This and that

I know that what happened in Iraq yesterday is important and could change the direction of things. But did I really need to wake up this morning to a photo of a corpse on the front page of the paper?

Arrest made in the school bus vandalism prank in Lafayette. Good — I didn't see the humor. Nor, I'm sure, did the school district, as they paid to repair the damage to the buses, paid teachers and staff for an extra day, paid subs for the teachers and staff who had plans they couldn't change, dealt with the logistics of adding a day to the school year. Hilarious.

The pool tile is done — they were here until after 8 last night finishing up. Yay! Next comes plaster, then the deck. The landscape crew is here today to get started; they'll have to reschedule since much of the pool work remains to be done, but they will get our irrigation system functional again so the entire front yard doesn't die in the meantime.

We need to go choose our landscape rocks, return an overdue book to the library, go to the pool. Mundane stuff. I'm getting my hair done (at last, you say); thank goodness I got it in before the Cat BBQ tomorrow night. An official office function — this is more fun than the Lafayette office, anyway. Parties!

Had some neighbors over last night — met them last weekend and they are moving into a house just up the road. They have a 16-year-old son, 14-year-old daughter and 7-year-old daughter. The kids got along, and I really like the parents. Looks good for our future social life. I kind of miss having one.

Ordinary day. That's not such a bad thing.