Rischa's Rants, Raves, and Ramblings

Too many tasks...

Have you ever had so many things to do in a day or so many obligations that you just always feel like you're running behind on things? It's nobody's fault but my own that I have all of these obligations, but that doesn't make things any easier. I'm not going to complain too much...just had to get that out there so I could go on to something else. lol

I completed a layout for the creative team I'm on. Everything I used is from Candice Wong's kit, Slumber Party. This is my little Reno. He's a Timneh African Grey Parrot. Here's the layout..

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It's sort of a girly kit...filled with pink and purple, but I don't think t was too feminine the way I put it together for Reno. I don't have many girls around here. lol Just me and Vegas. The suggies, too, but they aren't that great about holding still for the camera. lol Gliders are too fast for me. Besides...most people don't know what in the heck a Sugar Glider is. lol

I did my exercising for today. I couldn't do much on the treadmill because my knee is hurting today. I spoke too soon yesterday I guess. It's not too bad, though, and I half expected it since I just went down to 1 mg of Prednisone. Hopefully things will be better tomorrow. That doesn't mean I couldn't do a little exercising, though. I just walked very slowly and then did a lot of upper body workouts. So the exercising streak hasn't been broken yet. And I hope to continue each day. Even if it's just my arms and tummy.

I'm still slowly trimming back on the Mountain Dews. I only had 1 and a half today. Woohoo! Yay me! lol

I just asked Joel what else I should blog about and he said, "Tell em how great I am". LMBO Silly thing!

Well.....since I can't think of anything else to blog about...Have a great Hump Day!

I'm trying...

....to quit the Mountain Dew. *sigh* I lasted all day until about 6 or after. I had been laying down most of the day with a terrible head ache when Joel finally said, "I'm getting you a Mountain Dew". lol He said, "You can't just stop caffeine cold turkey like this without getting head aches". So he convinced me to just cut down slowly. God...I really am an addict, aren't I? I fought with him over it a little bit and eventually gave in and drank some. I had 2 Mountain Dews all day. That's WAY better than usual, so at least that's something.

I DID work out again today. And guess what! I have lost 2 lbs in the past few days!! I think it's partially the fact that I'm down to only 1 mg of the Prednisone and partially due to the working out. I've worked out 3 times in 3 days, so some of it's got to be that. That Prednisone is a beast for weight gain. I'm so glad I'm still out of my RA flare and able to work out without my knee killing me. I think answering to my blog peeps is helping me. I can't let you girls down. :-) Thanks again for the encouragement in the comments. They help! :-D

So how was everyone's Memorial Day weekend? Ours was pretty uneventful. We managed to get the sprinklers finished up as the rain started pouring down on us yesterday. It was pouring, but the sun was brightly shining still. lol It was kinda nice. We didn't have to hurry in because of a storm, so we finished the last sprinkler head in the rain. It was nice having Joel home on a Monday. I always hate it when he has to go back to work after a long weekend. Kolby spent most of his weekend playing with Joel and putting together Lego vehicles. He LOVES Legos. I searched Ebay for a good deal on a lot of legos for him. Ebay has Legos by the pound. Most of them went up to over $50. Which was still a good deal since Legos are so expensive when you buy them new considering that these lots were anywhere from 13-20 lbs. I'm watching several of the auctions and we'll see what I come up with for him. I think I may have him talked into posing for a photo with some of his Lego creations. It's amazing what he can build with those things.

So still no download keys for my 2Peas purchase several days ago. I emailed them earlier today, but haven't heard back yet. Maybe they took a vacation or something for the holiday? Who knows.

I did a lot of blog hopping today. Gina Miller had a cool freebie on her blog. And I saw where I missed a freebie on Meredith Fenwick's blog yesterday. *sobs* It was a great one, too. I hate it when I'm too late for the freebies! And what's worse is, I usually check her blog every day! lol The one time I don't I miss out on a goody of hers. :-P I need to start making things so I can give out freebies here! The only thing I've ever given was doodles that were pretty amateurish. lol That's all I can make so far except for some paper that nobody would want. :-P Maybe some day soon I'll catch the designing bug.

I guess that's it for today. Have a great Tuesday! And Thank you for all of my comments! :-) I'm loving that I have some new visitors!

Thanks, I exercised, & a layout!

Wow, thanks so much for all of the comments and support for my new exercise plan! I'm all smiles when I get this many comments! :-D Thank you all for your encouragement....seriously....I need it. It's hard to get back into a habit of exercising every single day.

Also, thanks for the compliments on my layout yesterday and just for dropping by my blog and leaving some love before you leave. :-) Much appreciation to all of my blog visitors!

I did it! I exercised again! I'm on a two day roll. lol I think I need to add something to my exercise plan. It's more toward diet, though. I need to seriously cut back on all of the soda I drink. I'm SERIOUSLY a Mountain Dew addict! I love the stuff! And I'm so addicted to the caffeine that it has that I get head aches when I don't drink as many as usual. :-O Told you I was an addict! :-P I guess I'll have to get caffeine elsewhere? I dunno what to do about the head aches I'll get from not drinking them. I'd drink more coffee, but wouldn't that be just as bad?  Anyway, I'll start making Crystal Light again and drink more plain, old, boring water. I'll let you know if I'll be able to do that. The exercising is going to be much easier for me than this. I'm not promising anything on the MD thing. I know that will be a struggle.

So I still haven't received my downloads from 2peas. I guess I'll have to contact them. I hate doing that. I always feel like I'm complaining when I have to contact someone about a product. Even if it's their fault. I really wanted to scrap my Mother's Day gifts with my 2Peas purchases, though. It stinks that it's taking this long. It's been more than 2 days now and it wasn't supposed to take more than 24 hours. Oh well...I'll have to be patient. Not something I'm good at. lol

I scrapped a photo of Maui today. Here it is...

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Kit used: Summer Splendor by Michelle Bradley
Fonts: Medici Script & Rough Draft
Actions: Atomic Cupcake & Photoblast

I really like this kit. I'm sure I'll use it again and again. The only problem was, I went to use one of the papers and it was supposed to be 12 X 12, but it was only 1 X 1. lol I may contact the designer just to let her know. I really liked the paper, so I'm sure I will if I remember to later. Too busy at the moment. :-P

Like I said, busy at the moment. I have been given a new task at GC. I have to monitor both classifieds forums this week instead of my usual 1. The other mod that handles Ads is moving and has no internet. She's a bit behind, too, so I'm pretty busy catching up. It's a lot of work just to do 1 classified forum....and now 2? lol I offered to help, though, and I don't mind. Any of the other mods would do the same for me. If only members would read the rules before posting their ads, classifieds wouldn't be nearly as much of a pain in the rump as it is. So anyway....busy doing that tonight and will be doing that for the coming week. Matter of fact, as soon as I'm done with this entry there are several emails or private messages that I have to send concerning the classifieds, so I better hurry up and get to it. I've got a head ache and I'm ready to get out from in front of this darn computer.

Again I'm feeling like there's something I'm forgetting to talk about. Hmm....oh well...see ya all tomorrow! Have a great Memorial Day!!

Exercised and scrapped tonight

So I've decided to make a commitment to my blog readers. Yeah...I know...there are like 3 people that read my blog and 2 just accidentally clicked a wrong link. lol Anyway, I'm going to exercise every single day. Not for any set length of time, but EVERY day. I will update with whether or not I have exercised for that day in my blog entries. Maybe that will keep me motivated to keep doing it. I exercised for a while on the treadmill tonight while I watched an HBO George Carlin comedy special. There were 3 of them on back to back. That guy is hilarious. The last one was from 1977 and there was a disclaimer in the beginning of the show about his language. lol Yeah.....they don't bother with doing that any more, do they! If you turn on HBO you better expect to hear some foul language. Anyway, I watched George Carlin while I walked away the calories from the brownies Joel talked me into making. lol He really had to twist my arm...let me tell ya.

So after that I decided to do some scrapping. I scrapped a photo that was taken while Joel went to visit his family in Mobile last week. Hopefully the owner of the photo doesn't mind me scrapping it. ;-) I used a freebie from Digital Design Essentials for this one and some stitches from Gina Miller's Stitch Essentials collection. Here it is...

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Speaking of scrapping, 2Peas still hasn't processed my order from last night. I'm starting to wonder if there was a problem. If I don't have my downloads by this time tomorrow night I'll be emailing or calling to see what's up.

I think there was something else I was going to blog about, but I'm so tired that I can't think of it right now. Oh well....Have a great Sunday!

Lefty or Righty?

Your brain that is! I'm a right brainer. How do I know? Because I took a quiz on the net that told me so. lol I answered 14 questions right brained and 5 left brained. Here's THE WEB SITE so you can take it, too.

The Digi-Chick has this contest going on right now. Whoever can post the most in the forum and the gallery will win prizes. Well....I sure got a lot of comments in my TDC gallery all of a sudden. Some of them were nice. Others just said the same 2 words over and over again on all of the layouts I've posted just to up their post counts. I feel so used!!! I did enjoy seeing all of the posts in the forum, though. There are tons of nice, funny members there. It's my favorite forum, by far. (with the exception of Glider Central, of course)

So I have finally made my purchases with my gift certificate to 2Peas. I'll have to show you the previews for the kits and elements I bought tomorrow. They say it takes up to 24 hours for them to process your order and then I get my download links. Bummer...I wanted them NOW! lol

That's it for me. Have a good Saturday!

How did that happen? And TGIF!

Did anyone see that I had a double post yesterday? I didn't notice it until just now. I deleted the second one....the one without the comments. How odd. And funny that no one mentioned it in the comments. :-P I guess you all didn't want me to feel silly, eh? lol

Speaking of comments, thank you to the visitors kind enough to comment. The comments make my day and put a big smile on my face.

I was blog hopping a few minutes ago and followed a link to a really pretty kit called, For Cassie. I was curious about the name, so I read what was written below the preview. Here's a quote and the kit from THIS PAGE.

"Our monthly collaboration kit is ready to go and this month we are so pleased to bring you a fabulous kit that we are proud to say will be helping one special little girl and her family.

Cassie Walker is the 3 year old daughter of one of our designer's best friends and though no one expected her birth to be anything but normal, unfortunately, it was. As a result, Cassie has Cerebral Palsy, seizures and other neurologic after effects from the brain injury she suffered at birth. Her amazing family has grown and shown so much love and gratitude for the blessing that is Cassie. They spend a lot of time fundraising for special therapies that their insurance does not cover and we are so proud to be helping make this summer's fundraising efforts a little easier.

We hope that you will help us make this a HUGE success by picking up this fresh, summer kit sometime over the upcoming month. 100% of the profits from the sale of For Cassie will be donated to Children of Promise and will go directly to the providers and therapists who are helping to improve Cassie's abilities. Thanks so much for your purchase, we know that the generosity of the digital community is going to really make a difference in this special family's life!"

I normally shy away from a kit priced at $7.99, but it looks like a great kit and 100% of the profits go to help this little girl with her therapy. How can you go wrong there? I haven't purchased it yet, because Joel and I had decided to cool it on purchases with all the new additions to the house, so I'll have to give him the puppy dog eyes and see if he'll mind this one thing. I'm sure if I tell him the story behind it he won't mind a bit if I splurge on a digital kit. He's pretty soft hearted. Here's a link directly to the kit for any of my digital scrapbook pals interested in helping out this little girl and getting this pretty kit: http://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/shoppe/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7&products_id=215

Speaking of kits for charity, I have been wanting this one kit, Circle of Friends, from A Cherry On Top for several weeks now, but it's $9.99. I have a coupon to get it at half off, but you have to spend $25 I think to be able to use it. :-P Anyway, this kit's proceeds go to the Make A Wish Foundation. It's at the top of my wish list. Maybe the puppy dog eyes will work for them both? Who knows....I'll let you all know in tomorrow's post. lol Anyway, here's the kit and the link for that one:

http://www.acherryontop.com/digital/9000578/?sr=0

What's shown here for the Circle of Friends kit is nowhere NEAR everything that you get with the kit. It's HUGE! Tons of papers and elements with this one!

More scrapping talk....I just can't make up my mind about what I want to buy with my gift certificate to www.twopeasinabucket.com that Joel gave me for Mother's Day. They have such cute things! Any suggestions from the Peanut Gallery? lol Pun intended. :-P I know 1 of the kits that I want, but for my second pick I just can't decided!

Guess what today is! It's my dad's birthday! Let's all sing to him, shall we?

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday dear Daddyyyyy,

Happy Birthday to youuuuuuuuuuu!

Did I break your monitors? lol Sorry about that! I don't even think my dad has read my blog or would know where to find it, but just in case I thought I'd mention it. Maybe Mom will show him that I'm thinking about him today. He'll probably laugh at how silly I am on this blog. Hey....it's my blog. I'm allowed to be silly, right? Yup...I am. :-P

Ok...enough silliness. I think I'll shut my yap for now. Have a great Friday everyone!

Shipping prices...

Ugg....I was just shopping for the dogs online and put a $4 order in my cart. I went to do checkout to see what the shipping would be for this tiny little item (a harness for their grooming table) and they wanted to charge $7 to ship a little item that probably weighs a few ounces. I just closed IE in frustration. On top of the shipping I'm sure they'd have charged tax, as well. I'd end up paying way too much for a $4 item. No thanks! I'll just look for it in a pet shop. Probably won't find it, though, since it's a specialty thing. Maybe I'll just wait until I have a large order from there.

American Idol......I know everyone with a blog is going to be talking about it. So what makes you think I'm going to be any different? lol maybe the fact that I haven't mentioned it even once even though EVERYONE else is chatting about it? I didn't get that into it this year. I caught it a few times and I watched the beginning of it with all the goofballs. I just can't stand the cheesiness of the songs they sometimes make them sing. You know the "idols" are cringing when they get their list for the week. lol I do buy into it a little bit, though. I watched the whole finale tonight. I never would have thought Taylor Hicks would have made it to be THE idol. I did read all of the blogs today and heard on TV and radio how well he did last night, so I figured he'd win. We all three watched the finale. I was playing with the gliders at the time. When it was over we all were standing in a triangle letting the gliders, Philip and Lillian, jump from me to Joel to Kolby. lol That was way more fun that Idol to me. :-P

Tomorrow I'll be going to meet Joel in Leesburg around 4 I think. Not really sure about the time. We need to pick up the official written estimate for the Florida room and pick out some colors while we're there. After or before that I have to pick up my medicine that Walgreens was out of yesterday, too. Actually, I'm talking like it's still Wednesday. It's Thursday now, so I guess later today I'll be meeting Joel in Leesburg :-P Anyway, Walgreens didn't have my medicine on Tuesday, so I have to pick it up. It's crazy because I was just feeling so good about how my knee is looking and now it' swelling up after missing just one dosage of the Leflunomide (sp). I guess I know it works, eh? I will be calling to get the RX's refilled a lot earlier from now on. They were out of it last time, too. You'd think they'd keep in on hand if they know they have a patient with RA, a disease that has no cure, that takes the stuff and gets it every month. I'm sure there's more to it than I know about, but it seems like common sense to me? Oh well....enough of the ranting.

I guess I'm gonna go ahead and go to bed now. I'm ready for dream land. Plus, if I don't get to bed soon it'll be daylight. lol Have a great Thursday everyone! Maybe I'll have a layout or photo to show off tomorrow.

Home Improvement shopping

Today we had the guy come out to give the estimate for the Florida room. He came in at $1,000 less than the estimate we got last year and he actually went from us getting a 17 X 12 room to a 25 X 12 room. And then added extra concrete to what we already wanted outside of the room for a larger patio area to grill on at no charge. AND he took off almost $200 because Joel works at Sprint with one of his good friends! :-) How lucky, huh? Last year they were busier with all of the hurricanes and there was a concrete shortage. They had to bring in concrete from "all over the place". I guess we chose the right time of year this time. The guy seems very down to earth. We have to go to his office to pick the color tint we want on the windows and the color for the kick plates. I'll be meeting Joel in Leesburg during the week to do that. While the guy was here he mentioned that it would be easier for everyone if we went ahead and bought the hot tub, if we were getting one, before they put up the walls and after they poured the concrete. So we went to look at hot tubs after he left. We went to Rec Warehouse out at the mall. Umm...can you say OVERPRICED!!? They were over twice the price as the ones we found online when we got home. And some of the ones online had bonuses like free shipping, free accessories, free top, free steps, etc... One of the places had ALL of the above at half the price! Needless to say we won't be going with Rec Warehouse!

So then we went to Home Depot. We picked out a swatch for the counter tops and a sample for the color of the wood laminate for the floor. We want the Dupont, glueless laminate with the backing already attached. Before we put in the wood laminate, though, we'll be putting in the new french doors. Sounds like a lot of money adding up, huh? Yep, it is. We actually might wait on the hot tub. That's an extra thing that we've been wanting. But the other stuff we need. We've also already had an estimate on getting the house painted. The guy that does our lawn work has a house exactly like ours and knew just what it cost him to paint his own house, so he said he'd do ours for $700. That includes everything. The fixing of the stucco, painting the door, etc... I actually don't know if that's a good price or not, so if any of my readers would let me know I'd appreciate it. Our house is 1600 square feet including the garage. Is that a good deal? It better be or he might make me mad enough to quit him as our yard guy, too. :-P lol Just kidding. He does a great job on our yard. AND he drives by every day, almost, since he lives in the neighborhood. He said he'd check it frequently during the week to be sure everything looks nice. So far he's living up to his end of the deal. Anyway, back on topic. We have to have the appraisal on the house soon and then have the house treated for termites before construction can begin. And before they start on the Florida room we need to have the house painted. So we're on a tight schedule. The guy talked like the Florida room could be started very soon. Yay! We'll have it up before Summer is over! :-) *Knocks wood*

Are you still reading? Have I bored you to tears yet? I'm sorry...I know this isn't as exciting for anyone else as it is for us. lol Ok...next subject so I don't completely lose the interest of anyone that has read this far. :-P

There was a blog challenge over at The DigiChick yesterday. I had already updated my blog early in the morning, as always, so I'll do it now. The challenge was to write about your favorite Summer time activity. Hmm....that's a tough one. Activity? What's that? I thought Summer time was for kicking back and relaxing? No? Ok then, I guess I'd have to say bike riding. I love hopping on the bikes with Kolby and Joel and riding around the neighborhood. It has to be late in the evening or early in the morning in the Summer, though, or you'll sweat to death. lol I also LOVE to swim. I'm a bit shy about getting into a swim suit now, though. Which is unfortunate since it's SO MUCH FUN! If only we could get our own pool. Now THAT would be nice! I think they're a bit out of our budget right now. We could get one I guess, but we don't want to be strapped for cash just so we can have some swim time. lol So what's your favorite Summer time activity? Leave me a comment, would ya? :-) I didn't get ANY comments yesterday. *sniff, sniff* Poor me.

I didn't have time for any scrapping today. I'm running low on photos, anyway. I have some on the D70 that need to be uploaded, though, so maybe there are some keepers on there.

I got a lot of compliments on my layouts I did yesterday of Emmy. Isn't she the most precious little girl in the world? I tend to think she resembles her aunt Rischa a little bit. She has the "Smith cheeks" I think. My dad has them, I have them, and now Emmy has them, too! It's really cool to see them on another girl. They fit her well. I hope she doesn't grow out of them. I still haven't. lol It'd be nice to have her keep that look like I did so there will be a little part of her aunt Rischa in her since I live so far away from her and Shelly. Gosh, I bet Shelly is almost grown. lol I have watched her grow through pictures mostly. Each time I go visit she's twice the size she was the last time I saw her. She's still a tiny little thing, though. She couldn't help but be tiny. Her mom and dad are both on the small side. I think I need to take another trip to GA now that my knee is a little better. I need to get some time in with my nieces. If I were to go, though, Kolby would want to stay, and I don't want that. But I know it's coming since school is out any day now. I think tomorrow is supposed to be his last day. I have to look at the public school's schedule. I want him to finish his math book, though, so I don't plan to tell him until he's done. He's in the middle of fractions & decimals. Actually, he's done them both before, but now he needs to know how to change one to the other. He's getting it down, so I don't want him to quit just yet.

Tired of reading yet? I bet you are. :-P I'm sure tired of writing, so I'll give it a rest now. I wish I had an image for ya. A photo, a layout, something. Oh well...I'll have to make up for it tomorrow I suppose. Have a great Hump Day!

Woe is me...

Remember me talking about having a stomach ache last night? It got worse this morning. When I woke up this morning I was in a cold sweat, was dizzy, and my food from the night before decided it was time to come back up. All of that and I was having trouble breathing, too. The least little thing sends me into a panic, huh? lol I'm still feeling kinda icky, but a ton better than when I first got up. I took several naps and didn't eat much. Just kept drinking water and juice. I think I'll live, though. lol

After everyone went to bed I did 2 layouts. Both of Emmy. Here they are...

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I used Candice's "Gilly's Raggedy Old Bunny" kit and Amy Jo Smith's Borderline frames for both. Atomic Cupcake's tear action was used for the second one. ITC Isadore is the font for both.

I made some brownies earlier tonight with some of that easy mix that you just add water to straight into the pan. They're pretty good for such cheap, easy brownies. They have hunks of Hershey's chocolate in them. Nope...not good for the diet. But I figure that anything I can stomach is good at this point. lol Even when I feel yucky I can eat chocolate. :-P Actually, I really am feeling better and just had a sweet tooth.

That's it for tonight. I hope everyone has a great Tuesday!

He's home!! :-)

I got my hubby back!!! I know his family was happy to see him, but I told him he can't leave me for that long again. It's like half of me is gone when he's that far away. lol Goodness....I'm such an old married lady now. I don't know how to be alone any more. Sad, huh? Dealing with OIA wasn't too bad. It's not as confusing as I thought it was. Last time I was there I didn't drive and I was nervous about getting on a plain, so I guess that's where the nerves came in. Joel said he had pretty good flights. They were on time...actually a little early. After we hugged, smooched, and got in the car to catch up, he told me about these two little girls that were on the plain. They weren't together I don't think...just both happened to be unaccompanied. The flight attendant asked a lady if she could sit them together near her and she said, "I'm not going to baby-sit", so Joel said he'd switch seats with the lady and keep them company. Isn't he a sweetheart?! One of the little girls was so scared she was crying. Apparently her brother told her it was the scariest thing ever. So Joel calmed her down by telling her it was like riding a go-cart. He told me all about his trip. A lot of the stories were about fishing, so I was only partially listening to those. lol Before going home we went out to eat. We went to our old fav......Gator's Dockside. Yum! Of course I had to have the Buffalo Shrimp for an appetizer. Except they call them Gatortizes there. :-P Joel and I split them. Kolby didn't want any. I got the Buffalo Chicken sandwich, Joel got the Mahi Mahi sandwich, and Kolby got a big, fat burger. They were able to finish theirs, but I brought half of mine home and left most of the fries. Yeah....really good for the diet, eh? NOT! After we left, Kolby and I started feeling sick. Kolby said he felt better after about an hour or so. I have felt bad almost all night, though. I'm finally feeling some better. I credit that to Pepto. I'll be taking more before bed. Interesting stuff, huh? lol Sorry to bore my readers. On to other things....

I finished Gina Miller's Sketch Challenge tonight. I had started working on it yesterday, but didn't have much time, so finished tonight. It didn't take as long as I thought it would. Until I got into Photoshop I didn't know how to do the circular photos with the paper background, but it was easy once I thought about it a second. I always learn new techniques when I do her challenges. I haven't missed one yet. The prizes are great, too. If you're not a subscriber at SBB yet, these sketch challenges and prizes are worth the price of admission alone.....not to mention the hundreds of freebies just for us subscribers. Not bad for 10 bucks I don't think. It may be more now. I don't know. But still. Anyway, here's the LO....now don't laugh too hard....

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I have no idea what made me decide to take these photos of myself. I guess it started because I see all of these cute avatars on the forums and I wanted a better one of myself. Anyway, these are the result of a photo shoot I did of myself. I think they all look pretty silly. Lord knows I felt silly taking them. Even so, I still had fun taking them and more fun scrapping them, so I may just have to do it again. lol

Credits: Gina Miller's sketch and Juicy Blueberry paper pack from her Garden Treasures collection. Jewels are from the Summer Whimsy kit and are by Michelle Coleman. Photoblast actions for the photos.

I guess that's about it for tonight. I'm drawing a blank as to what else I was going to talk about. I'm ready to dive into bed anyway. I'm whooped and I can't wait to curl up next to Joel. Have a great Monday, everyone!