I am so glad it’s Friday. Even though I was off on Monday, it has been a very long week. My cold has hung on all week and the coughing came back last night in the middle of the night. It kept me up off and on all night. So I’m tired and will probably go to bed early tonight.

Last night I had a nice conversation on the phone with Homer. He’s coming to DC next week for a visit. He needed a place to stay for two nights so he’ll be staying with me part of his visit. It will be nice to meet him in person. I read his blog everyday and really enjoy following his life. He posted this week about his visit. And I quote:

“I’m going to DC next week and will be meeting a bunch of bloggers (e.g. Jimbo, Archerr, Chrisafer, GeekSlut, Dogpoet, Joe.My.God) and I suddenly have these high school feelings of inadequacy. Will they like me? What if I wear the wrong clothes? Will I look goofy? Will I be tongue-tied? Will I measure up? I sorta felt this way when I went to NYC in May to meet up with Mark, Steven, and Patrick, but for some reason it is coming on much stronger this time. It really reminds me of how I agonized about things in high school- the angst, the mental twists and turns. It is all very silly and human, it kinda amazes me how little things from your past can pop up and haunt you.”

Homie, I hope you don’t mind that I quoted you here. You should know that after our conversation last night I began to think the same way. Just be yourself. Everyone already likes you.

Earlier this evening a thunderstorm came through and dropped a bunch of rain on us. It also dropped the temperature. At one point there was this beautiful rainbow in the sky. So here’s a picture of it.
You know you spend too much time in your car when you refer to the empty side of your bed as the “passenger’s side” of the bed. Thanks David. Now get out of your car and get off the phone!