Kristin, I do too. She's given him back his joy where school is concerned. This is a little boy who, since pre-school, has adored school. He'd cry when I'd make him stay home sick. Last year sucked almost every ounce of joy out of him. Last night, it was snowing, and I told the kids if it was too bad out this morning, I'd be keeping them home, whether or not school was called. He protested vociferously--even though he has a social studies test, today. :) :) :)

(The went to school--oh, and now I have to go get Julia. Later, gators.)

I <heart> Cindy's son's teacher.

Aw, I must have skimmed over that. I do too. That's great.

Cindy, I try to have a similar attitude. On committee, I spend a lot of time arguing for The Funny or The Creepy ("'Cmon! It starts with a line about how we murdered him! What high school kid won't love it?" or "Dude, it's funny. Dog, as detective, plus its a total riff on Dragnet. It's gotta win.")

Thanks, msbelle. You're the bestest (and the pinkest), even if you aren't the nicest.

Currently, the book I'm reading is total spinach. I like it, but I can't imagine giving it to a kid. Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood doesn't suck, but it's not filling me with joy either.

My brother and I have gotten the same. Yerg.

What's funnier, though, is that people assume my brother & his wife are brother and sister, which freaks them out.

And then there was the time I was out with them and a cashier did the whole deal: assumed I was the wife (& mother to my nephew) and my SIL was his sister. The looks on everyones' faces were just....great.

When a friend of mine was about 16, she would sometimes take her one year old brother out - she got a lot of dirty looks from people who assumed he was her son.

mr. flea and I are occasionally taken for siblings by salespeople. It's a little weird - why would you assume the two people buying a room-sized rug are siblings, rather than a couple? Do siblings make major furniture purchases together that often?

We do look somewhat alike, in general ways (hight, build, coloring). Of course, I look nothing like his sister, and he doesn't look much like my brother.

Kat, hanging on by a thread.

Dude, I just completed something else on my to do list (email). Today is rocking.

she got a lot of dirty looks from people who assumed he was her son

Because that would make it okay to look at her like crap.

Some people.

The most annoying was the "lesbian relationship" between my sister and I. It's true between the cigars and the short hair in unnatural colours and the sitting astride chairs and swigging beer from the bottle some stereotypes might have been tripped in the Jamaican brain, but still. Why smile and nod knowingly when we identify ourselves as kin?

My Mom has been mistaken for my girlfriend or sister many a time.

Wrod. I've taken to sleeping in the tub or in the papasan. The tub is a little better because a) buoyancy and b) no cat, but I worry about sliding under the water. Which I shouldn't, because I'm pretty well wedged in there. But I do recommend at least a lukewarm soak to help with the sleeping.

I don't actually sleep in the tub, but I do like it for ache relief. Sadly, it's just deep enough that I can't really get out of it by myself, so I can't take baths when home alone.

Raquel, what's your due date? I can't recall.