how foolish do i feel...

I've been without a second cd drive-- my dvd drive-- on my computer for over a year now (ever since I moved to W. Warwick). I've tried to figure out the problem, but had always assumed it to be a disk that had slid back and gotten stuck prohibiting the drive from opening. Tonight I decided, what good is a broken disk drive? so I decided to pry it open to try to see what was wrong (you see, I don't have enough technical ability to actually take the drive out and examine). SO using promotional fork-thingers from starbucks, I pried... thus noticing the problem. The door was stuck. Yes folks, the door was stuck. Within seconds (literally less than one minute's time) I now have both my drives again. foolishness... although good for a good laugh at myself. :)

could care less v. couldn't care less

Why must people use these phrases wrong?
"I could care less" means that you do care and therefore could care less than you actually do.
"I couldn't care less" means that you are at the lowest point of 'care' already.

< / random rant on grammar >

the passing of time

I was looking through photographs of Catherine Elizabeth from her first year and I am amazed at how long ago it seems in picture-time (In physical time, I can recall each day that the photos were taken and remember just how it was, making it seem like "just yesterday"). Anywho, CE has changed a WHOLE LOT. Some pictures show her laying on her back before she was even able to roll over or crawl. Now she's running around the house like a mad-women screaming, "come on, Aunty (said like Ant-y, unfortunately) M, chase me, chase me." Of course, this means that I now am walking in circles around the dining room table "chasing her" as she giggles. Loads of fun. Now I get to watch Emily grow up and go through all those same stages that Catherine Elizabeth has already conquered.