I keep waking up at 0'Dark thirty, for no particular reason. The only pattern I've discerned is that I've been waking up earlier and earlier (3am, then 2:30, then 2am) and not being able to go back to sleep right away. Which has been okay, since I've gotten out of bed to do something not disturbing to M (quietly watch TV, read, fold laundry) etc ( Read more... )

Feeling cheerful. It was a productive llama-day, with much laundry being washed and folded. Incidentally, during the washing and folding, I watched several episodes of the BBC series "Doc Martin" about a cranky and socially inept London surgeon who relocates to a small village as its general practitioner. I was trying to explain its charm to M ( Read more... )

The llama has been out of commission due to some snow days (3!), technical difficulties and a disabling upper respiratory bug (blach!)Luckily the snow days coincided with the worst of the sneezing, coughing and general cold-related misery, so I didn't actually miss work. Feeling slightly better, supposed to work tomorrow with awesome 5th graders. ( Read more... )

Happy Chanukah, Llama-blog readers. Had a lovely and uneventful Thanksgiving. Was sent home from Thanksgiving dinner with an extra pumpkin pie (it didn't survive the weekend.) Friday night, we had shabbat dinner at Chez borg with pre-emptive latkes and brisket :) It was delicious. Was sent home with leftover brisket, applesauce cake, a 6 pack ( Read more... )