I feel like I am cheating, and have started the weekend early.  I called my friend J. to see if she wanted to hit the hip-hop water aerobics class tonight, and she declined and invited me to karaoke at Bush Garden instead.  Hooray!  I love karaoke, but am still working to overcome some real shyness/social-anxiety type issues around it.  I'm finally getting to the point where I see value in getting up and butchering songs, as I did tonight with one of my all time favorites: Slow Boat to China.  After that I went with a safer standby, These Boots Are Made for Walking.  And while I don't know how good it sounded, I went out in a burst of glory with Sweet Child of Mine. 

Now I get to sleep for 3 hours before bringing J. and her fella H. to the airport.  Happily, I get to work from home today.  This is new to me, and I feel a bit guilty staying up so late knowing I really do have to work tomorrow...but also knowing I will be driving 2 hours less is very happy making.