Well, it's undoubtedly been quite an exciting week for Mike and Allison--they had their baby girl last night just after midnight, weighing in at 6 pounds 5 ounces. Congratulations!
On Sunday, I started reading The Stand. I'd read it once before, when I was 14 or 15, and it took me weeks to get through it, having to check it out from the library three times. When I read it last time, I remember listening to Badmotorfinger most of the time, and I've been listening to it a lot this time as well. That album just seems to go with this book very well. This time, I'm already halfway through it after just a few days. I only have time to read it from about the time dinner's over until between 1:30 and 2:30 in the morning, when I'm too tired to focus my eyes any longer. Surprisingly, I haven't been too tired to get up on time for work in the mornings. I'm actually reading "the Complete and Uncut Edition," which I bought used through Amazon for five bucks. Despite how much I like this book, I probably won't read it again for another ten or more years. I get so engrossed in it, which is bad enough because I don't really have the time for reading this much, but considering how well the subject matter sticks with me, every ten years is just enough.