Thursday, December 29, 2005

Insomnia

I've been having a hell of a time sleeping at appropriate times lately. Being in the wrong time zone is exacerbating matters, meaning that I'm sitting here at 2:24 am typing on my lame blog, hoping the one person I know on Skype will sign on. I should go meditate or just try getting in bed, but lately intertia seems to take over around midnight. Oh well, it's only midnightish Tucson time.

We're in New England for Christmas, or the "holiday closure" as the U of A would say instead of saying they are forcing us to take vacation time this week. We spent most of Saturday travelling, then were at my parents' house in Massachusetts until this morning. Today we drove from their house to James' parents house in Maine. Friday evening we swing by Boston en route to NYC to see Sweeny Todd on Saturday. Saturday night we return to Massachusetts just long enough to turn around and go back to the airport to fly home Sunday morning. It's felt a little whirlwind so far, but it is fanastic to see our families.

While I was at my parents', my childhood friend Becca came to visit with her new baby Arianna. Well, Ari's actually been here for 10 months, but it was the first time I got to meet her. She is of decidedly above average cuteness, and at least for 6 hours yesterday was very well behaved and non-fussy. She's the kind of infant who could totally dupe an unsuspecting individual into thinking parenthood could be a good idea. Photographic cuteness evidence is attached.