Newp. I'm gonna try to see if I use the arms of my work chair (balance ball at home, laptop. No elbowing,) but I don't think I do, just because I sit on the edge of it with my feet either stretched all the way out or balanced precariously, with them tucked nearly backwards behind me a la those backless knee chairs. I'm so non-ergo.

OTOH, I can be ridiculously clumsy, so random bashing is also a possibility.

And I do bruise easily. Kneeling accomplishes it.

It looks like Sis and future BIL will be renting a house in Chatsworth, CA, just west of Northridge. They also applied for a house in Winnetka, but they like the first one better. He'll be working downtown, though, so his commute will be about 35 miles or so. She's guessing it'll take an hour to drive it, I'm guessing a bit more. They do have some grass in the backyard for their three lapdogs, but the big plus is the pool. Also, they'll have a (small) master bath, something most of the houses they were looking at didn't have.

Skipping to post that, according to the Buffista Calendar, today is juliana's birthday.

Happy birthday, juliana! With lots of wishes for a great day and a wonderful year!

It is! Happy Birthday Juliana!

Happy Birthday Juliana

Tom, go back to sleep.

I wish I could. I have to go shower now.

Blergh.

Ear infections aren't usually contagious per se. They usually are a secondary bacterial infection that occurs in the ear as a result of poor drainage. The primary infection is usually viral (a cold) (which is contagious, of course). Kids get them so much more often than adults because the tubes that drain the ears are really tiny in kids, so it's much easier to build up fluid that then festers from the zillions of bacteria that are hanging around the body anyway.

Aaaaand, Happy Birthday Juliana, may you have no ear infections this year!

Hippo birdies, juliana!

I'd really like this sofa but I have a feeling it would take up most of the floorspace of my petite living room!