Presumed to be awesome.

I cancelled the trip to L.A. this weekend. While I have my voice back, or at least a gruffer version of my voice back, the hacking cough and burning lungs are still pretty much making me miserable. Traveling was just going to take energy I did not have. So, I'm staying home and working on the whole getting better thing. I'm bummed that I won't get to see my girls, but I refuse to start the long weekend with a pity party.

*sparkling harder*

:: I have tons of new books to read, including Lynn Flewelling's latest Nightrunner book, The White Road. Spending the weekend with Alec and Seregil is not a bad thing at all!

:: Today was Rianna's last day of first grade (holy smokes she's growing up so fast!). They got to wear anything they wanted to school for their last day. Rianna chose to wear a sparkly dress AND a feather boa!!! *loves*

:: I have fresh pineapple to eat later and I'm on the hunt for the perfect watermelon this weekend! Yummy summer fruit!

:: Since I was already planning on leaving work early today I came home anyway and I think I'm going to indulge in an afternoon nap!

:: I have NO plans for the weekend! The next three days are a blank canvass that I can fill any way I want to. *revels in the possibilities*

What are your plans for the holiday weekend? *curious*

wendy sent me some surprise!happy day thoughts this morning, and I think they worked, because today turned out much more pleasant than I was expecting. The craptastic morning in court that I was anticipating was certainly busy but went much smoother than I had thought it would.

Then I indulged in a MUCH needed nap this afternoon, and I felt about 200% less crabby after ward. Yay for sleep! Plus, my back which has been a ball of painful spasms all week, has felt really good today. Yay for painlessness!

I also received a whole bunch of books that I recently ordered from Amazon, including the first two books of the King Raven Trilogy. New books make me happy!!! \o/

I spent the afternoon getting quite a bit of work done, while I enjoyed the free MLB Extra Innings baseball coverage that's gracing my t.v. this week. I got to watch the Rangers take the Indians, and there was just SO MUCH PRETTY involved in that baseball game! Ian Kinsler was on fire, man. And, Grady mustered the power of the dimples for a very nice two run homer in the 3rd. Josh was HOT as only Josh can be. And, while Salty wasn't playing, he was lookin' mighty fine just sitting in the dugout! *g* And, proving why I could never buy the Extra Innings subscription and still expect to have any sort of life that wasn't watching baseball, I also watched the Padres pull off a nice win over the Dodgers. *laughs* Man, if I had all this baseball on my screen all the time, I'd never get anything done!

Speaking of baseball, as we do 'round these parts, I'm taking Rianna to her first game of the season tomorrow night. It'll be a family night at the ballpark, with me, my brother, my mom, Rianna and even Rhyan, who is sure to terrorize anyone sitting near us! *laughs*

And since there will be more baseball tomorrow, I thought ( I should post my pictures from the Home Opener )

I wish it would either decide to rain or not, because these yo-yo changes in barometric pressure are giving me a headache that hasn't let up since yesterday. I am greatly displeased about this. Somewhat relatedly, there has simply not been enough coffee in my life today! I keep hoping coffee will take care of the headache, but so far it hasn't even managed to clear away the morning brain fog. *grumps*

Yesterday was a complete laze-fest. I did nothing but read and watch t.v. all day! Go me! \o/ I finished reading Lynn Flewelling's Tamir Trilogy and it was fantastic! I really loved the way she delved into some really interesting gender issues in this series. Fascinating.

I also watched the Pro Bowl and Larry Fitzgerald was fantastic! His smile makes me SMILE!!!

And I watched the Grammys, where Jennifer Hudson was fantastic. I don't care that she's a product of the American Idol machine; I love her! I also really loved the last-minute Justin Timberlake, Al Green and Keith Urban number and Lil Wayne's tribute to New Orleans with Robin Thicke, Allen Toussaint and Terence Blanchard. Some great performances!

Not great, IMO, was saddling Stevie Wonder with those Jonas kids. And one of them yelling out, "show me what you got, Stevie." Really? Are you kidding me, child??? I would have liked to have seen Stevie slap him across his bushy-haired head!

But since we're on the topic of music, last week stormcloude gave me the letter M in that I-give-you-a-letter-you-give-us-some-music meme that was going around. ( So here's some music brought to you by the letter M. )

In baseball news, Alex Rodriguez has apparently admitted to steroid use. The truth was definitely the prudent choice here, Mr. Rodriguez. In better baseball news, though, PITCHERS AND CATCHERS REPORT THIS WEEK!!!!!!!! There shall be another installment of "The Hot Men of MLB" later today to celebrate. *g*

In an effort to continue doing my part to contaminate my flist with happiness, I bring you today's Happy List! *beams*

1. I didn't have any court hearings today, which meant I got to sleep in to the entirely decadent hour of 8 a.m. It was luscious!

2. Leverage continues to be made of awesome! I wasn't sure whether the awesomeness would be sustainable beyond the pilot episode, but last night's show did not disappoint. It's caper-ific! With awesomely snarky characters, witty banter, interesting storylines, and plenty o' eye candy! I approve!!!

3. Speaking of happeh-makin' t.v. shows, I'm almost embarrassed to admit that I recorded, watched, and enjoyed all three episodes of TNT's The Librarian series. *facepalm* I know! I don't even have an excuse for this. Noah Wyle has never done anything for me. But for some reason I found these shows to be charming! Completely RIDICULOUS, but charming none the less.

4. I have a "To Do" list approximately 3 miles long (which is NOT the happy part). But I have been making impressive progress on it which is definitely happeh-making! I feel accomplished!

5. When I'm not tearing through my To Do list, I'm reading Nora Roberts' "The Pagan Stone," the third book in her Sign of Seven Trilogy and I'm enjoying it immensely!