Is your self-jump-starter for self or for car? Cause I want one for self.

I took today off because our nurse is still out and I hate when Grace misses school. Which is dumb as it's kindergarten. If she had missed today she'd have missed an Eric Carle book, writing her April words and writing in her journal. All things she can accomplish at home in less time than the 180 minutes it took for her to go through the "centers".

That said, she played a hoop and basketball game with her friend Isabella who is ADORABLE and sweet. So that part was worth it.

Then the dentist.

Um. Noah has a tooth that's approximately 85% cavity. WTH?! Terrifying.

For car. One for self would be even better, but being able to start my car when it inexplicably won't is pretty sweet.

Got my 2 IKEA roller shades for the main room windows ( here [link] I love the light, but want to mute it during the summer when I am not home, cause they are west, and it is intense. These are semi-transparent, called purple but more a purple red [link] . They will be completely hidden when up.) Taped up the templates to put up the brackets. Now I need a drill adapter because the drill doesn't fit straight in under the window sconce thingie. Trying the keywords to figure out what the appropriate words are. I see the damn thing in my head.

My brother was all cavities. I was not until 20. I had teeth a few years ago that were just this side of saving with crowns rather than extraction/implant. It's not you, it's genes and environment and who the fuck knows.

Sara, even if it's genetics then it's still my fault! How does that not hurt? Grace's teeth are covered with a nice shield of tartar and plaque build up which protects from cavities. No. Seriously. She has no cavities.

Other parents can weigh in, but I thought dairy was the worst possible thing you could eat. I think a potato is okay, but no dairy on it.

Everyone seems to say that and its probably true for most people... but just about always the first thing my bad tum wants after carbs is some dairy.

Blame YOUR parents. That's what I & my dentist do.

Grace, well. Maybe because of nfbm or whatever the acronym, for so long, she doesn't have the evil bacteria that do cavities.

Nah. Tubie kids usually have terrible teeth because saliva from eating is different than general saliva and good for teeth (as Mary Roach notes in her new book).

About the hurting thing, I meant, how does his tooth not hurt!

So Legoland is doing a themed Lego hotel.

Will you be able to take the furniture apart and make something different?

I left work after 7:30 today. A fair amount of that was an extended bitch/brainstorming session about IT in general and my group in specific, but the CIO meeting was pressure-filled enough that I volunteered to be back in the office tomorrow because I didn't know if I could keep up over the phone.

I am being afforded ridic opportunities here (New Director is requesting my time with him be extended) and I'm nervous I won't keep my head above water, much less capitalise. God, there's so much to capitalise on here. Increasing my knowledge of our business, of our clients' business, face time with top execs, inside knowledge about plans, projects, plots, etc.

I need to focus on how I didn't luck into this, so I don't self-sabotage, but I am hoping my yella is high enough that my anxiety-flushing wasn't actually apparent to anyone else in our later meeting.

Shit, I have to work out my favourite fairy tell. Well, no, I already know it, but I don't know what it's called or what the text is...does anyone know a Middle Eastern (did I lose you already) story about a thief who gets injured breaking into someone's house, and brings the owner up in court for damages, and everyone keeps passing the buck until it gets passed all the way up to God (via the beautiful woman who distracted the craftsman who was installing the window)? I think they might have settled for the man that dyed her dress instead.

Yeah, good luck ita ! Draw a pretty lady in a red dress and pretend you have a plan...