bete noire bet-NWAHR noun 1844 a person or thing strongly detested or avoided; a BUGBEAR bugbear bug-BAR noun 1581 an imaginary goblin or specter used to excite fear an object or source of dread; a continuing source of irritation; a PROBLEM

If only my computer was working right now... Oh well, I will touch type this entry and spelling errors be damned.

Tonight my supervisor and I revived our weekly bar night. Our bartender gave us the first round on the house to celebrate our return and I was deeply amused. I've gotten back in touch with David (my initiation) and he was finally sweet after all this time.

Oh, where was I [I was momentarily distracted by my Brain Puzle, which lives next to me on the couch]? Ah yes, David. I would never have expected him to be polite after all these years. I would have expected him to turn me into some sort of haggish horror in his memory after all theis time, but he was really "sweet" for lack of a better word.

Somedays I wake up with fingerprints all over my flesh. Memories cling, of him and of others. Rarely, but it still happens. Even the Scottish bartender whom I never touched, but who was one of the more delicious creatures I ever beheld. He is my maiden in white on the ferry.

[I really wish my monitor was working and I could see what I was writing. I think then that this enty would be a little less disjointed.]

I give up. To be posted here soon, photos of the kids today:

We put two benches together and it was like a magnet for them.

They immediately began roleplaying.

They were crying babies in a huge crib.

But they couldn't keep from giggling.

The boy in front tried to get out of the picture but was too slow.

A special pose just for me.

The above is my personal favorite.