My *own* opinion is that your activity load right now sounds high for ANY adult, not just you. I don't know if my opinion adds anything to how you decide to think about this situation, but *if* an outside opinion helps, you definitely have a VERY full plate right now. It would make just about anyone tired sooner or later.

Thank you. That does actually help. I guess part of me felt so good after coming back from St. Thomas that I thought I was ready to handle anything. Guess not.

I certainly hope so. I've been in non-posty headspace for a while now, but it appears my fingers can once again do the talking.

Yay!

And we love you and want you to be a healthy bug.

Seconded. I hope they figure it out soon, so that you can have a plan for getting all better, with minimum disruption in your life. I'm glad this job with the kids seems to have some built-in flexibility.

My husband thinks her tummy is still sensitive, but considering her last episode of GI distress was after an obedience class where she ate her weight in dog treats, I'm thinking she just had too much of a good thing.

If you feed Sass canned food, you might be able to spread some of the canned food into a baking pan and bake or dry it in the oven, then cut it up into little chunks to use as training treats. This might be less disruptive to her digestion than many doggy treats that are often high in starches.

My bed, right now: [link]

Poor Mal. But at least he has his trusty wolf and cat lump by his side. I like the tapestry behind the bed.

I've never seen The Tick. I may have to remedy that.

Happy birthday, connie!

This team has occasionally played the system he's taught them, which is when they've been the most successful. They just can't seem to realize that one has something to with the other, so instead they whine about their ice time. Every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, I'm guaranteed to have a cranky husband. The team manager is going to get the therapy bill.

I never thought I'd say it, but yes, it might be a little too much hockey. He loves it (for the most part), and it's not the mortgage industry. He's happier, and that's alright with me.

My *own* opinion is that your activity load right now sounds high for ANY adult, not just you.

Yes. This.

Teppy wins teh internets today.

Ok. So, rethinking tomorrow. I had told the kids we were going to have a VDay party. I have some crafts for them to do, and I was going to have them decorate heart-shaped cupcakes and eat them. I was going to make the cupcakes and frosting from scratch, because we have a little girl with a SEVERE peanut/nut allergy, so I didn't want to get something from a bakery, risking that it's been near nuts.

So, do we think box cake mix and like Pillsbury frosting will be ok? I think that's still a better option than picking something up from a bakery, but easier than scratch. Or scratch the whole snack plan and just do the crafts.

This team has occasionally played the system he's taught them, which is when they've been the most successful. They just can't seem to realize that one has something to with the other, so instead they whine about their ice time. Every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, I'm guaranteed to have a cranky husband.

My advice? Actively recruit two new players who are better than almost everybody else on the team and are both easygoing and cheerful.

Teppy has reached Scrappy-levels of wise.

Fix my life, please?

So, do we think box cake mix and like Pillsbury frosting will be ok?

Yes, it will.

Keep your focus tight and manageable. Scale down your ambitions a bit.

What are the chances that the kids will have had treats during the school day, vw? If it's likely they did, then just going for the crafts might be a good thing.