6th October 2008

Weekend madness

posted in OmegaDotter, Parenting, Socializing |

So in the midst of relishing a child-free evening and morning (YES!!! She spent the night away from home!), I totally forgot that there was a big Obama rally in Big City on Saturday, which I had been thinking of attending.  Reports are that 1200 people showed up, while 300 people showed up at a McCain/Palin rally.  Some pics are here, here, here, and here, with a grump from Mudflats about the comparative coverage in Big City’s newspaper.

Then, having reveled in sleeping inordinately late, I foolishly agreed to a double-sleepover:  I would pick up the girls, bring them home, and K. would spend the night here.

So there was referee-ing to be done, and careful measuring of soda pop into equal amounts, and much popcorn made, and lugging of kid tents up into bedrooms for the night, and then back down to the family room for the next morning, and watching while they managed to drain the Barbie Jeep battery to nothing, and then being rolled around in the kid tent as they attempted to hold me hostage so K. didn’t have to go home…

Then I had peace and quiet while OmegaDad took the dotter out and about.  Yay!  And, to put me into a cheerful mood, I watched the Asian and European stock markets plummet.

Tonight, we’re supposed to have a real snowfall, with 2 inches by tomorrow a.m. and another 4 inches by this time tomorrow afternoon.

(A quick note:  Are you guys seeing my RSS feed in Bloglines?  I know a number of my regular reads are showing up as the li’l ol’ red exclamation point, bah.  Anyway, I’m seeing a serious drop-off and trying to figure out if it’s a technical glitch.)

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There are currently 4 responses to “Weekend madness”

  1. 1 On October 6th, 2008, GrannyJ said:

    Hi — I came directly from Bloglines, no little red exclamation point. (BTW, just what does the little red exclamation point mean?)

  2. 2 On October 6th, 2008, PAgent said:

    FWIW, your RSS comes through on Google Reader just fine.

  3. 3 On October 6th, 2008, trope said:

    Bloglines good on my end–I don’t often click through to the site actual, because I’m pressed for time. But I am always reading, so add one to whatever your site stats show!

  4. 4 On October 7th, 2008, ELSNY said:

    I am having all sorts of issues with Bloglines and various feeds. You were not updating, and no little red exclamation point either.

    Currently in the process of switching to google reader.

    Glad you survived the sleepover!

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