My longest trip to Minnesota is starting to get pretty close here.

Hey, *I* voted.

With my new authority granted to me by my independent clinical social work license, I hereby declare that more of you need to vote for the Half-Baked Hall. We have 14 votes in so far, which is like 7 less than normal.

Also, FTLT and cheaptoy, give me your vote for Pete Alexander.

We bought a new car for the first time in years, and it really was a new car. I mean, it's a '13, but it has 11,000 miles, which is pretty new. We aren't upper class, but our lives don't suck, either.

Sour Cream's best friends are a pair of twins, and they're moving to Utah in a couple of weeks. It's incredible how many of my daughters' friends have moved away in the last few years.

They just keep winning.

It's nice to be busy at work again, even if just for the weekend.

The girls are done with another school year. I'm starting to see them leaving the house, and it sucks.

A rainy Saturday morning here feels like kind of a waste, because I can't get into the garden, go for a nice long walk, or send my kids outside. Especially the kids outside part.

I've barely seen our surprising home squad in the past few weeks thanks to my work schedule, and they were off on my day off yesterday. If they keep winning I'll have to start ignoring scores to watch the games later.