1. I got up early. Kate woke up and called for me at 4:20 this morning, and although I was in her room for less than 30sec, I couldn't fall back asleep. I stayed in bed until 5:15 - the time I'm supposed to get up at (usually it's 5:30 in reality) - and was downstairs at 6:15. Ah, a quiet house.
2. Kate's daycare is doing pizza day for lunch today, and I signed her up. She won't eat pizza, and while that's not the worst thing in the world, it would be a lot easier sometimes if she'd just eat what we're eating. Jay and I thought that perhaps if her friends are all eating it then she would too - and I think that will be the case, actually. She just won't try things most of the time, and that's the case with pizza. Anyway, because of pizza day I don't need to pack her a lunch, although I did put some yogurt and chopped up chicken in her lunch bag just in case she refuses the pizza - I don't want her to not eat lunch! Packing her lunch in the morning is a major chore, and I'm normally running around gathering things for a good while. Yes, I should pack it (what I can, anyway) at night, but I am barely functioning by the time she's in bed, so I've yet to motivate myself enough to pack it at night.
3. Kate is still sleeping. Her wake up time varies between two extremese: 6:15 and 7:15. On average, she gets up between 6:45 and 7, but this week has been early everyday until now.

We have a busy weekend ahead. We need to hit Costco (Jess - we went 2 months on our last order!), we're having dinner tomorrow with Claire et al, I'm hoping for a playdate with Jack and Michelle, and I'd really like to go to Alexandria and walk along the Potomac. We're at peak color right now, and Sunday is supposed to be a nice day - I'm hoping we can pull Jay out of the house for the morning prior to the games starting.

TGIF! For the longest time I had the most boring Fridays at work - at my desk all day, struggling to focus as I looked forward to the weekends. I don't know when it happened, but my Fridays now are crazy - meetings that I run for at least 4 hours of the day. That means that I have a ton of legwork to do in my "down time" so I really can't be very productive. It does mean that Fridays fly by, but I always leave for the weekend stressed about how much I didn't get done that week. Today will be no different!

Happy Friday - have a great weekend!