I enjoy finding out things that just make my little evil self cackle. Only Karen, Chris and Spud really know what I'm talking about but that doesn't matter, it still makes me feel that maybe there is someone looking out for me.

I talked to Alexis the other day, she called to get my address so she can send me a baby shower invite. Too bad the baby shower is in friggin Tuscaloosa, AL, otherwise I'd drop in on it. Since she got me a birthday card last year and an online Christmas card, I may see about sending her a card in the mail or even a 10 dollar gift card or something. She says anytime I want to come down and visit, I'm more than welcome to stay with her and her family. I told her I'd see how this summer goes and pending gas prices, I'd try to get a Saturday off and go for a weekend road trip.

In other news, well, there is no real other news. The Chicago Cubs beat the Houston Astros yesterday and certain Texans in the house probably weren't too happy about that. Then again, he may have still been pissy about the fact that both Lids and SportsMart didn't have any Astros baseball caps. I tried to tell him it was all about supply and demand and that you just don't have many Chicagoans looking to purchase Astros anything but I don't know if he bought it. We were supposed to have company over yesterday but it ended up pouring most of the day so no one came. I still managed to grill some hamburgers and hot dogs during the brief periods when it didn't rain. Saturday was nice as well, we ran some errands, bought some liquor and we sat on the couch drinking strawberry-coconut daiquiri's until it was time for bed. Today I have to go back to work and that just ain't cool.

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