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For as chilly as it is outside, it sure is beautiful! The sun was shining perfectly on this red brick building and the river as I drove home along Columbia Parkway tonight. I love this view and feel lucky to have it as my scenery for the commute home every day. I bet it’s stellar in the fall with all the colorful leaves!

To clear up yesterday’s mystery – you know, the one where I freaked the hell out because when I came home the bathroom door was closed and I know for a fact I didn’t close it when I left that morning and was convinced there was an unwelcome intruder in our house – there was indeed someone in our house. I didn’t over-exaggerate, nor am I crazy. Apparently our landlord sent over one of his workmen to fix the water pressure in our shower. He did email Ted, but with only mere hours advance notice. Ted wasn’t able to check his email until nearly 11 o’clock that night either, so neither of us knew anyone would be in the house. While I’m thankful our water pressure is fixed, I do think our landlord should have let us know several days ahead of time and waited to hear back and get the “okay” from us before sending someone into our home. Because, let me tell you, nobody likes to come home, completely terrified, thinking there’s someone in their house. The water pressure waited three weeks before he got around to doing anything about it so it could have waited another few days until he got our okay to send someone in and then have that person not leave things exactly the way he found them. I don’t mean to sound like a grouch or make a big deal out of something that’s not, but not knowing that someone will be in your house is a very uncomfortable feeling, especially when you know you’ll be home alone all night. Don’t you agree?

Tonight I think I’ll catch a few episodes of TV shows I’ve been meaning to check out, bake some brownies, and throw in a movie or two – I’m thinking Up and The Notebook – until Ted gets home.

P.S. – Have you checked out the reviews on the new musical Spiderman? It’s the most lavish and expensive Broadway musical ever made. It hasn’t even officially opened, but millions of tickets have already been sold. It has received absolutely scathing reviews for being a mess from start to finish. There have already been four serious injuries to the actors and the show hasn’t even opened yet! I think the idea is fantastic, but if the musical theatre world isn’t ready to safely pull off something of this caliber and do a phenomenal job of it, then they need to postpone it until they’re technically and artistically prepared.