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Pop Beads: 05/29/06
Yesterday after saying goodbye to Ian's parents we headed into Pleasanton for a little while. We decided to go to Bay Books but they were closed for reroofing. Instead we went to Borders and got four books: Harriet the Spy (because we've never read it), the fourth Artemis Fowl book (to be BookCrossed when we're done), the D, E, F mystries in one volume by Sue Grafton (to BookCross the separate books) and finally a book of pop bead creatures for Sean. When we got home Sean and I spent a good couple of hours playing with his new pop beads, making all sorts of creatures.

Sleep at Last:

Although I stayed up later than I wanted because I was both working on a render and reading Fluke, I did actually sleep. In fact, I ended up getting ten hours of sleep. Poor Ian, though, didn't get much sleep last night. For whatever reason he ended up awake until three something. Then Sean got Ian up early this morning and I blissfully slept through the whole thing, waking up at just before ten. It was a solid night of dreams and comfort (except for one time when I woke up trying to sleep on my belly).

A Fish Toy for Harriet:

A week or so ago Sean found the perfect gift for his sister, a crib toy in the shape of a turtle. Inside the turtle is an aquarium that plays music, blinks lights and blows bubbles. Since we first saw it, Sean has been insisting that we get it for Harriet and that he'll show her how to use it. Today Sean and I bought it while we were running an errand to purchase two more row shaped pots.

Strange Dreams:

During my marathon sleep last night I had a number of strange dreams. Many of them have slipped my mind now but here is what I do remember:

1) I was detective Mack Taylor (C.S.I New York character) and was about to be part of a crime scene. The murderer had laced my coffee with paint. I took a drink and tasted what she had done and spat out the drink onto my shoes. Later of course we had to test my pants and shoes as evidence.

2) We lived in a condo on the bottom floor of a mostly abandoned skyscraper. Our front door led to the street but there was also a back door from the kitchen that led through the rest of the first floor of the building. I chose to go that way one day and realized that we had a horrible rat infestation in the rest of the building!

3) Still living in the condo of dream #2, Ian and I chose to walk to Sean's school. We are living in a big city, like the Manhattan bit of New York City except with hills like San Francisco. Sean's school this time also serves as a Saturday Chinese school. There are Chinese text books lining the stairs up to the front door. We pass one of the students. I try to say something to him. He laughs because my Chinese is so terrible. Ian does better at it.

4) I am looking at high resolution photographs of an awards ceremony (Oscars or some such). Then the people in the pictures begin to move and I am now in the theater. Next thing I know, I'm a dancer and I'm heading home for the day except that I don't have any clean socks.

Steps: 10000