How I Spent Free Comic Book Day 2007

1. Got up at ungodly (or undogly, as I keep typing) hour.

2. Let children run amok while trying to wake up.

3. Make cinnamon rolls with children, as Jak-El wanted to know what
"cinnamon" was (it was mentioned in one of his books).

4. Go to playground and let children burn off sugar from cinnamon rolls.

5. Put Dan-El down for nap, watch "Legion of Superheroes," "The Batman" and "Teen Titans" with Jak-El while doing housework.

6. Have lunch at Burger King, get "Spider-Man 3" kids meal toys for children.

7. Go to IANO's World O' Funny Books, get free comics.

8. Go to Toys R' Us and buy a birthday gift for one of Jak-El's classmates. (We settled on the one Barbie that didn’t look like a complete ho. This was Elmo Barbie, who was wearing an Elmo t-shirt and holding a mini Tickle Me Elmo doll.)

9. Take kids to Ben & Jerry's for ice cream.

10. Go home. Let children run amok for a while.

11. Escape from children for 15 minutes to go pick up take-out sushi for dinner.

12. Eat sushi and drink wine.

13. Drink more wine.

14. Put 80's videos on TV and let children dance like maniacs. Dance like maniac with children.

15. Decide that half-naked children screaming and bouncing up and down to "Whip It" is one of the funniest things ever, particularly when Jak-El jumps on couch and randomly yells "LET'S PARTY!!!!!!"

16. Bathe children.

17. Read some free comics to Jak-El while husband reads some board books to Dan-El.

18. Put children to bed.

19. Curl up on couch with more free comics, tea and chocolate.

20. Pass out.