Everybody should be healthy, or at least healthier. So get on it, OK?

Jessica! I think the last time I've posted with you was way before you moved. How is the new place?

clearance to go back to work next week (don't wanna go)

When does the semester end?

Hi Nilly! Hi everybody!

Why oh why is it that sucky and stressy evenings inevitably lead to a bad night's sleep and backaches? grrrrrrrrr. If I were my daughter, I'd weep and scrunch up my face and tell my mother, "to-DAY I wake up GRUMPY!" But since I'm the mother, I have to repress that urge, be nice, and just keep the grump to myself.

When does the semester end?

Nilly, it ends June 30 which will be 7 weeks away from the time I go back to work. UGH.

Burrell!

to-DAY I wake up GRUMPY!

Well, you get to tell it to us, right? I hope your day improves.

it ends June 30 which will be 7 weeks away from the time I go back to work

Wow, that's a lot. It's like when the school-year ends here (and usually yours ends earlier, IIRC). Sorry.

Hi Kat! I'm sorry K is sick. I hope she gets better soon so she can go see the babies again. And I hope you stay well for the same reason.

Be careful about dieting while making milk, please (sorry if I sound naggy), you want to get enough calories to keep the milk coming. Of course, that said, I may be making a radical change to my diet soon and "cleanse" my system, but I fear I'm too weak-willed to keep it up for 3 weeks.

Enh, it's okay. In reality, I'm really preoccupied so I am hoping it will go quickly. I lost all of April, it seems, so maybe May and June will speed forward in a similar way.

Other realization: while I LOVE having a laptop, I still prefer to use my desktop when at home. Now that it too is wireless, I am so happy.

Burrell, I know about the enough calories thing. What I've really done is cut out the dairy and the wheat which, I am told, are colicky inducing and make breastmilk difficult to digest on delicate systems. Which means I have nothing to eat except protein and salads, which is how I lost all that weight last year.

maybe May and June will speed forward in a similar way

Well, it seems like you'll be plenty busy, and that helps in the where-did-the-time-go department, right?

protein and salads

Aren't some vegetables problematic in a similar way, as well? Or is that very different from baby to baby?

Um, I'm not sure if this question is too personal, so feel free to ignore (and of course, I apologize in advance) - Will you have where and when to pump when you're back to work?

Jessica, any dryer news?

Supposedly it's back in stock and will be delivered Saturday, and everything was the warehouse's fault. We'll see -- I'm hopeful but not optimistic at this point. And still hoarding quarters just in case.

I think the last time I've posted with you was way before you moved. How is the new place?

Nilly!! The new place is wonderful. There are still a few things left to be done (including all of the baby's room...oy...) but for the most part we're settled in.

Oh, it's a colic thing. I never had to worry about colic, but I'm told by thems that did that broccoli and cabbage are on the list of what to avoid, too. But fruit is good, right?

I'm going to try to cut out all sugar and carbs for 3 weeks. It sounds vaguely do-able, except for the breakfast part. I can't eat eggs 7 days a week, I'll have a heart attack. And then thereafter I'm supposed to switch over to some kind of crunchy granola, whole grain lifestyle. All of which would be easier if I was actually convinced that such changes would help me avoid t insert terrifying disease here but I'm not, at least not fully.