baby girl is going to kings island today. without me. or any of her "other" parents.

it's a school trip, and the chaperone to student ratio is 8 to 1, which is good i suppose. still, it's the first time i've let her go on such a trip without a parent of some sort.

she's almost 13. i guess it's time, eh?

i want her to go and have fun, but i still don't like it a little bit.

so, i've made plans. i'll be going to the main library downtown to return a book and pick up another. i may go for a run, altho i'm pretty sore from the last couple days at the gym. still, it's probably the best way to work it out. i'm going to see my friend deborah, whom i haven't seen in weeks and weeks. it's time we had a good girlie talk. i may do some writing this afternoon, time permitting. i still don't know exactly what i want to write, but i have a better idea of how to do so now (thank you, friend!!). and we have the play tonight.

(why does this morning's diet coke taste like diet cherry coke? ugh.)

i actually slept last night. i got really really tired about 10pm. tired and very sleepy. i went to bed at 11:30 after waiting on baby girl to finish a movie she was watching. i was on the patio conversing with friends via email and she was on the couch. what i didn't know while i was eagerly anticipating the end of her movie so i could go to bed was that she had already fallen asleep watching said movie, and i could have gone to bed at least an hour sooner. ah well, it was still the best night's sleep i've had in over a month, and i didn't even take a sleeping pill.

i think i thought so much yesterday that i just wore myself out.

sad, ain't it?

have a lovely saturday folks.