I'm up.

I went to bed at 11:40 after working on the leining, thinking I'd get up at 5 to finish it. After all, that's sleeping in by archaeological standards.

The phone rang at 12:45. It was Stevie.

"You were asleep?"

Yeah. I was. I talked to him for a bit, since he's going to be unphoneable till Sunday/Monday, but then his phone died (which is often the case) and I tried to go back to bed.

It didn't work.

So I'm up. I can learn the leining now if Mittens stops being annoying. Go away! You don't need to be petted at 2am. And stop sitting on my tikkun!

I was glad to hear from him after not talking to him for 2 months (he said he'd e-mail me, but he didn't. Lazy bum!) I think if it had been someone else, I would have been more annoyed. I mean, I wasn't really annoyed until I couldn't go back to sleep.

Can one of you Maryland people convince him to get IM? Please?

Oh, and while I'm still up

It's Thursday, and I still don't have a place for Shabbat.

Normally I never would have this problem in R.I. Everyone loves magical Rachel.

I have 4 families who I will usually go to for Shabbat.

The F.s- they're vegetarians, and Mrs. F is British, and they have a cat (added bonus!) And they're gone for the weekend.

The Y.s- they have two sons, one is 16 and one is 19. Both very nice. And Mrs. Y is a BT so we always have a lot to talk about. They're having tons of guests over. And a lot of them are unmarried males. So a definite no.

The D.s- Doctor BT couple of awesomeness. Best potato kugel ever (and masteraleph, that's where I got the pinapple kugel recipe.) Mrs. D (my doctor) is sick with a fever and is in the hospital. Another no.

And the R.s- 8 kids, 5 of which are still around. They're fun and happy and singingy. They weren't home when I called. I'll try again tomorrow. But if they're a no....

Then I'm stuck. And it's Thursday. And I can't go away very far since I have to do the whole packing thing, and my parents probably want me around for this one week that I'm around.

Brown isn't back, is it?