Hope for the future

I would be remiss if I didn't mention one of the great things that happened this week. My brother Jerry learned that he passed the Pennsylvania Bar Exam. I know this is a huge weight off of his mind, after all the hard work he did to prepare this summer. Now I can begin pressuring him to find a job in Pittsburgh. I've been gently hinting, but that doesn't seem to work, so I'm just going to have to be blunt about it. I would try to get him back to Erie, but I think that might be pushing it.

In the last day or so I've finally realized that I'm going away next weekend. I know I talked about it here before, but aside from the milk thing I haven't done much planning. Now I need to kick it into gear--it's time for me to make lists and concrete plans and actually find a dress to wear for crying out loud. Nothing like waiting until the last minute. And though we'll be going to North Carolina and (presumably) warmer weather, I should still get something with long sleeves as the reception is outdoors. Maybe if I find something very good, I can wear it again to Jerry and Tammy's wedding in the spring.

It's only in the last few days that I've noticed how much Grady is in love with Evan. He'll just sit and stare at Ev all day long if you let him. G wants to see what he is doing at all times. And pretty much everything Evan does is very exciting. Of course, Evan wants nothing to do with all this adoration. He's moved to a new place where yeah, Grady is fine, but there are a lot more interesting things to do around here. If he thinks Grady is staring at him too much, or if Grady touches Evan when he doesn't want to be touched, look out. There's no room for all this love and affection right now.

And it's a bad time for unrequited love, as we're all stuck in the house together. The weather has gotten very cold very fast (though no snow yet, thankfully) and today we're just hanging out in our fleece pj's with the curtains closed. It's laundry day, and cleaning day, and snuggle under blankets on the couch day. Maybe we'll just skip the first two and go for the third.