I am so tired.

My A/C at home is barely working. Meaning it works for a few days, and then stops. My room stayed cool last night, but Cari and Nick opened their windows, and their rooms turned really hot and humid. The home warranty people are sending someone out someday to take a look at it. I wonder if a broken A/C is an annual thing in the nightmarish swamp of Texas - last year it was the coil. What will it be this year?

Where oh where is the fall weather that can be so beautiful here? Or, even better, why oh why can't I move back to the north and have a real fall? Right now, even Atlanta would be "north" for me!

Woe is me. My first ever thoughtful gift to my father was destroyed days after he received it without even a "thank you for thinking of me while you were in the southern hemisphere." Good thing it was just thoughtful and not expensive. Its another lovely item to add to my novel-in-progress about my crazy family.

My mom says my "woe is me" about flying is getting almost unbearable. I'm working on it, really. Soon, I will be in the skies again, I promise -- watch out birds, planes and superman!

Tonight West Wing finally premiers. Hip hip horray! And we're having a house guest and making fajitas. MMMM Fajitas. Anyone else want to come over?

I feel the need to comment on the ironies in Cari's blog about t.v. usage. Nick (my roommate) just got a plasma t.v. for his bedroom. Cari is priding herself in not having a t.v. in her bedroom. Of course, in almost the same breath, she makes fun of the t.v. I have in the living room. Which I got for free. From Aunt Mary. I gave my old 13" t.v. from college to Nick (my brother) to take with him to school, so the 27" one from Aunt Mary was an upgrade. Everyone makes fun of it because its so small -- that is, until they see the t.v. in my bedroom, which I got when I was 8 years old (I think for a good report card or selling the most candy in a class fundraiser, I can't remember) and used to be connected to a TI-computer (yes, seriously). That t.v. still has knobs and dials. Anyway, despite being holier-than-thou about not having a tv in her room, she wants me to replace the archaic one in the living room. I want a trip to Hawaii and some flying lessons. Someone tell me where to spend my money! :)