As You Wish
Rachel is recovering from the nastiest-looking case of Hand, Foot, & Mouth disease that I've ever seen. The other two kids at daycare have it now, too (thanks, Rachel!). I'm home from work with an ear ache. The doctor looked in my ear and said I just needed a nasal decongestant to reduce some middle-ear fluid. So I'm doing that and trying to work. However, the neighbor is doing some sort of home repair and keeps. on. hammering. on our shared wall (we live in a townhouse). So that's fun.
I'm leaving for Sweden on Saturday, back on Thursday. The warmest day I'm there will get up to 17 F. That's -8 C. A big change from the chilly but not bad weather here this week, although we do expect some snow over the weekend.
My mom was here last weekend. She and my aunt came through on their way to Florida. It was great timing because we needed a babysitter of Saturday so we could go to a wedding, and then they stayed an extra day to watch Rachel so I could work (she was still too sick to go to daycare).
I've been so busy with work and houseguests and sick kids, etc., that I've only read two more books-
3) Born Fighting, by Jim Webb. Webb is a US Senator. He is also a novelist and wanna-be historian. In this book, he outlines the culture and history of the ethnic group called the Scots-Irish (or Scotch-Irish), and makes a case for their culture being sort of the bedrock of the blue-collar American culture today. Very interesting, if not wholly convincing.
4) The Princess Bride, by William Goldman. After the rather poderous historical records in the previous book, I needed something light. This is definitely a re-read, but I really just love the book. Also, you can tell the author is a screenwriter who did his own adaptation for the movie- some of the stuff that you would assume was just for the screen is really in the book!
Oh, and my fic auction got up to $50, so I'll be writing something shortly. I feel great having done a small thing to earn more money for the Haitian relief effort.
I'm leaving for Sweden on Saturday, back on Thursday. The warmest day I'm there will get up to 17 F. That's -8 C. A big change from the chilly but not bad weather here this week, although we do expect some snow over the weekend.
My mom was here last weekend. She and my aunt came through on their way to Florida. It was great timing because we needed a babysitter of Saturday so we could go to a wedding, and then they stayed an extra day to watch Rachel so I could work (she was still too sick to go to daycare).
I've been so busy with work and houseguests and sick kids, etc., that I've only read two more books-
3) Born Fighting, by Jim Webb. Webb is a US Senator. He is also a novelist and wanna-be historian. In this book, he outlines the culture and history of the ethnic group called the Scots-Irish (or Scotch-Irish), and makes a case for their culture being sort of the bedrock of the blue-collar American culture today. Very interesting, if not wholly convincing.
4) The Princess Bride, by William Goldman. After the rather poderous historical records in the previous book, I needed something light. This is definitely a re-read, but I really just love the book. Also, you can tell the author is a screenwriter who did his own adaptation for the movie- some of the stuff that you would assume was just for the screen is really in the book!
Oh, and my fic auction got up to $50, so I'll be writing something shortly. I feel great having done a small thing to earn more money for the Haitian relief effort.