So this is a pretty big week in the realm of the world returning to normal.

First, there was football on TV. Oakland stinks. Aaron Brooks looks like Aaron Brooks. But he really celebrated when the Raiders scored on a pass he shouldn’t have thrown to a receiver who said after the game “I don’t know how I came up with that, I just put my hands out a hoped.” Never mind that you only had to go 23 yards to score Aaron. You rocked that TD pass. You’re a leader. You’re a winner.

That will be my last Aaron Brooks bashing post. Let the Drew Brees bashing begin. I wish the Saints first preseason game was going to televised. How can the networks skip Reggie Bush’s debut? Dummies.

Second, our house is free of house guests for the first time in 11 months. Well, there are two cats left. There were a couple of stretches where we didn’t have folks staying with us, but during that time we always knew there would be more, so we could never get the house back in order. I will kind of miss the computer in the living room. I liked watching TV while posting on the internet. I guess I just need to get a nice laptop.

And…  Today is Leslie’s first day on her new job.  Congrats and good luck!