Purl Side of the Moon

You Winner

I never knew that deciding a winner in a contest could be so hard.  I loved all the captions you all sent in!  After widdling it down to three...then finally two...I couldn't decide...So I decided to toss the coin.  Marley acted as witness...I swear.   So the winner is...

JOANNE!   The funny thing about Joanne's caption, though it it is a pretty well known saying...From the picture, it so totally looks like Liz is saying that!  I have to say Carol...your caption could be very easily be interpreted by a pouty Liz trying to knit with cobs...Lord knows I'm surprised she hasn't...but I had to stick with the rules and wasn't allowed to include your entry....But it gave me a good chuckle!

Now, what did Joanne win?  A lovely skein of Fleece Artist sock yarn in the Parrot color way:

Oh, but you didn't know about another little contest that was going on at the same time...well, not really a contest... more like a milestone with booty to celebrate.  It just so happened that I was also coming up on the 1000th comment on my blog.  So, I have decided to give the lucky 1000th commenter a little somethun' somethun' too---which ended up being Beth!  So Beth, knowing that I was the one to entice you with pictures of Pink Lemon Twist's "Hot Rod" socks to begin with...This is awaiting to be mailed to you...Yep, yarn to make you all the more speedy on the flyball lanes! 

So ladies, send me your addresses (Joanne, I know I have yours in my address book...I think I was organized enough to put it in there...but just in case, send it to me again.)

Well it was a very busy week/weekend for us.  I took of a few days because one of best friends from college (Dawn) and her hubby (Gino) made it down to visit us again for our annual Jimmy Buffett concert which was Thursday.  My how quickly the year has passed by.  Nothing like trying to party and have a good time while you baking in a parking lot all day in 100 degree weather.  But with a bit of ingenious thinking, we snagged the dog pool and brought it with us, filled up three 5 gallon jugs of water, and picked up 6 bags of ice and dumped it in the pool and kept our tootsies plunged in the whole time (well almost the whole time, it was so cold at first that we had to keep pulling them out) We were completely comfortable through the entire day in the parking lot while all the passer-byers were in complete awe and planning our demise so that they could steal our pool.

Our annual group shot (Well, kind of...again, some of you are missing!--Why is this so hard to do?) :

Carol made it!

More beer and sweaty people!

OH! and passed out people at a Jimmy show is nothing new...granted, most of them are seen in the parking lot through out the day.  But let me advise you, if you are feeling like you are on the edge, don't go in the show...Just stay in the lot and sleep it off.

This guy didn't get the message...Doing so in the concert leaves for thousands of people that have been drinking all day, in the heat, and still sober enough to push a button, to easily use you as "that" picture on their blog...including me...he's probably famous on the Internet now:

Then random strangers began to jump in to take a picture with you:

And friends pose with him too:

And then all the people surrounding you, flashing their cameras, creates such a spectacle that other things seem to be attracted to you:

Ah, good times.

The kids say a big thank you to Aunt Nancy and Uncle Brian for taking care of them that day! Mommy & Daddy appreciate it!

In a House Full

As you know Deb and Chappy came and visited Liz and I this weekend. We had a fabulous time!  A really good weekend.  I didn't take that many pictures, we kind of took turns, but I did get one that is my favorite...this was at the height of some silliness on Saturday evening. I think this picture requires a little caption contest.  So, you have until Friday at 10:00 p.m. to leave your caption in the comments.  There will be a special prize for the winner...Yes it will be fiber related.  I will announce the winner on Monday.  OK...here's the scene; Give it your best shot.

Is that picture hilarious or what? I love it!  Hope you guys can come up with a rocking caption to match it.

Well as you have probably already read on Liz's and Deb's sites, we all had a very active and fun time. Liz prepared some fabulous dinner's that perfectly set the evenings with good wine and conversation.  Oh, and of course, we had a pack of dogs going wild around us...well some.  Chappy maintained a very quiet and demure stature.

So unlike our dogs that are used to our get togethers being all about them.  Poor Chappy seemed quite confused as to all the excitement and interaction.  When things got too wound up, he had his mommy for comfort.

Banjo absolutely had a blast with Max; They went non-stop for two days.  Max, thank you for wearing out my puppy...It's such a break from my norm lately and I'll take every minute that I can!  Marley got in on some of the fun, but was quite jealous that she couldn't have Max all to herself. 

Uncle Kirk enjoyed having a "little one" around too. Hmmmm...I even got him to say that Liz could get another dog after he kept hugging on Banjo.

The dogs definitely took over the house and made it their own vacation while we played with all types of fiber.

Deb and Chappy brought some GREAT prezzies for us. I'll have to take a picture when there is more light and post it tomorrow. Thanks though for bringing us such thoughtful and great presents!  I can't wait to start using them! I am so happy that you could make it down...And of course, I look forward to visiting with you and going to Rhinebeck!

My weekend ended perfect.  Jeff, Allen and I went for a super-long Kayak trip on Sunday. 

The river's waves and breeze made for some beautiful relaxing trip and a great workout on our paddle back against the tide. Of course, some swimming and good times were had and a great grilled evening meal topped it all off.

Don't forget to join in on the caption contest!  And I'll be sure to post my pictures of all the swatches and progress for the "Chuck's Cabled Socks."  They are looking fabulous!

Around Your Feet

It's Friday!  We have a special guest visiting this weekend...Chappy's Mom, (aka Deb) is meeting us at Liz's house for the weekend and of course Chappy will be coming with her. Can you imagine, 4 dogs, two cats, three knitters/spinners, and a brave husband stuck with us all, under one roof.  This should prove to be an interesting...but oh so fun weekend!

Once again, I haven't downloaded all my pictures; So let me just go ahead and tell you about my latest obsession.  SOCKS!  What? What's new about that? Like you haven't witnessed all the sock yarn I hoard...wait a minute...I think you have missed a few latest purchases...Hmmm...you will have to wait for the pictures.  I might have to pull a Wendy and prove that I didn't need to take my obsession to another degree of insanity by showing you a picture the mass amounts of sock yarn that I have hoarded in almost every crevice of my house.  Surely if I did such, my friends--led by my husband--would plan an intervention session.

But you see, it has taken a step in another direction...enough to make me buy and try several yarns and more needles to keep all my "swatches" on.  WHAT...SWATCHES?...FOR SOCKS?????  Yes, now you know it's gotten bad. I've made a zillion swatches as of now...OK...maybe 5...but here's who you can blame...and this is what for...

That sock is Eunny's self-designed "Chuck's Cabled Sock."  I might as well start myself on medication now, because I've definitely on my way to being certifiable.  I absolutely loved these socks from the moment she put this picture up. Then she wrote it up and and made it available.  Lord how I love Pay Pal AND Eunny. Fair Isle and cable on double pointed needles, with sock yarn.  Hellllllo Betty Ford. Actually it isn't that hard...I have just been having a hard time with my choices of yarn, colors, gauge of yarn, yaddy, yaddah...Well you know there really isn't that much out there in solid sock yarns...and though she used Baby Ull for part of this...I don't quite trust that it will stand up to heel wear. (Anybody made socks out of Baby Ull?).  Then I had to decide on color...Oh lord. But I did have a pretty good supply of great solid colors in Lorna's Laces.  Then do I use a subtle variegated background for a "stained glass" effect with a solid cable?...Ooohhh that opened up a lot of possibilities. 

So after finally deciding on two solid colors of Lorna's to go together...On size two's as suggested ( I usually knit Lorna's on 0's or 1's) I start knitting away and I am having a great time of watching it all appear under my needles.  But when I went to try it on after a couple repeats, my fear of how fine Lorna's is compared to a lot of sock yarn was confirmed.  Then I tried a swatch using looser tension...Boy did that look fugly.  Then I went and bought some Louet Gems Opal...sportweight, bigger gauge...Which produced a fair-isle cable sock fabric that would make me look like I'm wearing Uggs.  It was beautiful...but way too thick for my taste. Plus, I really didn't like that the Gems Opal has very little give or spring. It's like knitting with cotton!

Hrumph...I almost felt defeated and might of had to resorted to using my brain cells to redesign the pattern to make the Lorna's work.  Ah, but I gave it one more shot ... I tried the Lorna's on size 3's. ( I worked the cuff in 2's) Never in a million years would I have thought it would work on 3's being so thin...ah, but it's working!  It is a very, very slow progression, but I'm working on a little-bit each night.

But then enters Moth Haven and her ARRRgyles.  Damn it!  What the hell?  Dude, haven't I already got the weight of the world on my shoulder's with the Chuck's?  Do I really need to add intarsia knitting to it all. Yep, when she added this little character to the design!  I was just fine only contemplating argyles before she went and did that.  Bloody hell, mate...my quest for more solid sock yarn has begun again! Needless to say, another fricken color combo to decide on!

Oh...and right before the argyle mess, I desperately wanted to try this little number...just for fun...Pink Lemon Twist's Hod Rod socks.  These just seem so cool and fun!  (BTW, go look and congratulate her on her new puppy! It is absolutely adorable!) 

My problem now...My plans for the colors I have or wanted to pick for all three is all in the same range.  Guess I'm still going to have to hurt my brain on coming up with some more solutions!

Scream Thy Last Scream

Yeah, yeah, yeah...I know.  But...SNAKES ON A PLANE!

I actually have been knitting like my hands are on fire...But sorry, no camera with me to post all that has been going on. So I'm going to post about another person's post.  Well sort of, and it might require a little bit of background unless you are fully aware that there are "Snakes on a Plane!!!!"

Hmmm....Still don't know where this is going or what the fuss is about?  Well I would never be able to tell it as well as Miss Crazy Aunt Purl. You...MUST... Read...This!  Her post absolutely cracked me up! Though I laugh like a madwoman at most her posts, this one had me laughing hysterically.   You see the, "Snakes on a Plane" (or SoaP) phenomenon is pretty prevalent on the East Coast too. Furthermore, It has been firmly embedded into my vocab as well. I love it. What a classic phrase! 

Here in DC there have been billboards everywhere for this movie...On buses, metro stops, bus stops and a huge billboard taking up an entire side of a tall building next my office too! It is impossible to not look at that phrase and just think "How absurd!" and envision a bunch of people in the air, stuck on a plane, screaming out of their minds, as snakes slither and fill up the plane. Ahhhh haaa haa! 

To get descriptive, my half-sane and twisted mind envisions it like a sick 5th grade drawing:

A vision of a huge plane flying through the crayoned in sky ("sky blue" crayola of course and don't forget the big yellow sun drawn into the corner of the page!), big fluffy clouds...Then you see stick figure people...Heads and arms flailing out of the little port windows (Yes, I know it's impossible, but heh, it's my imagination!), big O's for their screamin' mouths, hair standing up on end, some with little crow-foot squinting eyes to show the intensity of their screams, a bit of red to their skin to show how much the are freaking out, two dots for fang bites and blood drops, of course.

Then you have snakes crawling everywhere taking over the plane, both on the inside, coming out of holes, cracks and windows, and even defying science and slithering on the outside of the plane.  If you were drawing it like a comic strip...You know there is some idiot running up down the isles pulling his hair out...One person locked in the the little stalled bathroom not noticing the deadly Black Mamba coming out of the sink...Another crouched in a seat and defending himself from rattle snake bites with his brief case...Oh, and yes, you would have the one Chuck Norris-like guy that would be swinging two Copperheads, one in each hand, like they were nunchucks and then killing them by smacking them upside the overhead compartments.  Yeah, my imagination runs wild with this one....But  what are you going to do?...There's motherfu**in' Snakes on a motherfu**in' Plane!

Ah, yes, it's the simple things that keep me going.  Also my friends that know it and only feed my need of absurd humor.  This is the picture I got emailed to me at work yesterday from my buddy Allen and his dog Kona! The streets of DC are no longer safe...Snakes on a Plane!

Now, if you aren't already in the know...and need still more information to understand why this movie has created such a big buzz and a whole cult following already, then go here and  read this primer and join the rest of us pop culture geeks.

Shine on You Crazy Diamond

Syd Barrett

1946-2006

As I happily walked out of a local record shop first thing in the morning with the long awaited Pink Floyd PULSE DVD (A DVD version of their 1994 concert at Earls Court), I returned to my desk to find out that Syd Barrett, co-founder of Pink Floyd, had passed away due to complications with diabetes. I was stunned and suddenly saddened. **

If you are at all familiar with the band, you know that Syd was a brilliant and talented genius...but also led a rather tragic life. Syd and Pink Floyd were one of the original pioneers and shepherds of the British Underground music scene.  After the band was discovered in 1966 and started it's great road to success, he started having a mental breakdown and became one of the generation's first "acid casualty." By 1968, Syd could no longer handle being the front man of Pink Floyd, and David Gilmour had to step into that role.

One of the most infamous Pink Floyd songs is "Shine On You Crazy Diamond".  This song was written for Syd and showed the remorse that the band felt for the loss of not having him continue on their journey.  (There are many other songs acknowledging Syd to this day, but this one is the most famous tribute to him.)  Syd slipped into a reclusive life, never to recover again. The band has never forgotten him and continue to sing SoYcD at every concert and acknowledge his tremendous influence on them and their music style that they carried on. Syd was a true rock legend.

On another sad note, today marks another loss of another legend that rocked.  Two years ago today I lost one of my best friends, Darryl (AKA D-Man).  He was unexpectedly ripped from mine and my fellow amigos lives.  D-Man, you are missed so much, but I know you are up there with Syd shining on and laughing like madcaps!

"Shine On You Crazy Diamond (I-V)"
Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
You were caught on the crossfire of childhood and stardom,
blown on the steel breeze.
Come on you target for faraway laughter,
come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine!

You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Threatened by shadows at night, and exposed in the light.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Well you wore out your welcome with random precision,
rode on the steel breeze.
Come on you raver, you seer of visions,
come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!

**  In a very weird moment of blog zen, it seems Wendy and I both thought of each other at the same time when we heard the news about Syd--Wendy, if you didn't know, is also a Floydian.  We evidently heard the news at the same time and while I was on her blog typing a comment about Syd, she was on mine doing the same thing.  Psychedelic.

You've Been in the Pipeline, Filling in Time

What has been going on in my life...

1.  All things puppy.  Banjo no chewing...Banjo go potty...Banjo quit jumping...Banjo quit barking...Banjo sit...Banjo quit...Good Boy...What do you have in your mouth...Do you have to go outside...Banjo leave Marley alone...Banjo, want to go for a walk......Banjo no barking...Banjo, no swimming in your water dish...Banjo do you ever sleep...

I swear he's been a handful.  I know Marley was never this active as a pup, or maybe I'm just not remembering... but he's so damned cute, it's all worth it.

2. We went to the beach to visit Mom & Dad...And introduce Banjo to his family.   Of course, his favorite family member happened to be of the same species and type as him.

They had a blast, as you can tell by the blur.  This "blur of fur" traveled continuously all over the house pretty much the entire trip...

Marley was definitely happy Mickey was so willing to be a detraction. She enjoyed her vacation catching up on some peaceful rest:

3.  I've seen more rain and water than I ever want to see again in my life.  Mother Nature made our trip home from the beach an adventure story due to all the washed out roads.  Alexandria ended up being one of the areas hardest hit.  We finally got home at 3 AM to find that Jeff's shop was flooded, our house was safe (that night) but when I checked on Allen's basement for him since he was at the beach, I found 4 inches of water in the entire basement.  We had to spend the remaining wee hours of the morning bailing.  And as all of you probably heard, the rain just didn't stop, for over a week. In between swabbing duties, we were designing plans for building an ark. It could have been worse...Lots of my friends ended up having sewage backup on top of the flooding. Who thought that just plain flooding would be such a silver lining.

4. I've managed to convince my work to pay for a very expensive course at Georgetown Law Center for me!  Woo hoo! 

5. I had a birthday! Which was celebrated with good friends...

About 5 hours after this photo, the Earth's rotation sped up to the point that I couldn't keep up with it.  All the booze I ended up drinking, just didn't seem to help me walk balanced and straight.

6. I won some yarn!  My entry in Susan's hilarious photo caption contest proved that I am a yarn whore and willing to do or say anything for yarn. But oh, what beautiful yarn (and stitch markers) it is!  Silk...Wool...Ah!  Thanks Susan & Boogie!

7. Lost my mind...Really...Here's proof:

To a Madcap Galloping Chase

Well, the car didn't escape unscathed...the driver side mirror got ripped off. Arg. But I'm happy that there was no other damage.

I'm really pressed for time, so I'm just going to post some pictures that I'm in love with.  Tuesday night we went to Marley's lure-coursing practice. We brought Banjo along to meet all the other dogs and get some socialization in.  While all the other dogs ran the lure course, he sat on the sidelines intently watching them.  **Soak it in Banjo, soak it all in!**

Well, we finally decided that maybe we should give him a go at it...

He did a full round around the course!  You should have saw his face when everyone was clapping and cheering for him.  He's a natural!

And of course, I'm in puppy love...

Delicate Sound of Thunder

My car is under half a tree.  We just had a huge storm blow through.   It doesn't look like there was any damage, but we are going to have to work at getting the rest of the branch down before we can move it.  We also had a pretty good sized branch rip off from our maple tree in the backyard.  There were reported winds of 63 mph and the downpour instantly flooded all the streets and yards.  What was I doing during this storm?...Trying to get a puppy to "go potty outside" in the middle of it.  Instead, he found it more fun to run through the mud puddles and get soaking wet. Neither one of us stayed dry...But he sure as heck was having more fun than me!

Speaking of wet puppies, Liz and her husband Kirk came down for a bbq on Sunday.  We had a great time and ate good food and drank tasty beverages all day.  All the dogs played...and some stayed spoiled laying on the couch in the AC...ehem, Max!  Some dogs dealt with the heat in a different way...creating their own pool:

This is our beer tub,  it has now become Banjo's ghetto pool. 

Nothing like having a wet and muddy puppy give you some loving.  Liz got her fair share of it.  In fact, Banjo proved he is definitely a male...what a boob man he is...Aunt Liz's shelf is just right!

And my, we get so tuckered out that we go crawl into our crate to get some peaceful rest:

Marley thinks that just proves how dumb boy puppies are...Don't you know that crates are only for when Mom & Dad leave!  The couch is a much better place to sleep!

The rest of the weekend was a good one...Despite me hurting my back.  I woke up on Saturday not being able to move.  I think I just slept wrong, but I'm still not able to sit and move comfortable. From my mid-back to mid-neck is super stiff and sore to the point that I have move around like an old woman and with my entire upper body as one unit.   All day Sat. I couldn't do anything but sit in pain on the couch.  By that evening, I managed to be able to walk enough to go boating with friends to watch the fireworks for the Alexandria Riverfront Festival.  It was an absolutely beautiful and fun night.  Sunday my back was feeling a little better and I was getting around with less pain...but I guess I was fooling myself and I over did it a bit..I blame the booze.  This morning, I was in just as much pain than I was on Saturday.  It didn't make for a fun day at work.  I can't believe that I can manage to injure my back so severely, just by sleeping!  But leave it to me to do so!

Money...Get a Good Job With More Pay and You're O.K.

It's kind of hectic here...We've been having out of town guest all week. Jeff's best friend just left to go back to CA and now our friend is up visiting from FL through the weekend.  So....We've been doing a lot more hanging out, socializing and acting like it is the weekend throughout the work week.  It's been fun...but I'm wicked exhausted!

The dogs of course have enjoyed all the extra company and fun. Liz even came down with Max to meet Banjo. It all went well and they had a very good time. Banjo is happy that he has a dog to run with. It's amazing how quickly he can tire out. 

We've been hanging out at the marina a couple nights this week.  The dogs always love that because the can spend all their time jumping in the river, swimming and chasing balls the whole time.  I so wish I had remembered to bring my camera! Marley taught Kona (My friend Allen's dog) how to swim...So she's now a full fledge water dog. (Pretty funny that you have to teach a lab mix how to swim). Marley has become quite the swimming champ this summer so far and is swimming out wanting to go for rides on other peoples kayaks now.  Banjo had also showed that he is fearless...in his first time seeing the river...he jumped on in with full gusto and started swimming all over the place. No splashing around or hesitation at all.  I was quite surprised. I don't think we will have any problem converting him to a kayak dog!

Well, there's been other big news...something I've been hoping for, and working hard to get...after a very ridiculously long  and drawn out process (that's what I get for working for one of the largest multi-national law firms!) I officially got notification that I got a super-duper, humungo, much needed and deserved raise!!!!!! Let's just say it's the kind of raise that would be like a major career move amount.  I've never had to ask for a raise like this, and I was super scared and nervous going through all the chains of command and negotiating it all...But in the end, I got the full amount that I wanted and all the terms that I asked for...So YEA me!!!!!

Note: Do you know how fricken long I've been waiting to use that Pink Floyd lyric for a title of one of my posts!!!! (For those of you who haven't figured this out...or might not know much PF music...Every single one of my titles for posts are lyrics from a Pink Floyd (or PF related...Syd Barrett, David Gilmour, Roger Waters) song.  This all started out as an experiment...I never truly thought I would be able to keep coming up with PF lyric based titles that are related to my posts in some fashion. But it has been over a year now and I haven't come close to running out of them...Amazing!)

I'm at work right now, so I don't have many pictures...but here's a couple from the first weekend Banjo arrived. It was Kesler's first birthday party!  Where the hell did that year go????  Anyway, Banjo had such a big day meeting all the new friends, the kids, new dogs and romping in the kiddie pool...I think we wore him out...

Have a great weekend you guys!!!!

A Brother's Way

Just to give you guys a clue as to how completely space-cased I am right now...Puppies can make fur grow on your brain...I was FINALLY going to go through all my junk mail this weekend...I was sorting through everything on the table and about to throw a huge newspaper-type pamphlet in the garbage can...Thank goodness I dropped it before it went in the bag...Out of the folds of paper plopped out a envelope.  I could tell it was a card.  I turn it over and immediately recognized it was a from one of my favorite bloggers.  Deb and Chappy sent us the sweetest card congratulating us on our new addition to the family!  I'm so sorry I didn't see it earlier Deb! 

Deb had actually sent it at the end of May so that it would perfectly arrive on Banjo's "due" date!  And it probably did get here then...But I didn't find it until this weekend.  Deb is pretty good on timing; When I was pacing and twiddling my thumbs in the cargo area waiting area for Banjo to arrive, I checked my email on my Treo to try and take my mind off the waiting.  Deb had written me an email telling me that in any minute, my new puppy would be arriving. Included in the email, was a lovely poem that she had written back when she was sitting in my same situation and was anticipating the arrival of Chappy.  I can't tell you how special that was and put even a bigger smile on my face!  Thank you so much Deb (and Chappy) for your friendship, special thoughts and going out of the way to make us feel so special!  I am SO sorry that I didn't get back to you sooner about all that! 

Remember how I said the kids are getting along...Well things are getting even better and they have started "playing" together now.  It is so cute ! But even cuter...My two babies sleeping together!

Could it get any more snugalicious???  I guess it is even sweeter to me because if you knew Marley, she really is not cuddly with other dogs at all (except for Max!). (She usually ignores other dogs--She's mostly a people person.) But it seems like she's pretty happy with our choice of a brother for her;  what a major sigh of relief. This was really one of my biggest worries about getting another dog...I really wanted her to be pals with him.  It's really turning out better than I ever expected.

Banjo is doing super well. In his first week he learned how to sit, back up, sit up, lay down and how to stay in his kennel without barking or whining.  Within a few days he was sleeping throughout the night without having to "go potty outside." He even likes to randomly go and sleep in his kennel when it is left open.  Speaking of potty training, that is going well and he's learning to ring the bells on the doors to let us know when he has to go outside.  He also has learned to walk on his leash and the all important meaning of "off"--to take his mouth off all the tantalizing objects that fit so well in his alligator jaws.  Now, if we could just get him to stop barking at Marley to try and get her to play with him!  We are not talking about little yips!  They are ear piercing barks that makes me and Marley want to stuff a sock in his mouth! 

So, I managed to get a close up of his eyes, but not quite as close as I had hoped. As you can see, he has two different colored eyes.  His right eye is green, but his left eye is green with some light blue marbling and other variations of color. I had really hoped for blue eyes or two different eyes (odd eyes).  The breeder had told me that his eyes would be green (which in itself is cool).  To my surprise, when he arrived, I realized that he did have an odd marbled eye.  It might be subtle...but it's odd!

There was some normalcy reinstated in my world this weekend.  I had a great day visiting the my fellow Irregulars at Knit Happens on Saturday...and I actually started knitting something.  I couldn't resist when I saw Maeve's beautiful Eleanora socks.  What a great pattern Mim has provided us!

OK...I can't resist, while sitting here typing, the sleeping continues...