o, world.

Faux Coral is Fabulous.

I've found some new beads for you.

And it goes a little somethin' like this.

Brooke: You know, I was thinking...you're right, sometimes I am too stubborn and I'm used to just doing things my way, and I'm sorry that makes you feel -

Bryan: Hold on. Hold on. You've got the tiniest spider on your face; it's so small it's having trouble navigating your fuzz.

And it goes a little somethin' like this.

"Bebe. Bebe. Hey, Bryan." (shakes poor sleeping boy a bit.)

"What? What? Huh? What?"

"Did you bring home our Obama yard sign?"

"Wha?"

"Our Obama yard sign. Did you bring it home?"

"The what? What's wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong. Don't worry. Did you bring home the Barack Obama yard sign today?"

"What? No. It's at work. On my desk."

"Okay. Just don't forget it tomorrow, okay?"

"I won't. What, were you going to put it up now?"

"Yeah, I was excited."

"It's 1:11 a.m."

"I know. Sorry - I won't wake you up like that again 'less it's an emergency. Sorry, bebe. Sweet dreams."

And it goes a little somethin' like this.

4:45pm: Leave studio.
4:46pm: Receive text from sister - "WHOOOOOO! WE JUST GOT OUR POWER BACK!"
4:48pm: Receive eerily similar (am I the only one who hasn't figure out how to use caps in texts?) text from mom: "WE GOT THE POWERRRRR!" Think about how much time it must've taken to type several 'r's in a row.
4:49: Field a call from the boy telling me that a)the power is indeed back on, and b)my parents just drove past our house (granted, we do live on a circle) twice, honking their horn repeatedly and waving when passing our house. Because they are equal parts odd and awesome.
4:53pm: Think about how wonderful it will be to shower with the light on, oh, and not eat crap food for every meal, or apples, and to go back to work, yay, and to be able to find those shoes I keep forgetting to look for until it's too late in the afternoon and the sun isn't shining into the windows anymore so I can't find anything, even with that flashlight we - HOLY CRAP I HAVE A WEEK AND A HALF'S WORTH OF NOT ALWAYS RIGHT TO CATCH UP ON!