Here's hopin'

I just asked my boss if I can leave an hour early today (when the afternoon shift arrives) since my family's in town, and we're planning on going to Cedar Point today for their half-price evening hours. I think it's likely he'll agree, and it won't be the end of the world if he doesn't; we'll just get there a bit later.

It'll be a bit weird, though -- Cedar Point's been a family tradition since I was a kid, and part of that was that Dad and I rode the coasters together (the first coaster I ever rode was the Gemini there, when I was 9). Dad doesn't ride 'em anymore, so I'm sad to be losing that part of things. Still, it should be a fun evening, if I can dredge up the energy for it; I only got about 5 hours of sleep last night, and it's going to be a long day.

On HPV Vaccine "choice"

A really excellent blog post explaining how problematic it is to not make the HPV vaccine part of the required school vaccines (link snagged from joedecker)

Lest I've accidentally suggested that my folks are weird and scary...

OK, "weird", yes, but so's everyone in the family.

Anyway, two sweet things so far from this visit. Mom asking whether I have any special new "person or group of people" in my life, and Dad calling just a minute ago to check on what kind of flourescent lights I want for the lightbulb switch campaign (actually a good excuse to do something I've been meaning to do for ages.

Last night we ordered pizza and watched Evolution, which was a fun low-key way to spend the evening.