Up and down and back soon

So many ups and downs this week. For instance:

• UP: fabulous anniversary dinner in which we shamelessly copied the Obamas and dined at Nora
  
  
• DOWN: We had to say goodbye to this little gal before dinner:
  
  
  
  

• UP: Project Liberal Porn is going strong - we're done with Season 2!
  
  
• DOWN: When I use my brain for anything but West Wing lately, all I can focus on is the absolute tragedycrime of the Gulf oil spill, and my heart hurts.

At any rate, while I finish up some work tonight (DOWN) I'm also packing (UP!). I leave tomorrow for a loooong weekend home in North Carolina to toast my bff Heather before her kidney donation and spoil my nephew Liam for his first birthday. So excited to get home, and for such good reasons, too.

My brain shall return, after some NC good cheer. Until then... happy holiday-ing!