Rather than sleep...

I really should go to bed. And will shortly. But there are so many things/ideas bouncing around in my head, both safe and unsafe, in a sense. Pure evil and pure innocence. Or something like that.

But before I forget -- as you can see on the right, I'm riding my bike 50 miles in the North Shore Walk & Roll for the American Cancer Society. I'm accepting donations, via the link over there. If you want to donate, just click there and it'll take you to my page. My cousin Will, whom many of you know, is riding as well, and my buddy Luis was talking about joining our team too. OK, that's all on that.

For one, I'm completely excited about the prospects of seeing my basement family room done and functional very soon. Tomorrow, both the electrical and the fireplace are supposed to be finished. That means I get to install the insulation soon after, and I'm getting a quote on drywall services on Saturday. It saddens me that I'll have to pay some people to put up, tape, mud and sand down drywall, as I know how to do it and can -- but we just don't have the time. I'll be lucky to get the insulation in the walls, the wiring in for the cable setup for the TV and something, anything, done with the floor, which is a complete and total mess right now.

But at least we will have walls, a ceiling, electric and a heat source (and primary room focal point) taken care of (minus trim and paint, of course) in time for the party. Given where we were two weeks ago, it's astounding we're at this point.

Other things are just floating around...I feel as though things are slipping away from me in many cases, mostly because I have a lot of things going on and so do a lot of other people around me. I wouldn't say I feel overly stressed, but I'd love to have a personal assistant right about now to keep my schedule straight and keep me going in the right direction at times.

A.J. is an unbelievably great and wonderful son, except that he's been waking us up most nights, and he simply won't go back to sleep for me. I rock him to bed when I absolutely have to pick him up -- we try to avoid that at this stage -- but the minute I go to put him down in the crib, he wakes up screaming, no matter how slowly and gently I try. It's a pain.

But, on the flip side, lately he's been wanting to be with me a lot -- reaching for me to pick him up and whatnot, climbing on me when I'm on the floor or he's on the couch with me and everything. It's amazing what it does to you, emotionally, when your son "likes" you and wants to be around you. Especially given that he's relied on Mommy so much for most of the time.

Anyway, he's rocking and rolling in his development too...talking his tongue off (saying nothing but gibberish, of course) all the time. And he's one hell of a little character. And watching him learn how to do things and all that is so much fun. I love it!

So anyway, I hope things are going well with you...if you're all still even reading this...I'll be here and there...