Things I forgot

For example, Monday I took the oldest to the successor to the Mid-South Fair, the Delta Fair. Or as some call it "the white-people's fair" since the old fair is held in a pretty ugly part of town, attracts lower socio-economic demographics, and is kind of cheap and sleazy. Not that this wasn't, it was just not in the middle of a city. Same kind of food, same rides, etc. Got a dandy sunburn from four hours of cloudy but windy.

NetFlix is in the house. Got the first disk of Supernatural tonight, and enjoying the hell out of it. Also watched five episodes of Dexter online. Not sure how this will keep going, as shared experiences around here have a relatively short shelf life. I anticipate watching things myself and reporting back to the wife, or waiting an exorbitantly long time to watch them together, and having it never happen. Yes, cynical.

The saga of the school pep rally continued today. Not satisfied with canceling it at the last minute, and requiring teachers to refund the money, the school cut all the homeroom teachers a personal check and told us to cash it, get singles, and refund the money to the students by today. Since I didn't get to a bank until after they closed yesterday, and I get 20 minutes for lunch, I scraped up some singles and refunded most, then cashed the check this afternoon. Too much of a burden on us, especially for somebody else's screwup.

Mood: melancholy. Feeling kind of alone, surrounded by people. Socializing more at school, thinking about having some teachers over for grilling and gaming (Guitar Hero and Rock Band). Wife is going out of town early/mid-October - back to NYC for a "girls' weekend" whatever the hell that means. Not sure why this bothers me, but for somebody who didn't like my travel schedule when it was required for business, she is taking a whole bunch of personal trips, and not talking much about them.

I think too much.