Nothing like a solid 8 hours of sleep!

Dateline: above the garage in Portsmouth RI, 7 May 2005

But better if you don't have to stretch them over two nights. Just not enough.

Up at 0600 this morn to type some notes to Mark from interview I accomplished in some house I was viewing in Greenwood on Friday. Then I grabbed his first final edited draft (magnificently reorganized--he is a real genius at editing) and headed to Cracker Barrel with father- and monther-in-law. They drop me off at airport and I get into BWI so fast I grab an early flight.

Going insane considering this house. Weird lot is big issue (house is placed for view), because 250 foot drive down hill has to pass through neighbor's land (an easement is duly recorded, but we must investigate--maybe to point of trying to buy little triangle of land from neighbor as well).

Having a 2-fer pair of wooden electricity poles sitting off the drive isn't aesthically pleasing, but it's minor since it's off to the far side of the drive and doesn't disturb the view. Houses in the neighborhood are all valued nicely, so that's not an issue. I can live with it.

Real issue is living on tippy top of hill like that, as in where to set a playset? Thinking of a retaining wall and creating a terrace like someone down the block did.

Still, the house is a stunner and would be a dream to live inside, it's so nice. And I love the distant view of Indy's skyscrapers. Too cool. I just love the feeling of being country and not country, of being well grounded on hill and yet seemingly in a high-rise.

Still, nothing to rush into.

Working the Mother's Day from here on out. Just sending some Ask Tom replies to Critt, my webmaster, for weekly digest. Will write short essay on papal selection tomorrow night, once Mom feels totally appreciated.

Too cool today: saw 8 paperback copies of PNM in Indy airport in non-fiction section "new releases in paperback." Very prominent, and very exciting for me to see in stores again. Ditto at BWI. Ditto at Providence.

I was so thrilled I bought my wife a really nice new handbag that she'll love on my way out of the PVD airport. Strategic planner, I.