Hard to believe

..that I'm still not done with these stupid papers I've been working on for like all summer. My program begins again on friday, and I'm a little worried that I will be in some serious shit if they're not done. Argghhhhh.....

I had a couple of my sister in law's kids for the weekend while everyone else went to Reno to gamble. I learned a lot.

We went to McDonalds, and I learned that happy meal toys are now accessories to more expensive toys that you can buy in the store--pretty sneaky.

I learned that no matter how nice the cage, animals in zoos are all unhappy.

My seven year old niece noted that it was good that we were able to spend time together even if it wasn't someone's birthday or a holiday. She also noted that "maybe if you play hide and seek with us you can lose some pounds."

My nephew (4 y/o) woke me up in the middle of the night to ask me if I wanted to sleep with the hot wheel car he got in his happy meal.

It was a great weekend. Now I can get back to nurturing my stressors.