40 days

Is it really Mardi Gras? And tomorrow is Ash Wednesday? How do these things keep happening without my notice? I am so cut off from the world...

But I guess eating chocolate chip pancakes for dinner and not accomplishing much with my school work was a good way to celebrate.

I know what I should give up for Lent: my blogs. Not this blog, or the blogs of my friends, but the other blogs I check obsessively every day. They take up a chunk of my time and time is something I need for other things, especially right now. Many other things. So... here goes; I'm giving up the "Mormon mommy blogs", Apartment Therapy, baby/clothes blogs, baby clothes blogs, people workin' on their houses blogs... I have very limited and not wholly appropriate interests you see.

Then, after 40 days, I'll see if I am still so interested.

I said I wanted a challenge (and I don't actually think the 30-day thing is going to be so hard).

This is a big deal guys. I really look forward to checking my various blogs every day.

I lead a lonely life! But this will be good. I'm nervously excited.

Tom has had a later night than usual today. And then his tire went flat.

He didn't get to come home for his break - no nap for us. I laid in bed for awhile and experienced the kind of rest you do in the 5-minute intervals between hitting the snooze button. I felt rested enough to figure out I didn't have anything due tomorrow and therefore did very little work today. I did do some laundry though! And moved the desk in the office so that it's sticking out into the room weirdly.

It's just the first step in the process! We're going to make this a functioning space yet!