sambear and the rest of the party are downstairs gaming, now. I believe he’s running Mage tonight. There are definitely advantages to being a family full of gaming geeks who largely socialize with other gaming geeks—there will be an adult…
Thanksgiving?
For the last few years, sambear and I have avoided deciding which of our families gets our company at Thanksgiving by staying home and having friends join us here. I think it’s officially A Tradition as of this year. He…
Mixed News
Health Update
Ack. Katie’s got the horrible crud! I suspected she was getting it a couple of days ago, but, “Oh no, I feel fine! I’m just fine!” and she kept on insisting that despite using more and more tissues. And this…
Ulcers. Ugh.
No Doctor’s Visit Needed
I didn’t go to the doctor. sambear went to his doctor and the fast strep was negative, so there wasn’t really a reason to spend more money for me to get the same verdict. It’s just a really nasty virus…
House & Kid Nattering
I’m thinking of using this banned books list as a shopping list. I’ve read many of the ones on the list, but not all of them. Okay, I have no need to have American Psycho in the house (wasn’t that…
I’m Living All Too Well, Apparently
I rested. Yay. All hail the power of Nyquil. And the stuff I’ve done today isn’t really cleaning. It’s bare maintenance—the stuff required so that I can stand to be here.
Yuck
I think I may officially have sambear‘s crud. Yuck. It could just still be icky allergies, but I’ve been up much of the night coughing due to sinus drainage and my throat feels sandpapered. I was feeling fine yesterday, and…
GS Stuff
We can have the Girl Scout parent meeting at a nearby church. In fact, it seems that darn near every troop in this service unit meets at that church. They’re very nice about it, and they do have a big…