progress report: just smile and wave, boys

Tomorrow will be crazyish. Let's think about that later. The here and now:

- There is a Bacardi Mojito in my fridge. Why?
- The bf once asked me if I'd be mad if he bought me a vacuum cleaner for my birthday. I still hope he doesn't do it, but if he did, I can't say I'd be mad. This place is a git-danged mess.
- I am normally afraid to eat stuff my kids baked. But I am so hungry right now I may eat this entire loaf of banana bread. Despite the sunken center, it still looks better than anything I've ever made myself.
- I wonder how long it would take for the cat to starve to death. Please don't report me to any authorities - that was a rhetorical comment on her girth, not a desire to kill her.
- Add 'fear of plastic penguins' to my dog's growing list of neuroses.
- Friday is the 5-month anniversary of my new, 30-year-old, soda-free life. I'm still dragging around a joey and am consuming more caffeine than ever, via shoddy, sugar-free drive-thru iced teas, but I never in a bazillion years thought I'd get to 5 months without my two great loves, pepsin and kola nuts. Now I get by with tea, Vitamin Water and the occasional Oreo. It's a wonderful life.

Time to head to the ancestral digs for chicken cacciatore, ala Dad. Thank God the men in my life know how to cook.