So the French Open tennis tournament starts this weekend. I know it’s weird, but I really like to watch tennis. It’s one of the purest sports out there, with two people facing off over a net. Man to man, woman to woman. Plus, it’s great to nap to, which I’ll probably be doing a little of this Memorial Day weekend. :scooby:

It’s also a big weekend for Formula One racing, with the Grand Prix being held in Monaco. Wheezley, the significant other, is a big F1 fan (his cat is even named McLaren, after the racing team), so I’ve become a casual follower of the sport.

All the good stuff on television this weekend almost makes me forget that it’s another three months until football starts again. Almost. 😎

What about you? Got big plans for the holiday weekend?

So it’s finally started to happen — my friends are having babies. Nick and Chelsea, and Amy and Alex are both having baby girls over the next few weeks. So this weekend, I went to Target to get baby shower gifts for the expectant couples.

Oh my.

First of all, it took me a while to find the stuff they were registered for because for some reason, the baby stuff aisles are labeled Q (at least they are supposed to be, I never saw a Q sign), while all the other aisles are labeled A through G or something like that. Something alphabetical that makes sense. What Q has to do with babies, I have no idea.

And it didn’t get any easier after I found the stuff my friends had registered for. Body pillows and breast pumps and other things I didn’t even recognize, but that look like torture devices from the Middle Ages. Seriously, I have no idea what a Diaper Genie is, but I bought refills for it, even though they look like expensive rolls of duct tape. And this musical, light-up toy thingie that will probably drive N&C crazy. :joker:

I felt like Alice in Wonderland trying to navigate through this strange and curious world my friends have entered into. Maybe I should have bought a Glo-Worm and seen if he could give me some mushrooms to eat, like the caterpillar in the Disney movie. Things might have made more sense then. 😮