do you all not remember the story (with pictures!) of Laura's boys and the bad idea w/ duct tape?

::makes popcorn::

Oddly, we called and got him in today because he had a low fever (3rd or so day of an on/off fever) and his soft spot was protruding.

that was a good call... good of them to get him in too. there's a load of nastiness going around. the antibiotics they put me on in January really did fix things quick. I hope Noah is ok soon. I hope you're able to get more than a few hours of sleep. I'd take the red-eye and spell you guys, but I wouldn't get there in time. And... ... I'd be pretty gronky when I got there.

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If I were Nilly, I could nilly the story for you. But I'm someone who has a sink full of dishes and dinner to make and a sick boy to get ready for.

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Wow, it looks like I might actually get out of the office at 4:30 (i.e., on time) today.

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Oh, poor Noah! I hope he gets better soon, Kat.

I had the best salad evAR just now. Spinach, green onions, red peppers, and a Morningstar Farms spicy black bean burger crumbled over the whole shebang. Nomnomnom. (I graze, and therefore eat at weird times.)

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Poor sick Noah!

stop dithering. the answer is yes.

Actually, the answer turned out to be no. So there!

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Oh no, poor Noah (& his family!) That really sucks.

I love it that my neighborgirl calls to tell me that she made the honor roll, got a science award and placed third in the school's spelling bee!

Very proud of her & tickled that I'm an important person to tell.

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This is the thread to talk about duct tape after all. Bobby thought it was a good idea to use duct tape like a mask, and his big brother did not discourage him at all. It took me quite a bit of time to get it off of him and cut out of his hair, I was concerned we would lose eyebrows. It cost him pictures too. [link] [link]

Ah, parenthood.

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{{Noah and family}}

Today was report card day here. It was not a good day.

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Kristin, I took the 10. It took an hour to get home. Almost exactly an hour, actually. Which is par for the course. But I'm off 26th at work, so it made sense.

I snuck out at 3:30 and was home by 4:45, so not as bad as I'd feared.

Noah is STILL at the doctors office. K took him to his appointment at 1:15. Apparently they were thinking about admitting him to the hospital but they are short staffed so nope. He'll come home and go back tomorrow. They think pneumonia. It's going to be a long night, isn't it?

Oh hon, that sucks. {{{Kat & K & Noah & Grace too}}}

Today was report card day here. It was not a good day.

Laura, I'm so sorry.

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One of the sucky parts of parenting, and there are many, is that when the kids are grounded you are grounded too. Tonight is DH's pool night so I made a plan to go hang with a GF and have some drinks with Lost. Now I can't go because I have to stay and make sure my son is adequately miserable. No cell phone, no computer, no life. I have the phone and I could take the router. I don't know. I'll see when the time comes.

Rotten kid loves reading so even when I take all the electronic stuff away he still gets lost in some book. I can't take away books.

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