Would I hire a 13 year old to sit my kids now? Haven't yet, but when I was 13 I babysat all the time, including infants!

I started babysitting when I was 12--my first job was the neighbors' six-month-old daughter. By the time I was 13, I was in demand on the block, and I continued to babysit throughout high school. Actually, the year I was 13, I had a regular gig every Saturday for the local librarian; she and her hub were big partiers and went out every week.

Oh, man. Now I want to reach back in time and cuddle 12-year-old Kathy.

Not nearly as much as I want to reach back in time and meet Hec's mom and see her meet Emmett and Matilda.

Wow, Kathy, that's awful. Amazing that anyone figured it out, though.

I have a burrito. Tom, that Indian place is way too far from me!

I have a burrito.

A wise choice.

I got chicken tikka masala. With roti.

Yay, tikki masala!!

Amazing that anyone figured it out, though.

That was the miracle part. The fact that the one doctor in the entire Chicagoland area who was considered a SJS expert just happened to be in the relatively small Joliet hospital for another purpose and just happened to be asked to look into my mom's case because he was a more experienced doctor, not because of his SJS expertise, was the most amazing coincidence.

Tom, that Indian place is way too far from me!

It's a whole three blocks further than Chipotle.

OK, I guess that's true. But the Chipotle is as far as I ever go for lunch.

Hunger won over apathy. Made myself another salad--the dogs are very interested.

That is a miracle.

I want chicken tikka. Damn you all.

When my mother was my age, she had been married for 13 or so years, had a 11 year old, had been in the States for five years and was planning a move to Australia, as Dad had a job lined up. Then Dad's brother died in a semi crash and they cancelled the move to go take care of the widow and kids.

Speeding is the reason I am not Australian.