Holi!

The temple is very much overwhelmed now that the local college kids have discovered the festival. They had to get guards to keep the heathens from trampling the flower beds.

Had we not been able to hit our Nov. target date for India, we were going to aim for Holi.

I was taken by her remark about white people not attending Indian events. What is supposed to be the largest Krishna temple in America is not far from me, and the big Mormon school (Brigham Young University) has discovered how fun the festivals are, especially the one where they throw the dye powders around. Of course, the kids aren't there for anything religious, and the temple is kind of dismayed they treat the place like an amusement park and not a place of worship. So the whole thing may not be a good example of "white people appreciating Indian culture" and more of a "See? Evil white devil people don't mix well." So never mind.

Krishnas are pretty evangelical to the non-Indian folk, their leader took some heat for it BitD. I'm sure there's some dismay because of the flower beds, but they consider even hearing the chanting a blessing so they're probably happy to have them even if they don't join in.

I can see how the Mormon kids would enjoy the festivals -- neither crowd drinks and the Krishnas are celibate.

Spent today feeling miserable. Ryan passed a sore throat on to both of us; this morning I woke to discover he'd decided his conjunctivitis would make a great gift with purchase.

Ryan, on the other hand, is over the conjunctivitis and feeling great. Yesterday he was an absolute joy, such a sweet, happy little boy. Observation: life is much better when I'm sick and he's well than the other way around.

Observation: life is much better when I'm sick and he's well than the other way around.

So sweet!

Sorry to hear about the gifts that keep on giving. I can relate. One of my clients came to see me last week after coming home from Africa with some sort of virus, which she graciously handed over through vicious coughing.

Swollen glands, icky lung feeling, etc. Blergh.

However, peroxide in my ears and liberal use of the Neti bottle have helped reduce the symptoms.

Sorry to hear about the gifts that keep on giving.

It's been a bad winter. He's brought home everything that's been going around. We've had maybe two weeks all winter when both he and I have been in good health. I'm quite ready for spring.

How exhausting!

This is the unsung part of parenting that really deserves more attention, credit and research.

Of course it is important for kids to develop strong immune systems by sharing every germ imaginable, but can't science find a way to limit the part of our lifespan that needs this kind of infiltration?

Oh wait, that's kind of Logan's Run.

Nevermind.

::sympathetically stuffs tissues through the intertube, towards Australia::

::sympathetically stuffs tissues through the intertube, towards Australia::

While you're at it, see if you can rustle up a government. It's been over a week since the election and we still don't have one.

It's been over a week since the election and we still don't have one.

Dude, that is so 2000. Get with the times.