It’s Long… Bear With Me.

[Update: I look bored singing the song because I just learned it earlier that day... I was reading the words and chords, and also transposing in my head.  Like I said, go easy on me.  :)  Also, if you're curious about the chords/lyrics, there's a picture of them here (I didn't want to type them out, because I'm lazy).]

So as you may know, I traveled three hours north to visit my brother and sister-in-law and my brand new niece. I drove up there on Sunday night, after volunteering for a concert… it made for a pretty late night, but I was glad to do it. Plus, I got to meet Brent and Tam! It was just a quick meet-hug-chat-for-a-few-minutes, but it was cool to finally meet them.

So I left the concert at about 9 pm (man, I was super tired by the end of it, too, from standing up for almost 5 hours), and went home to grab my stuff. I ended up not leaving my house until almost 9:30 because I was chatting with my mom and sister.

Once ensconced in my car and headed toward the on-ramp, I realized that I had forgotten to pack my phone charger. Instead of turning around and driving the two minutes back home, I kept going, like the ‘tard I am. My phone lasted until Thursday, which was pretty amazing, considering the last time it was on the charger was Saturday night.

About an hour into the drive, I started getting super-sleepy. Even singing along to my music wasn’t helping, so I turned it off and started singing my way through They Might Be Giants’ “Flood” album from memory. That helped. I recorded some of it, but since it was like 10:30 by that point, they’re just videos of darkness with my sleepy, road-roughened voice floating nakedly out into space. I tweeted that I might include one or two, but that’s not happening. I will, however, swallow my fear and post a video of me singing a song we sing at church that my pastor set to music, based on Psalm 23… I don’t know where he found the phrasing, but it’s totally awkward… my brother and I used to joke that it was Psalm 23 according to Yoda. Please don’t laugh at my guitar ineptitude, or if you do, just keep it to yourself. Also, ignore my double chin.

It was so nice to hang out with my brother and sister-in-law, and of course my new niece. She is adorable! She has huge jowls… I want to eat her up. Om nom nom. I drank a lot of coffee and stayed up way too late -and intended-to-nap=but-never-got-around-to-it and got puked and pooped on and gave kisses and received gas smiles and basically left my heart there.

Look at her…