my elder daughter found out that i have a blog. it's a little disturbing. she just asked me why i didn't put pictures of her play on my blog, and i said, "what if people think you're so cute that they come and try to steal you?" and she said, "mom, that's a lame excuse, they don't even know your address." i know of a few blogs where kiddos put comments on their mom's blog, like Frequent Citations, for example, and I think that is very cool. but her daughter is old. she's graduated from high school and is on her way to being an independent world traveler. my daughter is NINE. and I like talking about her.

she is home today. sick. she went to school yesterday, b/c on monday, she had a complete recovery in hte evening hours, and my many checks of her in bed proved that she had no fever. she went to school knowing she could feel free to call if necessary - but did not need to. but then she got home around 5:30, did her homework, put on her nightgown, got into bed, and fell asleep. without telling anyone. when she woke - back up to 102.

So today she is home. she has no fever. she does not feel sick. but since her fever is coming in these waves, and we are getting on an airplane this evening, and since i have no work anyway, she is home.

i feel like dooky. i do not have a fever, but i never do. i have a head and chest cold. i had a very hard time sleeping, and had very odd dreams that Thing One was converting to Islam (is it called converting when you have nothing to convert FROM?)

I need to do laundry, pack the three of us, and perhaps clean my room. perhaps. i hate to leave beloved in the mess of our room for 10 days, but [turning on whiny voice] i don't feel good.

I am perplexed as to why my non-stop flight is taking so long. it originates on the east coast at 7-something, and lands on the west coast at 11:15. both are local times. there are no stops. i always thought flights were closer to 5-6 hours. not 7. It will be 3 in the morning to our bodies when we arrive, and i feel like dooky. not looking foward to it.

Furthermore, we were supposed to go and visit friends tomorrow, but these friends have a 6 month old baby, and i highly doubt they want a chest and head cold inflicted upon her. they also have a 9 and 6 year old, though, so they're probably not too uptight about germs. I'm going to give them a call later to find out if I should rearrange the plans.

posted by Zuska @ 8:43 AM

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