Morning

Very wet and damp here. There was a thunderstorm going on as I left this AM.

I'm less congested overall, but still a little tired - and my voice has turned into a croak. But I came in anyway. (I wasn't sure if I could work from home or not).

Alan's in his daycare all day this week as the public schools are closed (a lot of schools here chose this week for break...kind of late). His friend were all happy to see him there. I wish we could find a way to have him hangout with them on the weekends - other than our friend's son, he rarely gets to see other kids on the weekend. (That's why I took him to the birthday party on Saturday for socialization - too bad he only knew one child there.)

Letter meme from wock

This is how it works:
Comment on this entry and you'll receive a letter from me!
Write ten words beginning with that letter, including an explanation of what the word means to you and why.

My letter is "J"

1. Junk - What I like to find at flea markets - other people's junk can be fun to look at!

2. Jury - It was fullfilling my obligation to be on a jury that kept me in NJ on 9/11 and not in the former Deutsche Bank building next to the WTC.

3. Jersey - The state I live in. Good things happened here - meeting Mark and having Alan. It also "obligies" you to like Bruce (Springsteen) and Bon Jovi (or if over a certain age, Frank Sinatra!)

4. Jerk - My ex. Nothing else to say.

5. Jordan - the name of a good male friend of Mark's and my cousin's daughter. I can still hear my late grandmother saying "I hate the name" - to me, not to my cousin though!)

6. Jetty - the long path of docks that goes out into the water from a beach. It reminds me of my dad who loved to fish from them. I hope to teach Alan to salt water fish someday, since he won't have a chance to learn from my dad. Fishing runs in our family (along with the love of pickles!)

7. Jumble - the word puzzle my mom liked to do in the Daily news. Also a description of the contents of many of our closets at home.

8. Jail - I pass the Bergen County jail a lot on my way to my MILs (among other places). It's a place I hope never to visit or know anyone in!

9. Judiasm - my religion and culture. I'm more culturally Jewish than religous, but can't imagine being anything else.

10. Jazz - I think of big band jazz when I see this word. My dad loved big band jazz - he had some old 78's which alas my mom broke in a temper tantrum. I used to get stuck listening to big band music on WHLI-AM (the music of your life) in the car on the radio growing up on Long Island. I wonder if Alan will think the same of listening to classic rock on Q-104.

Anyone up for a challenege?

NYC Radio Wars

So, now Opie and Anthony come back to Free-FM (K-Rock).

Am I the only person who has no interest in either them or Howard Stern? I'll stick to flipping between Scott and Todd on WPLJ and Jim Kerr on Q-104 for the all of 5 minutes I listen driving Alan to daycare!

Ask anything meme

From tylerbaby

How many times has someone on your friends list posted about something and you were really confused, but you didn't want to ask because you knew you SHOULD know?

How many times have you felt 'guilty' asking an LJ friend a question that should be 'obvious'?

Well, here's your chance.

If you've missed a few things, missed an entry and are confused, ask me anything. Even something EXTREMELY basic, like where I live! I'm not allowed to get even slightly irritated at any of the questions - we've all missed things before.

You can repost if you want, but you're not obligated.