Aidan threw his green beans, but that's par for the course. Then both of them threw their sippy cups, Aidan at Greg and Kara at me, but they didn't cause any injury and we took the cups away, which made Aidan scream like a fire engine and Kara demand it back because, "YOU CAN'T TAKE IT!"

I'm ready for my cloister.

GC, want a barely used Kara? Only 3 years old, barely broken in!

I will love her and kiss her and call her Tyrone.

GC, want a barely used Kara? Only 3 years old, barely broken in!

Deena, you need work on your timing of these offers. You don't tell the "digging up plants and flinging dirt" story and then offer Kara. You tell a cute "wearing one shoe all day as a pegleg pirate" story and offer Kara.

She stole a christmas stocking from over the fireplace and wore it as a pegleg... does that count? The stocking wasn't damaged and neither was the fireplace.

You're right, Ginger. I'll try to do better.

No injury is good! Especially with pie.

t gets to work on cloister

There was a quick comment of, "Yep. Looks like a little girl." from the tech today. This ultrasound was faster than my last two, on account of it being just a growth check. There was the freaky moment when I was watching the screen and thinking, "Gee, looks like she has my chin."

Our fridge is completely covered in ultrasound pictures now. Today's was another face shot. She looks more human each time.

If I thought I would actually fall asleep, a nap would sound great. Chocolate cake always sounds good.

Booze doesn't knock you out, does it? Chocolate cake sounds like the One True Food at the moment. I ate nasty-ass vegan jerky while in the car, and I need something to take the taste out of my memory.

It's my understanding that, in getting rid of children, timing is everything.

If I thought it would get there in one piece, Plei, I would send you a chocolate cake.

No injury is very good. Drugs are good too. I just took mine. Let's hope things improve.

Princess Tickybox is ready for her close up.

Very cool.

What about bosses with unrealistice expectations? Mine never tells me how I'm doing on the projects I've been working on and then later tells me I'm not doing them well enough.

Harder to walk away from, unfortunately. One of the biggest reasons I've chosen to be self-employed.

Of course, I'm far from being in a position to pick and choose my clients. Right now if it's legal, ethical, and within my abilities, I'll pretty much take it. But even this client who gets exasperated when I can't work miracles only impinges on my consciousness an hour or so a day, and next week will be only my second ever F2F with them.