There will be showers of blessing......

RAIN!!! YEEE HAW! FINALLY!

In other news, yesterday was a day of great joy and great frustration. First, the bad news. Last night was the first night that Audrey, our NOW 4 week old daughter (already going so fast) just flat out cried for no apparent reason. Actually, we're pretty sure she just had gas pains, which is a pretty big source of irritation for little ones. But she flat out WAILED last night...not so much during the late night hours, but during that critical 5 to 8 window that I like to use to wind down. No matter how I held her, what I sang to her, how I rocked her, walked her, whatever, she wouldn't stop crying. Even Natalie had a hard time getting her to quiet down. She cried the entire time between feedings, and then finally at 7:00 she settled down on Nat's chest and laid there for nearly 4 hours. Natalie was afraid to move and wake her up.

Plus I sat up with her as she was WIDE AWAKE from 12:00 until 2:30 am.

But here is the good news.

For the first time in a LONG time, we had something to watch!

Yes, we had satellite installed. Dishnetwork HD! HD!! HD!!!! I watched a few innings of the Cubs-Marlins game in HD, about a third of the Heat- Bulls NBA game in HD, even a little NASCAR roundup in HD. (I hate NASCAR AND THE NBA). But the kicker was that at 1:30 in the morning I watched...shudder....spanish major league soccer in HD.

Watching HD is like looking through a picture window into reality as it happens. I cannot WAIT to see how great football looks. Heck, I think I'd watch Celebrity nose picking if it was in HD. Paint drying in HD. I have 20 something channels of HD. Marty Stuart was playing in concert in HD. I hate Marty Stuart. I watched it anyway.

Of course, my eyes were crossing and I was teetering on the verge of falling out of my chair, but I watched until baby girl finally crashed out.

Then I woke up again at 3:30 when she woke up again, howling. It was Natalie's turn then, and I stayed the heck in bed. On red days I have to wake up at 6:00 to get everything done for class. 6:00 came VERY early. VERY early indeed.

Tonight....I get to watch SUMO wrestling in HD! I can't wait to see their big sweaty diapers clear as a bell! HD fat guys!