Another down-ish weekend.  I’m still oncall so I kept things rather subdued.  Not that unusual really, but at least I feel like I have an excuse.  Friday we went out for our semi-almost-nearly-traditional happy hour, but this time we went to the Peanut on Main instead of the Flying Saucer.  Downtown was an absolute madhouse with the Big 12 tourney going on, and I didn’t want to risk being jostled.  We met up with John & Susan and a few of their friends, and hung out there for a while.  Went home in time for dinner, and so went Friday.

Saturday I got up to find my website all messed up, so I spent my morning on that.  Before going to bed on Friday I decided it would be a good idea to try the “automatic upgrade” feature;   Didn’t turn out to be such a whippy idea after all.  Oh well, that’s what backups are for I guess.   About the time I got that mess straightened out, it was time to head down for the St. Patrick’s Parade in Brookside.  We generally don’t go to it, but the school where Donette works was in it and she was supposed to take pictures for the yearbook.  It turned out to be a fine parade indeed, despite the rather sketchy weather.  The last several parades I’ve bothered going to consisted of sixty pickups with magnetic signs on the doors driving by one after another, maybe with a balloon tied to the bumper.  Weak.  This one was a lot more festive;  Clowns, firetrucks, floats, costumes, and tons of candy.  (Carefully and safely handed out, naturally;  No throwing.)  It was a good time, and Donette got lots of pics.  I even posted some of them already.  OK, maybe not the most exciting photo album ever, but I figured it’s March already and I haven’t put up a single picture for the year.  After the parade we stopped by the Brooksider for a short bit, mostly to warm up.  It was crazy crowded though, and steadily getting worse, so we bailed.  Donette went out with Susan to some kind of fund raiser later in the evening.  I stayed home and worked all night.  Sigh.

I stayed up until the wee hours working, so the better part of Sunday was spent sleeping.  I’m getting too old for those all-nighters.  I finally got up around noon and proceeded to do nothing for the rest of the day.  We did go down and say hi to everybody at the Brooksider and watch the brackets on TV for a while.  Around 5:00 or so, Donette caught a ride to the airport and headed to Las Vegas.  She and our friend Lucy are staying there for a fews days to catch some sun and throw some money away.  I’m gonna stay home and work.  Sigh.