(Oh, and the girl he got the chocolate zombie bunny for at Easter told him she likes him today and they've got Plans to see each other over the summer.)

Chocolate zombie bunny FTW!

Excellent news, Barb. It's so great to see how happy your family has been with the move.

Yay Nate, for the grades and the girl!

Matilda quote of the day:

She's been driving us all nuts for weeks singing "Little Bunny Foo-Foo" over and over and over unto the Cliffs of Insanity. This afternoon on the way home she was doing it again, but with slightly new lyrics -- the Good Fairy's ultimatum is now:

I'll give you three more chances, and if you don't comply, I'll turn you into a goon.

Comply? Where did she get... how did she... whaaa?

Comply? Where did she get... how did she... whaaa?

Your kid.

That's all that needs to be said.

Yay, Nate! That's awesome! I'm glad the move has been so good for him.

Your kid.

What Barb said.

I survived the last day of babysitting and there were cupcakes and chocolate and a monetary thank you, none of which I was expecting.

I'm still never sure where all of my bruises have come from

me too.

That's great, Barb—go Nate!

I use to have loads of bruises on my shins as a kid. Now I just have some interesting knee scars and places where the skin's so dispirited it won't even tan.

I bruise horribly. My mom was always worried I had a blood disorder or something dramatic. Nope. Just walked into doors a lot. Both my kids are bruised a fair bit of the time as well. Franny fell off the monkey bars at one play date and came home with a huge, deep bruise on the back of her thigh. That was bad.

(Oh, and the girl he got the chocolate zombie bunny for at Easter told him she likes him today and they've got Plans to see each other over the summer.)

This makes my day better.

So apparently, if you have an allergic reaction to one of the antibiotic eye drops prescribed for pink eye, they won't prescribe any of the others to replace it without another office visit. The good news is, the OTC allergy eye drops they recommended seems to at least temporarily ease my desire to claw my eyes out.

What a hassle, WindSparrow. I'm glad you're getting some relief.

Go Nate! And go Barb and DH for making the move right for them.

WS, hope you get relief soon.

Met friend's hubby and other FoaF, T. Hubby charming and sneaky generous. T very sweet. Not drunk but pronouns lost - T and I begged off but A is still going - anything that happens from here is Not My Fault. Another (local) author was there, too - Bill Loehfelm - nice guy.