....what does that have to do with muffins?

So.. starting off with what every Linkin Park fan has been spazzing about the last 24 hours: the first pictures of Mike Shinoda's kid was finally published.
I'm so happy for Mike and Anna and I salute them for keeping it a secret that Anna was pregnant and gave birth, because even if rumors have been up around the internet, nothing has been for sure, until the pictures from Glorious Excess (Dies) was published and the kid doesn't exactly look like a new-born.
The only thing bothering me (even if it's absolutely none of my business, whatsoever), is the name. Seriously, Mike? Otis Shinoda?
I'm so hoping that there's a deeper meaning behind that name, because honestly? It's a dog's name, not to mention it reminds me of that fat dude, working for Lex Luthor in the original Superman movies.
It's just another addition to the long list of celebrities naming their kids something horrible, even if it's not as bad as Apple or Moses or whatever. It's just a bad name, man. Not to mention that when you pronounce it, it sounds like Otishinoda, unless you actually pause between the first and the last name.
Don't get me wrong; the kid is cute and all (big, though, huh?)and I couldn't be happier that Mr. Shinoda is finally a daddy and not just 'uncle Mike', but the name is just bad, man.

Other than that, we've had the sewer guys out today and thankfully, the damage wasn't -as- bad as we all initially thought, though it was bad enough.
Now, we're awaiting the 'judgment' from the insurance, to hear how much of it, they'll pay for.
Of course, we'd like for them to cover it all, but sadly, there's this 30 year rule that prevents them from doing that.
So for now, because of this uncertainty about the money issue, my trip to the states have been put on hold, for the time being, simply because I might have to use some of the money, I saved up to help pay for this crap.
This makes me incredibly sad, because I was really looking forward to that trip. But, I have to keep Nat's words in mind that 'just because we have to postpone it, doesn't mean it won't happen, at all', because that is true; I -am- going to the states at some point, but it might not happen in May, next year.
Of course, I'm already stressing out and overthinking everything; that maybe I'll just go two weeks later in the year, so there'll be a week in Memphis and maybe a week in Tempe.
But I don't know what will happen yet, so I have to remain calm and just accept that it's on hold for now.

Next week, we're starting the 'experiment' of us getting to work at 2pm, every now and then and frankly, I can't wait to see how that goes.
It means that I'll take the bus at 12.30pm, but that I'll leave work at 10pm and be home by the time, I normally get out, so I'm sure, I'll be excited about that.
I'll have to get to work at 2, every thursday and every other weekend that I'm working.

So my life... is pretty weird right now, or so it seems to me, anyway and the fact that I can't really turn off my brain, except when asleep, is driving me a little nuts, but thankfully I can just turn on my computer and I start focusing on other things, for a little while, at least.