mood: 
tired
music: silence
It's been awhile since I've had time to do a real update here. Posting the results of a pointless online quiz and embedding a nifty video from Youtube don't really count. What you've really been wondering is, "Wally, what's going on in your life?" Well, since you asked....
Work Sucks
I've been working on this stupid project forever. Well, okay, since June 2006. Still. I just want it to be done with! I think I'm doing some good work, but I've got a deadline looming and I'm worried about showstopper bugs and I'm worried about the system running too slow and I'm worried about it taking forever to jump through all of the hoops needed to actually get the thing into production and.... Well, you get the picture. Anyway, as a result of all of this, I don't know when my next vacation will be. Everyone and their brother will be gone for the holidays, but I expect I'll be plunking away on the keyboard, trying to get everything ready. *sigh* Let's just call it the Frankenstein Project. It was never meant to be and it will not die! (Maybe it's just misunderstood? Nah.)
Happy Birthday, Rose!
Two weekends ago we went to a birthday party for Rose, who is now 2 years old. What's that? You want pictures? Okay!
Here's one of the birthday girl:
Here's Lando and Sarah (Rose's sister) watching the unwrapping of the presents:
And here's Rose blowing out the candles on the cake (with a little bit of help from her mom):
So that was Rose's birthday. It went better than mine! Yes, that's right. (Next topic, please!)
Happy Belated Birthday to Me!
Yes, November 9 was my birthday, so this weekend was my birthday weekend. Plus, I had Monday off (Veterans' Day -- thanks, guys!), so I had a 3-day weekend. However....
Well, let's see. The good part was that Dawn got me Stephen Colbert's I Am America (And So Can You!) Funny stuff! I've never actually watched The Colbert Report, however. I watch The Daily Show -- one of Lando's earliest phrases was "Daily Show Jon Stewart" -- so I see the little promo bit that they do at the end of that. However, I just don't have time to watch much TV these days, so no Stephen Colbert for me.
Even if I did have time to watch it, I would have to do so when Dawn wasn't in the room because Stephen Colbert makes her squirm. :-) That makes it particularly nice that she bought me his book. In return, I promised her that I wouldn't read her passages from the book every 5 minutes.
The bad part was that both Lando and Dawn were (and are) sick, so my 3-day weekend was spent tending to the needs of a sick 2-year-old while my sick wife rested. Unfortunately, when Lando is sick, rather than being listless like a normal person (e.g. me), he usually becomes even more energetic than normal.
If the whole household gets sick, we're in trouble.
Two Firsts for Lando
Last night, Lando did two things that he hadn't done before, one worrying, the other heartwarming.
The worrying one: He opened the refrigerator by himself. Doh! He had to grip the handle with both hands and yank hard, but he got it opened. Now we'll have to pay attention to what things we put within his reach in there.
The heartwarming one: As I was rocking him to sleep last night, he asked me, "What did you do today?" Nice! Normally that's what I ask him, to give him a chance to tell me anything that he might be thinking about (in part in the hope that, by telling me, he can stop thinking about it and fall the heck asleep already). It was a nice surprise for him to turn the question around and ask me. So I told him that I woke up, took a shower, got dressed, got in the car, drove to work (which he's been to a few times), worked on the computer, ate lunch, worked on the computer some more, then drove to the grocery store to buy him some milk and juice and bananas, then came home.
He then wanted to know why I couldn't work on the computer at home. I'd like to know the same thing!
The Family that Vomits Together ... is Sick
This morning before I left for work I asked Dawn whether she was feeling well enough to handle Lando on her own. She said she felt better than yesterday, but I had a feeling that she might feel worse after she got out of bed, so I told her to call me later and let me know how she felt. About 10:30 or so I decided to call her instead, and she reported that she was feeling better than yesterday and that there was no need for me to come home.
About 2:00 she called me to report that Lando had thrown up, that she had thrown up while trying to clean up the mess, that she felt much worse than this morning, and could I please come home. So I did.
The good news is that Lando apparently threw up just as a result of coughing alot, rather than as the result of an upset stomach, and Dawn threw up because she is easily grossed out. In other words, nobody seems to have anything like a stomach flu. Hooray! And then shortly after I got Lando to go down for his nap the cat threw up. *sigh*
So that's what's been going on these days. I think it's time for me to go to Pasta House and get us some comfort food.
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