but...but..i don't really feel like watching baseball tonight!

It's game one of the World Series tonight and though the mighty Tigers are in, I seem to be having some trouble mustering much enthusiasm for the game. And it's not as if I have a wealth of superfantastic social opportunities that are preventing me from participating in this monumental event. Yeesh. There was talk of The Elbow Room, but no one really wants to drive allllllll the waaaaaay to G.R. Saugytauck was mentioned, but it's probably going to be really crowded and the only place I'd want to sit is at the bar and the chances of that happening are pretty slim. Oh woe is me.

My day off yesterday was not a complete loss despite the unexpected realization that I had a doctor's appointment at 9:45am. I was home and alone by noon (there's a new cat on the property at the front house--Max, a white persian male that's crabby, cranky, and really cute). I watched disc 1 of Anne of Green Gables and knit. At 2 I decided to "read" which of course turned into a nap. At 5 I started making stuffed shells. At 6 I was drinking a glass of red wine, eating crackers and cheese and waiting for the shells to finish. At 7 I was sobbing over the death of Matthew (watching disc 2 of Anne of Green Gables) and managing to reverse the pattern I was knitting which reminded me that drinking and knitting is dangerous.

Watch really carefully over the next few weeks and see if reality doesn't start setting in with the Bush administration. Right now they're saying that they're willing to change their "tactics" but not their strategy: short-term shifts are needed but the long-term goal of doing whatever it is we're supposed to be doing in Iraq is remaining the same. I won't be surprised if by November 7th there is a tentative plan for some sort of limited withdrawal announced. Iraq is going to be the deciding factor in the midterms and if the Republicans want any hope of holding onto Congress they're going to have to face that the policies of the administration are wrong. Which of course means that the administration is going to have to admit that it's wrong.

Which of course will only happen when hell freezes over.

Disregard what I said.