Twitter is not for dads

Keith:From your Facebook it looks like you have been busy

me: I don't even know what's on my facebook

Keith: things show up whenever any friend enters anything, I only have 11

me: haha

Keith: not too many of my old friends out there

I looked at Twitter but gave up on that one

me: twitter is not for dads

Keith: that's for sure!

I don't get it

me: haha

every time mary beth's dad calls he tries to ask her about what is on her twitter

Keith: amazing

I wouldn't even try to figure it out

it's like a foreign language to me

me: it's just like blogging

you type what you're doing/ what's on your mind

and you read the stuff other people posted

and you can reply to it

Keith: yeah, but who care what I'm thinking??

me: no one cares what anyone is thinking

Keith: but you type it in anyway

me: yep

and because everyone does it

we all care

or something

Always around

Tyke and Chico while I cook, originally uploaded by sarahwithanH.

Mary Beth was concerned that I wasn't getting enough "cat love" since Ike still lives with my brother in Milwaukee (for about another month).

There's seriously nothing to worry about. These two furballs literally follow me everywhere when she's not at home. This photo is a typical scene from the kitchen while I was making ravioli this evening. Chico is currently sitting on my right leg and purring.

Cat love, indeed.

Inside, Not Outside

View from my bed (snow day), originally uploaded by sarahwithanH.

They said we'd have 8-12 inches of snow in the NYC metro area. They are usually wrong about these sorts of things. They were not. My daytime classes were already cancelled due to state math testing, but I was supposed to teach an after school in the South Bronx today. I woke up to my phone ringing. Too confused to answer at a pre-9 a.m. hour, I let it go to voicemail and later found out it was Shelly calling from Oklahoma to congratulate me on a snow day. I pulled back the curtain closest to my bed and saw snow. Everything covered in snow. Instead of checking the news, I checked Twitter, and all of my fellow teaching artists had already been engaged in celebratory tweets for a couple of hours. Then I checked my email, which told me not only were NYC Public Schools cancelled, but that we'd still be getting paid for today.

With that news, I proceeded to watch 30 Rock and Friday Night Lights in Hulu from my bed with Tyke sitting on my spare pillow purring the whole time.

Some people use snow days as an excuse to run around outside and go sledding and play in the white fluff. I hate snow, so I use it as an excuse to watch TV and hang out and do things that I never have time to do anymore because I'm rehearsing for something or teaching some kids all of the time.

I think I may even take a nap.

If only I didn't have to go to Manhattan for rehearsal, today would be the perfect lazy day.