Friday, March 23, 2007

Okay, it's done. Theo's blog posting, that is. Days of technical glitches and waiting for the glorious You Tube to load my videos, but it's done. Check it out if you haven't already. It's definitely worth it.

Nice day today. Got up to 15 degrees, and mostly sunny. The snow pack in the front yard is quickly melting into glorious oblivion. Kicking and screaming, mind you, but going. I'm so anal about the snow melting that on sunny days I go out several times and shovel a bunch off the top, throwing it onto the street in disgust. Take that, winter! Eventually it would melt on its own, but I'd like that to happen sometime before we leave at the end of April, so I figured I'd help it along. You could say that I'm euthenizing the snow, I suppose.

Anyway. It's nice to be able to see the grass again, even if it is brown. Then there's the mud, but we just won't go there tonight. Mud beats snow, in my mind.

Slept on the living room floor last night, which was actually very refreshing. Oh, right, there were foam matresses there, too. With the springs on the bed in our room, every time the other person moved even slightly, the whole bed shook. This way, nothing. It was really nice. Foam matresses aren't the most comfortable arrangements, but they'll do in a pinch, and this was definitely a pinch.

The problem, of course, is that one night of good sleep doesn't make up for many consecutive nights of poor sleep, and so we're equally as exhausted today as we were yesterday. But the light at the end of the tunnel is visible. We're going to sleep there as long as it takes to regain some semblance of rest. I'll be sure to keep you posted.

What else? Not a bad day today. Theo slept in until 7:40, which was nice. He only had a short nap in the morning, though, so we were doomed for the rest of the day to deal with overtired baby. He slept again in the afternoon, but it was in his stroller, and for some reason, those naps don't seem to count because he still wakes up cranky. But at least it was nice enough to go outside and take several walks today.

Still no new teeth to report, mind you. It really sucks for everyone that these chompers just aren't coming through. As much as we saw the top left canine coming through the other day, it's now decided to retreat like a scared little girl. Sorry, no other analogy came to mind there. We can still see the outlines of several teeth in his mouth, rising to the surface and falling again like some strange dental tide--still not a very good analogy, I know--but we're hoping at least one of them decides to push its way through, maybe even this week. That would be nice.

In other news. I need more headings. I'm certainly happy for yet another Friday, and after this there will only be six more class sessions left. Many, many assignments coming up in the last few weeks, but I'm still feeling rather optimistic about them. I'm sure that'll change closer to the date. I managed to get quite a lot accomplished this week, so things continue to move on at their normal pace. Before I know it, I'll be walking across the stage shaking hands with the president.

It being Friday, this is the last post of the week. Be sure to join me again on Monday as I recount our exciting weekend. What's this Saturday's expedition? I guess you'll have to come back and find out. I hope you do. See you then.