So we thought we had the whole vacation thing figured out.

And then we went out to dinner with our friend. It turns out he’s getting married in Norway this August, and we’re invited (for those of you who think you know who it is, you’re right).

I’ve never really thought about going to Norway before, but now that I think about it, it sounds pretty fun. I’ll keep you updated as the decision-making process continues.

I hope my future children are quiet. I’ve found that I get overstimulated very easily by loud noises, especially at night. I need about an hour of near-silence before I can chill out enough to go to sleep. I haven’t gotten a single good night’s sleep this week, because I’ve been rehearsing every night until 10 or 11, and of course that’s a very loud experience, so it takes a long time of lying around in silence to recover.

I also don’t like loud noises in the morning. It freaks me out when people are being loud and chatty around the coffee maker at work. I can’t talk until I’ve had coffee, but how else am I supposed to get at the coffee except by passing through the Chat Zone? [Edited to add: yes, I could make coffee at home. But that would require getting up early enough to make the coffee and drink it without burning myself. Challenges, challenges.]

Anecdotal evidence from my friends and relatives indicates that children shriek a lot, including but not limited to night time. Hm. Are child muzzles legal?