Feeling yucky recently
- Sore throat for over a month
- Shaky hands
- 5 trillion mosquito bites (4 on just one elbow!)
- Wisdom tooth is trying to bust through again
- Bad headaches whenever I drive
Vehicles I see a lot on my way to work
- Mini Cooper that has the British flag painted on top
- Minivan with the license plate "WHIZ KID"
- A semi with mudflaps that say "Be a flirt" and "Lift your shirt"
- A very slow SUV that I always get stuck behind with an "I'd rather be driving my '57 Chevy" bumper sticker
Least favorite dishes to wash
- Colander
- Any Tupperware type containers
- Pasta server
Good things
- I'm picking Tiny up down near Columbus next Wednesday
- Might be going to Toronto on Thursday!
- This boy is the cutest ever
- Kory successfully installed an air conditioner in our living room last night
Songs that get me through work
- Oh Yoko - John Lennon
- Stretch Out And Wait - The Smiths
- We Both Go Down Together - The Decemberists
- Das Kometen - Das Kometen
- Harrowdown Hill - Thom Yorke
Jobs I want
- Nuclear medicine technologist
- Window washer
- Dosimetrist
Things Chompsky likes to play with
- Toilet brushes and plungers
- His belly band that he steals from a shelf four feet off the ground
- My toothbrush
- The cat stuffed animal from Grandma Hanvey that he steals out of my closet
- Anything that's on the kitchen counters, including paper towels, cereal boxes, bread, matches, and knives
- If you need some motivation to get the clutter out of your house, have Chompsky over for a day
Z words I play in Scrabble frequently because of my limited vocabulary
- Zit
- Zap
- Zeal
Some pet nicknames
- RolyPoly: Kineko-san, Kineko Beko, Meow Meow
- Brooke: Brunka, Brunka Dunka, Monkeygirl
- Atrayou: Atrayou Bayou, Frogboy, Big Boy (pronounced "beeg")
- Chompsky: Chompers, Chomper Whomper, Biggest Boy, Big Head
- Joe: Joba-san, Jobaba
