{{{Gud}}} I'm so sorry. You seriously need to be cut a break.

sj, I'm glad he's doing so well.

I am not following my schedule. What that means, so far, is that I've gotten more work done (Yay!), but it also means I'll probably poop out sooner (Boo!). Some days you just can't win.

How are his folks holding up?

The whole family is very worried, but also positive that he is going to be fine. I am mostly worried about my older nephew and how he is handling this.

How old is your older nephew, sj? I remember seeing pictures of him when the baby was born, but can't place his age in my brain. It must be scary for him. In addition to worrying about his brother and parents, it's just a rude, early introduction to the idea that kids are vulnerable.

How old is your older nephew, sj?

He's 9. He got up in the middle of the night last night to look at his baby brother's toys. He is such a very good big brother. He has been wanting a sibling forever.

Is Amy or Connie around? What's a "Mia Maid"?

Mia Maids is a church program for girls who are saying, "But brother gets to go to Scouts!" No, they don't send the girls to Girl Scouts. They might learn self-sufficiency and a sense of their own potential and--sorry.

Anyway, in Mia Maids they learn to be reverent and about a woman's holy purpose in the world and that they shouldn't let boys do *that* until they're married because they'll be impure and tainted and no decent boy will want them.

Oh, and home making and crafts and stuff like that.

edited because should != shouldn't

Sorry about the crap day, Gud. I hope things get better for you.

{{{Gud}}}

Lots of ~ma to sj's nephew.

Just in the past two days Annabel has turned cranky and needy like she literally hasn't been since she was a newborn. I hope it's just lingering effects of her cold and not a personality shift, because this is driving me crazy, and if it keeps up I don't know what I'll do.

Just in the past two days Annabel has turned cranky and needy like she literally hasn't been since she was a newborn.

Mine used to do this right before a big developmental step -- crawling, walking, talking.

Hopefully it's the talking. She's due for that one.

It's like she's suddenly lost the ability to amuse herself--which luckily for me she developed young--or to go to sleep fairly readily when she needs a nap. And I can't decide whether it's best to coddle her a little, or if that would encourage my heretofore independent little daughter to turn into Clingabel.

{{Gud}} I hope your day improves.

sj, I'm still ~ma-ing for your nephew and family. It's so hard to hear a little babe has to have surgery.

Susan, I'm sorry to hear that Annabel is having a rough time right now. Soon she'll be able to tell you what's wrong!

I had breakfast today with one of the Sierra Club's lawyers. The whole Cheney/Energy Committee thing is his case. They are smarting from the 8-0 decision that they lost. Yesterday, a reporter called my friend for comment and told him that when she'd called the VP's office (for a comment) the spokesperson refused to give the reporter her name. Why? "Because it is a secret." Direct quote from the VP's office.