I have to say, being sick of telecommuting aside, it's brought back out Devi's cuddly affectionate side, and I'd missed it. Usually only got it first thing in the morning and occasional random moments. But she's been so talky and curled up against me, so that's nice.

Just when I think Paul Rudd can't be cuter.

Don't go in tomorrow, Jesse. You're already reconciled to not being in, and it's better to have the day to fully recuperate rather than to go back in early and find you're sicker and need to take more time off.

That's the only thing...Or maybe puppets.

As all right thinking lava monsters should be.

My high student texted me and then called me and now is texting me again. I don't think he actually needs anything. When I answer he's all, hey, what up. Like he's been texting me every day, and hasn't just contacted me for the first time in five years.

I'm thinking maybe it's time to set boundaries and ignore? And I can check in with him tomorrow? I dunno.

Boundaries sound reasonable for that situation.

Naproxen is my One True Painkiller and I'm glad that I don't need it very often.

In petty annoyance news, I tried baking a cake and it didn't work out. I have this tiny little penguin-shaped cake pan and it came with a recipe for white cake that supposedly fits it - one egg and 20 g of pretty much everything else. Which sounded kind of pound cakish, maybe? I don't know, I usually make eggless cakes, so this was new territory. Anyway, it was 20g of baking soda, too, which didn't seem right but I had no idea how to adjust that so I went with it and the cake exploded all over my toaster oven and what was left in the pan has that way-too-much-baking-soda taste.

So, no cake. Wah.

I'm an old school Tylenol girl. Ibuprofen makes me jittery and naproxen doesn't do a damn thing. I don't drink hardly at all and don't take a ton of Tylenol, so I think I'm okay with it. Besides, I can't buy demerol at Walgreens.

Ha, that last round he totally thought he was texting somebody else. All good now.

Yay, Perkins!

Ha, that last round he totally thought he was texting somebody else. All good now.

"How you doin'?" t /Joey Tribbiana

Emmett's laughing like a loon in his bedroom because he's watching comedy clips on YouTube from Slap Shot and The Pink Panther Strikes Again (which I just introduced him to).

Did I mention that he used a clip (uh...movie clip) from Full Metal Jacket (that I also showed him) for his Media class?

Chiming in with a late breaking "WHOOOOT!" for Perkins.

I really shouldn't have had caffeine so late in the day, but at least it allowed me to get caught up in here to add my two cents!

Teppy, has your guy tried glucosamine chondroitin for his knee pain? The surgeon who did my shoulder surgery recommended it for my knees, and the stuff is nearly miraculous. If I go for a week without it I can feel my knees getting loose and unstable.