I read a Time article characterising people who have migraines as those with excited brains. I have migraines and henbce I must have an excited, or was it excitable brain. I woke up this morning at 4 thinking and having thoughts unspool out of my brain like the new receipts that you get at the supermarket. just run on paragraphs about stuff, stuff and more stuff. I had a hot brain and excited brain.

This is the end of summer and my birthday usually marks it. We all had a great time in Maine especially Miss Murray who loved loping up and down the path to the beach and even went out happily in the rain. Amazing because here in the city, she like all other dogs in our apartment building, get to the front door, sense or see the rain, plant their feet firmly and refuse to move. It's endemic when it rains.

I can't reven remember what other excited or excitable thoughts I had this morning but felt as if I had to releive the pressure by writing. Does this really releive the pressure? Well part of the way to releive the pressure today besides lots of migraine medicine was to stay home from work.

Now i actually feel better and can enjoy the day. Enjoy the process of going out with Kate tomorrow to buy a cell phone for her. I still think it's totally unncessary for this kid who is trucked from place to place and hardly has a moment to herself, let along going anyplace by herself, but so be it. I want to give the false impression that she has some independence. Actually she had some independence in Maine with Lile when they could go out on their bikes and just be gone. Now as I told her I'm struggling with how to deal with the phone issue. And at one point I thought I would have to deal with a new computer, the itouch and a Nintendo DC. Somehow i've narrowed the focus to the phone for this week. Kate is excited as a flea about the phone and I'm just hoping that she doesn't lose it. Losing it well losing it.

Oh, i've discov ered how to recoup some of my costs with her. She charges me $1 for a random list of swear words and $5 for the "F" word. I was glad to agree because it's better if I don't swear which of course I do especially when I'm stressed. And I wanted to cooperate with Kate who hates swearing and feels that itis violence. Which it is. So I'm poorer but purer. But just recentlhy I've levied Kate a fine of $1 for cracking her knuckles and now I'm add a $2 fine for leaving her cereal bowl or any food in her bedroo m.

That's parenting in the big city.