I woke up at 7:30, missing my opportunity for a lecture. I washed the dishes, which were left in the sink from the night before. Eriko was woken up by this and we enjoyed a rare morning together. We ate some boxed donuts (which were pretty nasty). I got into work a little after 8 (since I decided to soak up the quality time with Eriko). I was relatively productive as the only meeting that was scheduled got cancelled.

I slept in late, again. My ingenious plan to wake up early and watch lectures isn’t working so smoothly… I left for work soon after and had a productive morning. During lunch, Eriko was very quiet until I was about to leave. The afternoon was productive with the exception of an afternoon coffee break with Zack. I’ve started drinking decaf. I like the taste, but don’t need the caffeine. I walk and talk with Scott on the way home.

I woke up late – the exercise really tired me out. At work I was productive. Lunch was good and the afternoon was productive again (of course, I attended Japanese class). Dinner was yummy and the evening was going well until we got into a bit of an argument about the baby’s name. Eriko was convinced that Satoko was the name and I wanted to hear alternatives. There was some silence and I concentrated on the baseball game.

I woke up at 6:30 (on purpose, via the alarm) and watched a lecture for about 45 minutes. Work was productive, and there were no meetings scheduled! How nice. Eriko and I had lunch together, which was nice. The afternoon was also relatively productive and I had only one meeting (for management training homework) and it was really just a complaining fest. After that, I had coffee with Zack and got nothing else done.

We slept in today – the alarm was off and we took advantage, finally rising out of bed about 10 AM. I was still stuffed from the Indian the night before, but Eriko was hungry. She made herself some breakfast and I watched. We lazed around and eventually Eriko started taking a nap, so I moved into the bedroom and started watching a UW Colloquia lecture on my handheld media player.

I slept good and the alarm woke us (both) up at 8 AM. I laid in bed for about 5 minutes and then popped out to check my mail and cook breakfast. Eriko woke up a few minutes later and began to eat. We left the house about 9:05 and headed north on I-5. Traffic was light and we made it on-time for her drum class, which started at 9:30. I helped carry in her new bongo drums and then I left.