Wednesday, October 10, 2007 | by nathan

My head’s not all in one place, but here’s this:

This week is teh suck. I’m working 71 hours, and all day Friday and Saturday; literally - all day. From 8 a.m. until midnight both days, and then from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday. Even that wouldn’t be so bad except that next week is going to be about another 50 or more hours, and then, hopefully, at the end of it, Brian and I can lock ourselves in our house and not leave again for quite some time. The upside is that, because I’m STILL on contract, I’m billing the CRAP out of my employers, and my next two paychecks are going to be teh awesome.

Brian got home last night. He had texted to say his flight would be about 20 minutes later than we’d expected, so to pass the time I stopped and got stuff for dinner, then at my local polling place to vote Yes! on Maps for Kids. On our way back home from the airport we stopped so Brian could vote. I’m happy to report that I was the 174th person in my precinct to vote AT ALL.

Anyway, I made us a dinner of tuna steaks and acorn squash that was deeply satisfying, and we cuddled on the couch and talked and watched The Simpsons, then lampooned our way through the Republican Debate. We tried to put together all our new Halloween decorations, but had some problems with them not lighting up; it’ getting fixed tonight.

It was kind of a perfect homecoming, especially because of how much harder it was this time to have him gone. Last night was the first time since we left for Dallas that either one of us has slept in our bed.

Two internet things before I go:

1) I’m going to do National Novel Writing Month, more popularly known as NaNoWriMo, next month. I need to get motivated on this novel, and I’m hoping that my ridiculous stubbornness, mixed with a (un)healthy curiosity (can I write a novel in a month? We’ll see!) will be the motivation I need. I’ve pretty much got the whole plot outlined and all my ideas are clear, I just can’t, for whatever reason, get them on the page. Here’s hoping November changes that.

2) My friend Tish just started a new blog. It’s awesome; you should totally go check it out.