I haven't done a lick of writing. Not any. Spent money getting son ready for soccer. The competitive team is expensive. We pay for uniforms (which won't arrive for at least 2 weeks, I understand) but they tell us they're expected to wear black shorts, black or white socks and a white t-shirt to practice which starts Monday. Fine for the kids who played last year. But last year, my son was rec soccer (red and blue!) not the traveling team. So I had to go buy stuff that, actually, I already bought (but won't get in time). Ouch. But he's so happy and thrilled to be on the Class 1 team.

His school is going on a Gold Country trip next week and he has to have pajamas suitable for cold weather. Uh-oh. He sleeps in his boxers. In part this is because we live in a part of California where people shiver when it hits 50 degrees. It's also because in the entire USA there are no pajamas for boys age 7-12. The few that I've seen in catalogs (no time for catalog shopping) have puppies and bulldozers on them. He's 9 for gosh sake's! What are these people thinking? There are hardly clothes for boys his age. It's worse if they're tall and skinny. Apparently, the 5 pairs of pants for boys that do exist are for boys who are chubby. Regular pants fall down on him. He needs slims. So, we had to try to find cold-weather pajamas in April. In California. There are none. There are also no sweatpants his size. Ever. Except in purple. I found a long-sleeved t-shirt that was on sale and some half-off lyrca-ish sport pants and told him if anyone asked to say they are pajamas. He's going to look like a Ninja. But he's excited about that, too, and so am I (about the trip, not the Ninja thing) because I'm taking those days off and will be home working.

So, anyway, no writing today at all. I surfed the web a lot. Played with social bookmarks. The next big tool. Probably Google will aquire this soon. Shopped. Wrote checks. Futzed with the website. But I'll notebook the new historical tonight. I'm looking forward to that.