Illness, Children and Time For Tea

I've been reading about Swine Flu. Have you? I'm not used to the idea of new and exciting diseases spreading worldwide. And I'm also having a hard time getting real information as to what makes this one deadly. What is killing people? High fever? They don't ever say.

On the subject of diseases, though, I sort of did expect some sort of epidemic to pop up eventually. I mean, we as a species have sort of banished all forms of natural population control. Nature was bound to take a few fretful swipes at us, don't you think?

I finished my book. The end felt a little incomplete to me. It was well written, for the most part, but I didn't love it. What should I read next?

I called my mom last night, and she was sick and couldn't talk. I'm a little worried about her, but I guess I should wait to hear from her. I would hate to wake her up if she was resting.

It rained and stormed last night. It's cloudy now, and they say it will be most of the day, but I think the temperatures should be nice. Maybe we'll be able to take a walk. I'm not sure with my back still so tentative, but I'll keep it in the back of my mind.

As long as we're listing things that I probably should avoid doing in my "condition", I would love to bathe Abbie. Her hair will need a de-tangling. She's like a little wild thing today. She has, once again, refused the "potty chair", too. We recognized our lack of progress there and went ahead and bought the next size diaper. Well, whenever she's ready, we sure are. In the meantime, I will attempt to convince her that she doesn't run the family.

Grant has been the difficult one these last few days. I tried to tell him he doesn't need to be so angry. I hope it works. Yesterday the big thing was kicking the wall when he got in trouble.

My back is starting to feel sore.

I want to make taco salads tonight. Yumma. But I also need to leave on time. With no GPS I don't know how I'm going to find Andrew's house without missing a turn or two, and we have a meeting there tonight.

I might make tea. I feel like I could use a cup. And here comes Abbie's first sulk of the day. Yes, definitely tea.

Hope you have a good day.