Author: Doris

Yesterday, we told B, our sitter, to sleep in and feel better and Jeremy was going to send the kids off to school. He got both kids on the bus and then he called to let me know that he was headed off to work when he got another call from Edda’s school to come pick her up because she was ill.

Turns out she has strep throat. Apparently her tonsils were as big as cherries. The doctor was amazed that she wasn’t protesting more about how sore her throat was. She’s still been eating like a champ, including acidic foods like oranges, just a little hoarseness when going to sleep. I guess someone has a high pain threshold.

Jeremy, since he’s been at a conference all week, hadn’t been at the office Monday-Wednesday and yesterday, he had work from home – three teleconferences/meetings while fielding other calls and emails to catch up at work and he took Edda to the doctor. Thank goodness B came to help out in the afternoon.

So today I’m home with the kids. We thought Vince was getting sick too, but I think it’s more a sympathy illness, he’s fine, it’s just that he wanted to be sick too, so he’s home as well.

And we are slowly canceling our weekend plans.

Things that are happening:

1. I am furiously trying to cram as much work as I can into these next few weeks. I’m skipping lunch, skipping the office chit chat, skipping unnecessary trips to the vending machine and the potty. My hours are defined by my child care so I can’t dally at the end of the day just to finish something up. The end of the quarter nears and I am up for a promotion, but I have to do well the next few weeks in order to qualify. The faster I’m promoted, the faster I get to work from home!

2. Jeremy is stressed out (in a good way). I hate that I can’t go into anymore detail, but he’s busy with important stuff this weekend and things will resolve themselves out in the next few months, but he’s a little antsy in the pants.

3. B., our sitter, has a pretty bad stomach bug. She did not sound good when I stepped into the house today.

4. Edda seems to have a hoarse throat.

5. Vince has the sniffles.

6. We have friends coming in from out-of-town this weekend, so we have a full weekend schedule planned.

7. My parents are coming into town again this weekend and they are hosting the DC Martins dinner at our house, so the house has to somehow miraculously clean itself.

We are in such deep doo-doo.

With our neighbors Debbie and Magic.

It is still cold, but someone is ready for spring!

My little boy turned 6 today – my 6th anniversary of being a mom!

Nothing better than some false teeth and Star Wars legos.

We decided to take the Edda-mobile off-roading.

Well, I guess I have cat on the brain these days. I had a really weird dream about them cats last night. I kept thinking Winston and Toro were romantically involved somehow. There was this big drama, but I forget the details.

Anyhow, I know I’m posting a lot about the cats, but I think Pei-Sun would want to know how they are doing. I think Toro hates me, probably because I skipped her first meal. I didn’t the we started off on the right footing there. Whenever she has to walk by me, she slinks to the far corner and runs by me. Hrm… But I supose she doesn’t hate me all that much, cause when I woke up today, I wokr up to that: Toro was curled up right on top of me. 🙂

Oh also, I’ve moved the feed bag. I don’t think I closed the closet door very well, and the cats have gotten into the feed twice now.

Today I stayed at home in the morning, babysitting the pimple on Edda’s chin. Our sitter came at noon today and I spent 4 hours commuting in order to put in a 2.5 hour day. I know, Jeremy thought I was crazy too, but I’ve already paid for the childcare, so what the heck, I’ve got nothing else to do.

As promised, pictures of the pimple.

Can you see it?

Maybe you need some better light and a band-aid to show you where it is…