We suspect Penny is teething again. She was kind of fussy off and on all day yesterday, then woke up at 2 this morning and had to be soothed and put back to bed.

Matt had trouble going back to sleep, and his restlessness made my sleep a little uneven, so I'm a bit rocky this morning, despite the fact that Penny then slept until 6 and was cheerful and happy all morning. (Oh, how quickly we grow used to sleeping through the night...)

But K.T. found Ashby last night, whoo!

Well, "found" may not be the right word. He hadn't gone anywhere. But none of us have talked to him for over a year. He had a cold or something, so he didn't stay online much past about 8, but he promised that he would stay in touch, and that he might even manage to Hall with us again! Yay!

Mind you, I'm not holding my breath or anything... He's promised to come back before. But still, it was really cool to chat with him and hear his news.

I've lost my badge, it seems.

For work. They issued me a plastic badge with my picture on it, and I never wore it because our office is so small that we all know each other, so an ID really isn't necessary.

But I didn't want to lose it, so I... For a while, I carried it around in my purse, and then for a while I hung it from a lanyard in my office, and then for a while I kept it in my desk... But it isn't in any of those places now.

Nor is it in my laptop case, or in my old purse, or in my old gaming bag, or in my suitcase, or under my desk phone, or anywhere at home that I could think to look, or in my car, anywhere in my office. I can't find the damn thing.

And now it's going to be a problem, because the company is issuing all-new badges, and when you get your new badge, you're supposed to turn in the old one. And I don't have it to turn in.

BAH.

I wonder how much trouble this is going to get me in.

--Liz