well, I'm home...I've sat here watching the Sox game, and surfing the Web. I just realized, hey, it's 9:45 and I haven't eaten dinner yet. Yet, I'm not hungry...though I give me 2 minutes before my stomach starts growling now that I've thought of it.

I went to check the mail, and saw our resident bat in the front yard flitting about. Then I saw a dragonfly over me, and the bat came and snatched him right out of the air, just as soundlessly as he flies around! It was cool. When I came back to the house from the mailbox, I noticed the bat flying around the backyard, but there were two others with him/her. That's awesome! I think bats are pretty damned cool to have around. They're the small ones and it's awesome how perfectly silently they fly. It's awesome.

Meanwhile, Gerard's gone for the weekend. How I'd love to have a way to take advantage of the empty house, but I guess there aren't any options, really. Can't have a party, because it's too short notice and my apartment (and his) is super messy. Eh, who knows. I guess I can just blast my music and any TV I watch and that's about it. Though I was always taught to be able to hear my surroundings...so I'll probably avoid that. :)

Now I'm sitting here wondering how I got home without any "homework" from work. Maybe I'll do some workshop work. I need to finish Troy and Eulalia's wedding present for good so I can deliver it soon and start in on my next project(s). Once I get these 2-3 things out of the way and take pictures, I can have Barb and Pete "promote" me to their new neighbors at their new house when they move in. It should be cool, and some nice extra money. But we'll see...T&E's nightstand came out far, far better than I thought it would (pun not intended), and if Barb's bookcases or whatever come out as well, then I'll be set, so long as it is fun for me. Because I'm not doing it if it's not fun.

Oh yeah, and I should mention that I'm proud of myself for saving money. There are three "entertainment" things I want to buy right now but haven't and may not for a while. Madden 2004 for PS2, the "Chicago" DVD and the Shinedown album (the song I talked about a couple days ago). That's impressive. Really, it is. So, yeah...whatever.