. So, so very fancy. We had sushi, and it was super yummy. I would like to point out that two extra fancy sushi buffet lunches, plus tea, plus Abbie's bowl of her favorite white rice cost less than the tank of gas I bought before leaving town in the morning. Very sobering. (Or does that give me permission to agree to Kitaro every now and then...?)

Abbie started getting a cold yesterday, and had a rough night. I'm sure I'm next. So I decided to say a little bit of a hello between the cranky and the sick. I hope none of you feel neglected in the coming weeks. I plan to be at most taiko practices, and take Abbie to dance and Grant to T-ball, but otherwise, I'm going to be pretty home-bound being a good hostess to my doggy guests. One would rather do too much than too little for someone else's animals, you know?

Have a good week, everyone! I'll talk to you after my head cold gets settled in. ^_^