Floo Shmoo Achoo

My little man has the flu. Behold the magic of the flu shot. Not. He's sporting a serious fever but he's eating and generally happy as long as he is Motrined properly. Have to run out for some Tamiflu. Lovely. I was actually thinking of fondly Chris today as I tried to put Spence in a vice grip for a throat culture. (I told you it was a good idea to tell the dentist story.) He's a stong little sucker and I'm morally opposed to pinning someone down for something unless it's life threatening. I'm serious - today alone will be responsible for over 50 hours of therapy in his future. Poor guy. Five tries and then the genius doctor says, "Well, let's at least do a flu test." Hey, and guess what, it's the flu! We were there for three hours and my little man was done. More done than I have seen him in a long time. Got him home, got him motrin, got him his blankie and some cartoons, got him lunch and life is manageable now. So we ride it out. Can't wait til winter is over!

I'm a Blacker

I hang my head in shame. "My name is Vanessa and I am a blacker. I have been a blacker for over a month (I think). You lose your sense of time after awhile when you become a blacker. That's why I'm here today. To come out and finally confront the fact that I am a blacker. And I need help." For those of you who read Karen Burniston's blog you may know what a blacker is. It's a "Blog Slacker." Yup. No denying it. I won't bore you with the excuses. It's one of the 12 steps - "Stop making excuses." So I won't bore you. I won't seek pity over the fact my son is home sick with a fever yet here I am blogging so certain people can have their "update" - yes, yes, that's for you, Christine! LOLOLOL So you want an update? You'll just have to wait! Because there is only major thing happening right now and that is...

I AM SOOOO BLOGGING ON OUR NEW LAPTOP!

I know that it is wrong to worship material things but this baby ROCKS! I'm building a shrine. I'm sitting at my kitchen table. It doesn't take four minutes to wait for the next e-mail to pop up. And I can blog....ahhhhhh....without sitting in the cold dungeon which is our computer room. Deep, lovely, soothing breathe. This is so awesome. So I'm off to surf the internet some more as the lovely winter sun cascades through my kitchen window and my sick boy zones out in a fever induced-cartoon inspired coma. Pictures to follow. I know you've seen pictures of a laptop before but it has to be done! Hope everyone had a lovely Valentine's Day!