We got a call from Kadie's school today around one, telling us that she had been acting listless so they had taken her temperature...101 degrees. We picked her up and took her home, but we're hoping that this is just a fluke and not another round with supervirus. When we got home, I took her temperature again and it was normal. An hour later, it was 99.6. I'm going to wait to see what the night brings, and what her temp is in the morning, but, with the last go 'round, she was temperature...

That's what I read somewhere, once, while looking into insomnia...If all else fails, consider the nights a gift of time. That's all well and good on an occasional basis, but I think I've had my fair share of gifts and would really just like to get some sleep. Thankfully, tonight has been the worst in a long while. The last few weeks, I've been losing an hour or two at most but, tonight, I haven't slept more than that. Unfortunately, Tuesdays and Thursdays are our long days (Jeff has to cover...

Though I'm trying hard to climb out of the pit, I think both Jeff and I are suffering from a bad case of the"Mondays" today. It doesn't help that someone drove past Jeff in the parking lot at 40 mph and soaked his pant legs (it's been raining all night) and then someone else almost ran him over. That kind of start will dampen most anyone's mood. I'm suffering from lack of sleep more than anything else. Kadie has definitely closed the door on her napping phase which, I would think, would...

Nothing much is going on right now, but I thought I'd pop in to say hi to everyone and send out some quick well wishes for everyone's health. Jeff and I have been pretty busy lately with work - personally, we had a short suspense build in my office (normally, we have a deployment every 3 months, but this one is less than 2) and Jeff has so many side projects going on I'm surprised he can keep track of what he's done for which. I think it's rubbing off on Kadie a little. She hasn't been...

Say your prayers...for the instructor. I'm sure Kadie will be swimming circles around him/her 10 minutes after she gets in the water, but since we paid for the full 4 weeks, we'll see what other things she can learn. Kadie has never had a problem with water. She loves getting wet and, from her first summer with Ms. Tracy, she's been the first in the pool and the last out. Last year, when Ms. Tracy put her in with the arm floaties Kadie was swimming around by herself. Now, with summer coming...

Has anyone checked Lisa recently? I'm beginning to wonder if she's been"altered" so as to keep up with her life. Just reading her posts makes me tired. btw...Lisa, if you're having troubles sleeping and it starts to become a regular thing, go to the doctor's quickly. Your sleeping habits are just that - habits. And if you get into the bad habit of not sleeping well, it becomes a perpetual nightmare. I suffered with insomnia for 6 or 7 years before I finally got help and it took a good year...

I know everyone can always use some, right? Anyways, my team lead told me she didn't want me there for the deployment tomorrow night. Not because I'm incompetent (though I'm sure I qualify for that excuse as well), but because she doesn't want the added stress while I'm still sick. It works out well for everyone involved, because I can come in at the normal time and be there during the day if customers need help, etc. (the rest of the team doesn't usually come in until 4 or 5 pm on...

It is 3 in the am and I cannot stop coughing, so, instead of keeping Jeff awake, I thought I would come in and try to post. Of course, I am experiencing difficulties that are aggravating me in my sleep-deprived and whole-body-sore state: I cannot use the apostrophe key or my arrow keys. They simply will not work, so forgive me if I sound a little formal without any conjunctions. I just discovered I cannot use the backslash key either. Anyway, I feel like death warmed over. Yes, only I could...

Anyone else up for a little time off? I woke up this morning and heard our answering machine beeping. I was a bit surprised as I didn't hear the phone ring last night and I'm normally a very light sleeper. Exhaustion helps, I guess. Anyways, as I'm walking down the stairs I'm thinking,"Please let it be Tracy calling to say she can't take Kadie today." How pathetic is that?! Unfortunately, it wasn't Tracy and I was forced to get ready for work. So here I am - with no coffee as I've sworn...