pajamas no problem

hi
i'm tired, very very tired. i think the kids are sensing my return to work. this is a good reason for maya to be up from 3-5 this morning crawling out of bed, resisting lying down, and wiggling out of a swaddle repeatedly like baby houdini so she can wave her freed hands in the air yelling delightedly "doo,doo hand!". also for miles to spend almost an hour of pennying time asking more fun questions. "is another way we can save the cheetahs by growing a whole new africa?" "does an eagle see underwater in the dark?" "can daddy buy me a guitar case tonight while i'm sleeping and you are cleaning the kitchen?" at least we have moved on from human mortality.

last night as i dashed out of the house to buy some walgreen's sugar for the final stage of my homeade peach schnapps (well, homeade if pouring peaches and vodka in a bowl and leaving them in the fridge for 2 weeks is really making anything. we did grow the peaches i guess) i realized that my neighborhood gives me a lot of room for dressing options. i was wearing my pajama pants, rich's long-sleeved shirt and the aforementioned expensive down jacket with fringe (cassie, see how many times you can work this vest into your writing!). very muddy old dansko clogs and no socks. no idea how my hair looks, but most likely it looks pretty bad. and no one around here gives me a second glance. i am nothing special, as here comes a speed freak with mascara and eyeliner dripping down her face, crazy dreadlocks, a dayglo shirt, and pants hanging down to reveal way too much of a thong. at the bus stop is a large and muscled mad wearing only jeans, suspenders, and a burger king crown, perched atop an upside down shopping cart. in front of me in line is a friendly looking guy with some kind of crown of thorns tatoo, a big dark one, around his neck. there are hip young abercrombie and fitch (sp?)couples, some large ladies wearing very tight dresses and bling bling jewelry. plenty of people just blending in of course. and i guess it's nice to not have to blend in to blend in.