Yes, I've finally gotten it together to make a post.  Took me long enough, I know -- vacation was great but it did take a lot out of me, and getting back into my routine has taken longer than I expected. 
 

Right now I'm waiting for tonight's game to start.  What a rollercoaster the past few days have been, what with the epic fail of the collapse against the O's, followed by the huge comeback the next day (and yes, of course, I was insanely proud of My Little Guy for getting the game-winning hit).

Speaking of all things Sox, congratulations to Jason Bay on becoming a U.S. citizen just in time for the Fourth.  Nice timing -- and I'm sure everyone has seen the pictures from the ceremony, so let me just say that he looked terrific in that suit and with that hairstyle.  Easy on the eyes, our JayBay is...

Off to stuff my face a little bit before the first pitch...

I've been busy.  It amazes me how hard it was to get cracking on my to-do list during the off days this week.  I did manage to do a tiny bit every evening.  I got enough sleep during the week (AMAZING!) but was still incredibly tired last night, probably because I mostly buckled down at work.  Thanks to the energy boost from our WIN (yeah!!!) I stayed up late and slept REALLY late this morning, so here I am at 3:00, having just finished "breakfast." Now I get to try to accomplish something, anything, between now and the game.  Tomorrow will be a marathon of things like belated birthday shopping, e-mail replies, and the decluttering I sorely need to begin.

Something to look forward to, other than more wins for us.  I have an order from CafePress on the way, namely this: clothing.cafepress.com/item/hot-coco-hooded-sweatshirt/302573446 plus a matching coffee mug.  Couldn't resist.  And if anyone can tell me how to make that URL link have text like an LJ cut (I'm in Rich Text format at the moment), I'd be much obliged.  I can't figure out how to make it work, and the LJ FAQ section is useless as usual.  Sorry for the technodummyness.  One of these days I'll try again at HTML, much as I hate it, but right now I don't have time.

I did see the multiple taggings by my f-list on that question meme, and I promise to get around to it in the very near future.

Off to my next task...

ETA: Looking through the pictures from last night's game, I was really struck by something that I hadn't noticed before.  It's probably just the playoff scruff, but ESPECIALLY from the side, Jason Bay looks very much like a guy who was a "long-distance occasional friend with benefits" of mine during the first few years after I moved to North Carolina.  They have very similar profiles, and the same sort of deep set light eyes, and the facial expression is pretty close as well...you know, the sort of deadpan expressionless look (not that I don't love JayBay, but that really IS how he comes across, at least to me).  I haven't seen my old buddy Jim in quite a few years, but that realization both startled me and made me chuckle a bit...