The Braves were in town last night to play the Astros. I sat most of the night watching the game without clapping for either team, partly because I was tired, but partly because I didn’t know who to cheer for. Old habits die hard, though. In the 8th and 9th innings, I found myself silenty rooting for the Braves to score one so that Smoltz could come in and close it out. (And that’s what happened.) As much as I want to see the Astros recover from their gigantic slump and make the postseason, I couldn’t root against the Braves. I just couldn’t.
I know it’s only been a three-day week for me, but I am incredibly glad it’s Friday. The “Gettin’ Smart” party is tonight, in honor of Randy, Stephanie and Chris all going back to school (for a Ph.D., J.D. and M.S., respectively), and Betsy’s bridal shower and bachelorette party are tomorrow (two months before the wedding due to Steph going back to school), but I plan on sleeping late and vegging out with the rest of my weekend time. The spring soccer season has finally ended, in August thanks to all the rainouts we had, and so even Sunday night is free.
I think I just need a lot of sleep. The Colorado trip was great, but didn’t help me feel any less tired. I’ve been in one of those moods where everyone is on my nerves for weeks now. Sleep would help.
Nick and Tiffany are apparently still in the mood to paint after doing Nick’s bedroom over the weekend. I think they should come paint my apartment. That would be great. I keep talking about painting my place, but haven’t had 1) the time or 2) the inclination to do all the little stuff like taping the trim and covering the furniture.
I’ve been pretty productive at work in this short week though. I’ve given a presentation, had a sheet of comments sent to the Europeans, and managed to get my neural net to train. I don’t know if it’s training correctly, but at least it’s training, which is an improvement over what it was doing prior to vacation.
Oh, and we leave for Peru in exactly three weeks. Whoa.
I am proud you were still cheering for the Braves. I was wondering where your loyalty would fall. 🙂