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Short week

It's tough to keep up with a blog. When there's a lot going on there's not enough time to sit down and write about it; when things are slow it's really difficult to find things to write about. I guess I could spend some time bitching about how complicated blogging is (or did I just do that?).
I'm currently in a "not-much-happening" stage, so here's a summary of the past few days:
The weekend came and went...
Shabbat starts so early that I nearly missed it. At 4:30 pm on Friday I was on the computer and watching TV when my wife asked if I planned on getting ready for Shabbat. Of course, it was a little too late at that point to do anything m ore than turn off the TV and shutdown the laptop...
An early start to Shabbat means an early end on Saturday night, which, in the past, meant a chance to get out. But now that we have a kid (and each other) that doesn't really happen too often. We spent the evening watching a movie ("Science of Sleep" --- pass on it) and munching on popcorn.
On Sunday I played football (we have this great game of out-of-shape Jewish guys who desperately need exercise), went with the wife and kid to visit grampa, and hung out at the Klaff Jr.'s for the early evening.
Monday brought with it the new parking set up at my school (I'm a teacher at a school that's doing a lot of construction). See my blog about Baltimore drivers and you'll understand how frustrating something like that can be. It put everyone in a bad mood. Luckily, the rest of the day went swimmingly and I made it through.
Today's highlights included a quick day at work, a physical for life insurance (blood and urine) and sushi for dinner.
Excitement is just around the corner. Tomorrow is a half day of work and then the wife and I are going away for two days ON OUR OWN! We plan on sleeping and doing things that people who don't have children do.
Hopefully I'll be too busy to blog.

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