saturday

i woke up knowing that the cold i had suspected for the last few days had definitely arrived. i felt like shit, throat was sore, big headache. di made me toast and tea, and i stayed in bed until almost 9, i think. di walked seth, then went to the gym. i got some advil down, then some sudafed, but puked soon after.

made more tea, had more toast, and eventually felt functional, though never 'good'.

paul brinkmann came by after looking at a house with jason and hilary. we replaced the check which had been lost in the mail, and he hung out, eating a clementine in one bit (peeled).

i took off for the dianogah space to pick up some amps, then went to kip's house for a brief practice sans drums at 2pm. we have some guest musicians coming to our next shows, and we wanted to walk them through the song we're playing together.

left kip's just after 5pm, drove home, got di, and we went to visit shailesh and his family in wilmette. great to meet his new daughter, and to see the improvements to the house. shailesh and mary manage to keep the living area truly sparse in a minimalist way. very admirable; i don't know that i could do that.

from there, we drove down to irving park and the expressway to a party at audrey niffenegger's new house. gorgeous, amazing old house, filled with books. di and i were understandably jealous of the fact that her walls were completely painted, etc. we cut out pretty quickly, despite the wonderful dinner spread, as i was starting to feel like the crap again.

home, hang out in the yard with seth, then inside and to bed. can't sleep, get up to type this.

now, back to bed.