During which I’ll eat a lot, drink a lot, and answer lots of questions about my career status

Happy Solstice!

Friday is FINALLY here, and I’m so happy to stop pretending to work to have 11 days off in a row before my final 3 days of work.  We’re schlepping two car loads of stuff to E.’s parent’s house, including our kayaks, to continue getting a jump on our June move.  Will we always be this prepared and organized after we have a child?  Time will tell.

E. is having a hard time being pregnant these days, and I feel so powerless to offer any help.  I can’t help her sleep, I can’t stop the crampy BH contractions, and I can’t make the baby stop kicking her at all hours of the day and night.  I guess that’s why I continue to do what I do - keep the stuff moving on out of our place (donating approximately 80 books today) and keeping on top of other errands.  I will be happy when we are both sitting, feet-up, during Christmas with nothing to do but relax.

I watched the Order of the Phoenix last night and oh my lord, if there was ever a doubt to my HP obsession it’s gone now.  LOVED that film.  I can’t believe I have to wait until November 2008 for the next one, and I might just have to drag my lazy, cheap a*s to the theater to watch it.  I’m currently trying to fill the HP literary void by seeking out other children’s fantasy series books, and currently have the first of two checked out: The Spiderwick Chronicles and A Series of Unfortunate Events.  I’ve also gathered that The Golden Compass is good, and that’s next on my list.  Any other suggestions?  Alas, I think I have to accept the fact that the HP shoes are just too large and too great to be filled.

Happy holidays to everyone - relax, eat, drink and be merry.