Dana, fyi, Ezra Pound once wrote, "Winter is icumen in, lhude sing goddam" ... which I could really sympathize with yesterday. It was COLD ... and the weather report was talking about the possibility of "flurries"!

By the way, were people aware that there is an actual Vampire Ground Finch? I was watching a nature show and, sure enough, they drink blood (not enough to kill - they're small birds - but still).

Dang, amyth, that is a lot!

I did not know about vampire finches. Neat!

Timelies all!

I have a bit of a sore throat. Don't know if I'm getting sick(I hope not, FKO is this weekend) or if it's just from all the yelling at Mr. S I've been doing.

Sheryl, Happy belated birthday! You deserve a multi-day celebration. Also, I hope your sore throat gets better quickly.

Laura, so much health~ma for your sister.

Vampire finches?! I had no idea. Neat!

wow - this has not happened in a while.

mac just lost his damn mind.

backstory - I got called to school today because he went to the nurse's office, ran to the bathroom, and got sick. That was about 1:20.

He missed 1 class of school.

So I drop him home, tel him to go to bed and go back to work. Get home at 5:15, he's on the couch watching tv. I ask him if he got sick again - no. I ask him how he feels - he says normal.

6:20 he comes in asking if he can go play basketball with a friend and I say no, you came sick, stay here and give it a day. He goes and gets his ball and goes to play in our driveway. I go and tell him to come in, if I don't want him playing ball somewhere else I don't want him doing it at home either. Throws the ball into the garage - screaming and yelling and "You're a horrible parent" and "he hates everything." I am looking at him like he has lost his damn mind, because HE HAS LOST HIS DAMN MIND. good lord child, sit on the couch for an evening - you do it all the time. I say that I am not going to have him talk like that to me, it makes no sense him being all upset and he goes on - so I tell him, you best just go take a shower and go to bed because your wireless is going off now. And he flips out and leaves with his old school flouncing and I am still just looking at him like he is crazy and asking him why he is getting so upset it literally MAKES NO SENSE and he starts insulting me again, so I say fine, leave please, get out of this house - you come back when you can talk to me and I lock the doors behind him. unbelievable.

so he may be sleeping at a friend's tonight.

Oh no.

I'm sorry, msbelle.

I'm all good by the way. It was so nonsensical and way off for him.