Thank you for the lovely birthday wishes! Lunch was great. Actually, it was more than great. It was really, really good and I am still thinking about that meal. My son was about to spend his money on a PSP but decided to honor his word and bought me The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo after all. That says a lot, don’t you think? PSP…MOM…PSP…MOM. Mom wins! My daughter had all of her BFF’s at daycare draw me pictures. So cute! The Hub got my fave perfume. Life is good.
However, today my daughter woke with a tonsil the size of a golf ball (no joke). She says her throat hurts but she doesn’t have a fever and although her lymph nodes are quite large as well, I have to say that her body is fighting whatever it is, so I am giving her a lot of Vitamin C and having her rest.
After a breakfast of pancakes and bacon the kids are now doing their own thing, as is the Hub. I plan to continue my Silly 80’s Movie Marathon and then later I will read a few chapters of The Last Dickens while the Hub bbq’s our dinner. Not much else going on.
It’s been a very busy week. My mind is having to get used to the work/come home/cook dinner/schoolwork routine and I’m not quite there yet. The kids’ work is manageable and they do some of it in daycare but getting them to do some when they get home, when they are tired and when I am tired has been a challenge. The only thing that keeps me grounded is reading. Escaping to another place and time is very comforting when the world is seemingly out of control.
That said, I spent most of yesterday reading. I finished The Angel’s Game and I hope to have that review up sometime tomorrow. I am almost done with The Danish Girl and I have to say, that it is an intriguing read. I cannot put it down. There’s something forbidden about it and yet I can totally relate to the characters. I’m really enjoying it. As for the books above…I plan to get to them today after The Danish Girl.
On a personal note, I had to hit the lab for a blood draw yesterday and the phlebotomist did something to my arm and it’s killing me all the way up to my shoulder. Of course, Oprah’s recent segment on flesh eating bacteria has me a tad concerned.
What are you doing this Sunday? Are you enjoying the fair? Are you sinking your teeth into a good book? Do tell.
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