Another Monday

Since I wrote so late yesterday, there's really not much to say today. Benjamin has been sleeping somewhat better the last few nights. He might have done very well last night, but something must have made some noise outside about 12:30 or so and it got Dax to barking, which woke him up. Still, we were only up with him a time or two after that, which was nice. Unfortunately, he and I took a nap yesterday afternoon, and anytime I take a nap, I have the worst time getting to sleep. So between that and everything else, I wound up with probably about 5 hours of sleep last night, a little less than normal, but not all that much.

Katrina has caused a lot of destruction down in the Louisiana/Mississippi way, but up here, all we are getting is a little cloud cover. That's keeping the temps down into the upper 80s today, so I'm guessing that after work, it's mowing time. Fighting that jungle should be enough to wear me out and make me collapse about 10:00 or so this evening. Thankfully for my worn out state, we don't have PK tonight. We're off until the 12th, with next week being Labor Day.

Meron has found my Christmas ornament for the year. She went out window-shopping with Benjamin since the weather was so (relatively) nice and went by the local Hallmark. There, she found my Christmas ornament for the year. They always have one in a series of baseball players, and this year, it's Albert Pujols. You can guarantee that will be on my tree, right next to the Mark McGwire and the Cardinal logo ones I have!

Cards took two of three from Washington this weekend. Jason Marquis apparently got the memo from pitching coach Dave Duncan, because he went out and threw a two-hit shutout, relying on his sinking fastball more than his slider. Then, because Mark Mulder had (instead of was) a pain in the neck, he was scratched Saturday (when Marquis moved up to win that game) and Sunday. Sunday was a bullpen game. Reliever Cal Eldred started and went into the 4th, where it was handed over to Brad Thompson and the rest of the bullpen crew. They shut out the Nationals as well, which apparently didn't sit well with the Washington GM, who went and had a loud discussion with his team afterwards.

Cardinals go into Florida tonight. Should be some good pitching in this series, though the Cards do miss Josh Beckett and Dontrelle Willis this time around. Tonight it's Chris Carpenter against A.J. Burnett, who is from LR. I used to see Burnett when we went down to watch the minor league hockey team around Thanksgiving every year. He even won the turkey bowling contest between periods once. Sadly, the team folded, which was too bad because going to the games was always a lot of fun.

That'll do it for now. Enjoy the rest of your day!