"Thanks to what I have learned in this unit, I no longer plan on invading Poland. Also, I expect that in future I shall avoid fighting a winter war in the former Soviet Union."

Never start a land war in Asia.

Never start a land war in Asia.

Ahhhh, but Princess Bride taught me THAT.

{{Nicole}} EEeek, love. Hope you can get to the doctor first thing tomorrow. And don't feel bad about not having a thermometer. I had one, and as with anything I own while my daughter lives with me, it grew legs and walked off somewhere. Feel free to blame my daughter, I do.

{{P-C}} You've gotten a lot of very sage advice so I've nothing to add. Just wishing you tons of luck with being allowed to cut the umbilical cord. One of the hardest things for me to do was tell my father that his unsolicited advice was hurtful. It caused a short separation between us, but after that we were able to talk to each other as adults and I actually started asking him for advice, which made him very happy even if I never used it.

Yum. Just went out and got a delicioso coconut ice from the place down the street. The dog is now happily ripping apart the dixie cup it came it. It's win-win!

two thermometers. all of which tell me I have no fever. but I am weak and get tired very easily. What are the odds that I will be nebulized tomorrow - where I am going to have them listen to my lungs just in case....

I have a thermometer in the medicine chest. Signed, Mother has a nursing degree..

I spent the afternoon at Tilden park with a couple of 19 month old twins. One of 'em is a daredevil, and wanted the carosel to go faster, the other wanted off. File under: Can't please everyone.

Sorry for disappearing. Had a bad stretch there for a bit. Thank you to everyone for the sound advice and kind words.

What about an emergency ward? I just realized I have no memory of where you live, but really, I think a kidney infection qualifies.

I'm in Denver, Cindy. But I found out that even though the full bladder helps with bathroom pain, it just makes the kidney scream louder. Two seconds of BIG pain each half hour or so compared to CONSTANT BIG pain was a no brainer. For now, I'm drinking a bit less H2O. Kidney still annoyingly painful but not PLEASE MAKE IT STOP painful.

any chance its just your bladder and the hurty back is something else?

I'm pretty certain the pain is coming from my right kidney. But I know I've definitely mis-pre-diagnosed myself on other occasions. "I have a blood clot my leg! I just KNOW it! Oh, wait... that's the leg I ran into a table with last night." (History of blood clots in my family.)

It appears that the piece of glass has moved its way out of my boob…just in case you were all wondering.

Yay for non-glass boobs, vw!

Good collapse ~ma for Nora and lung ~ma for beth.

Hugs and glitter to all!

I'ma try to sleep now. Thanks again - you're all amazing. I'm extremely glad I didn't have to go through this "alone". Night!

Night Nicole! (Go to a doctor and) feel better tomorrow!

I'd be grumping, too, if I were Emmett. But I hope the game goes well anyway.

It did! We won in a walk, securing second place for the season. Emmett didn't hit much today, but he did take home on a delayed steal (not on a passed ball - the pitcher turned his back on third base. So very ballsy), and then he pitched the last inning and retired the batters thus: strikeout, pop up to Emmett, strikeout. He said it wasn't his best game of the season, but he had the most fun. He looked commanding on the mound.

Nicole, I hope you can squeeze a little rest out of the night.