Sunday

As evidenced by the time of my last post, I didn’t get into bed until well after “sun up.” Therefore, I slept until somewhere around 14:00… and it was good. Actually, that’s not entirely true. I slept until just after 11:00, when my phone rang; I answered it and then fell back into bed and into a coma-like sleep.

After the hygiene rituals and getting dressed, we went to the inlaws’ for a while to celebrate their birthdays. Twas good. We had dinner and cake and ice cream.

We left there and went to our friend/coworker Steve and his partner John’s house for an Oscar® party. These two put on one HELL of a party: Food – all of which John cooked… and there was A LOT. Drinks. Dessert. It was amazing. We had an incredible time. There were a few people there from work and a lot of others that we’d never met; Jess ran into two guys that her mom worked with a few years ago. Everyone was verra nice.

And, on the subject of the Oscars®: Congratulations to all of the winners. Denzel Washington and Halle Berry winning Best Actor and Best Actress awards? Unprecedented! Add to that Sidney Poitier’s award and you basically have an Oscar® grand slam for African-Americans. Amazing! In what seemed to be the “Intentional Slight of the Night” category: Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Writing (Adapted) and Best Picture went to: Jennifer Connelly, Ron Howard, Akiva Goldman and Ron Howard/Brian Grazer, respectively; all of these awards were for A Beautiful Mind. Russell Crowe, however, was left out in the cold; the popular consensus seems to be that his antics over the past year led to his comeuppance.

And now, I am off to do some reading and get some shut-eye. Work comes tomorning and I should get something that approximates a decent night’s sleep.

Peace.