On my mind...

How adorable is this kid? It's my little niece Bella at 7 months...
Hope this helps to bring a smile to everyone's face...

I have to confess. Today at work, I did nothing. I didn't ignore my phone, of course, and I answered the emails that came in. I even met with 4 students. But I have a pile of stuff to do and I didn't do any of it.

I wish I could say that the phone was ringing off the hook, or that the students were particularly draining. They weren't. I just didn't feel like doing anything. This will, of course, mean that tomorrow will be an insane phone-ringing-off-the-hook, too-busy-to-get-things-done day. The pile of crap I'm supposed to do will continue to sit.

Oh well. In the wise words of Scarlet O'Hara, I'll think about it tomorrow.

As most of you know by now, this weekend brought more terrorism info -- this time there are financial targets in NYC, NJ and DC. So, here are some weird thoughts on the life of the family of an intel guy.

I am in the un-enviable position of knowing just a little. Brian came home on Friday and I knew something was up. He was distracted, not nearly amused enough by me (and trust me, I'm VERY funny) but, of course, he couldn't tell me anything. Because I am obviously a security risk.

So, then he got beeped at 9pm Friday night. I, again, knew something was going on. I was even able to use my superior deductive skills to figure some things out. When he said, "I have to go to New York tomorrow" I said to myself, "hmmmm I bet there's something going on in New York."

But here's the thing -- that's all I know. Which, quite honestly, is not that much. Brian thinks it's funny when I get paranoid -- especially when he says things like "I'm glad you're not driving today" and I think "Wow, he must know that something's going to blow up" when actually it's more like "I heard that there's a lot of traffic." But, until they extend security clearances to spouses (which would probably just freak me out more) the deductive skills and paranoia are all I've got.