Month: February 2003

Jr. stopped throwing up, Mama now has upper respiratory deal. Not good. Turning off computer now…

Tis snowing. I wonder how much we’re going to get. I’m hoping for um, none, but because there is actual snow falling, I know I’m going to get more than none.

We’re playing Animal Crossing here today. Day two of the fever, actually. Poor kid missed his first swim lesson, he was devastated. I haven’t told him he’s probably going to miss a birthday party tomorrow too. That will be WORSE because he was going to get to be a pirate at the party. I’m actually bummed about that one. Poor kid…it’s an odd illness, mostly a fever. I keep wondering if it has something to do with his MMR vaccination from last week. But would it take a whole week to hit him?

Anyway, Animal Crossing…I had a question I was going to ask people who maybe have been playing for a while. Is there no way to get a fishing pole until Tom Nook has one available for sale? What about pears…how am I supposed to get Portia a pear? It’s obviously winter in “boston” but we have peaches. Do random trees sprout other fruit as a few days have passed?

That’s the problem…it’s a real-time game, but that means it can be a little slow. Like I really want them to deliver some more mail to me…but do they only do it once a day? *sigh*

I may have neglected to mention that Junior, the handsome young lad who was in the newspaper photo with me, woke up with a 102.3 fever this morning. I got it down but it did spike back up at one point. He seems better but he still hasn’t gone below 99.7-ish. I just hope he gets a good night’s sleep tonight, because I’d really like one myself.

The newspaper article neglected to include the URL for this website, so if any of you are visiting because you did the footwork necessary to look me up, I really do appreciate the effort!

Oh, and for those wondering, here’s a link to the book Random Family.

You can read the article at the Sentinel & Enterprise. And one of you gets a lucky quote! CT Karen, you’re famous!!!

Whew, thanks Matt, for making me look good! I owe you one, dude.

As much as I appreciate the importance of everying Colin Powell had to say today, I was really irked that it pre-empted the Adrian Nicole LeBlanc interview I’d been waiting for. If the Boston station didn’t feel the need to throw Regis in the MIDDLE of the show, I would have seen it. I’m so very very annoyed right now. Well, I mean that and the fact that from what I saw, war is inevitable.

My solution, of course, is to eat a few handfuls of Honey Nut Chex Mix. At least I have the Michael Jackson interview to look forward to tomorrow night. If it was warmer out (or if the wind was less than 40mph) I’d drown my sorrows in a Coffee Coolatta. Doesn’t that sound good? Maybe I’ll just pretend this Diet Pepsi is a large with a big glob of whipped cream on top. Mmmmm.