Random thoughts

Are you being hounded by those political phone calls? I came home for lunch today and "sadly" managed to miss 3 calls. No easing up the rest of the day, we got another call at dinner time. We had enough and took the phone off the hook after that point. If you need to call us between now and Wednesday, call our cells. :)

On another note, Brian found a tick fastly secured to Maleah's head! It was one of the large wood ticks, like the kind you pull off your dog if you slack at putting on the Advantage every month... Yeah, on top of being bad parents, we're also bad pet owners. ;-) We pulled the tick, and called Dr. Ann. She said since it was one of the larger wood ticks that she wasn't too concerned about it carrying Lymes Disease. We need to watch the site for another few days to see if there are any complications. (Justine, I have the tick if you want to examine it)

I just love it when a childless coworker gives indirect comments about parenting... Evidently, I "need" to have better back for when my kids get sick.... Connor was sick on Tuesday, but, but I did have my Mom come watch him while I went to work. Come Thursday, Maleah was sick but my Mom was in the hospital with chest pains, so what was the logical thing to do? You got it, stay home.... Evidently, she doesn't see it that way. She's mad for not getting the pat on the back she thought she deserved for going the extra mile with me out of the office and now she's pouting.... Gotta love working with women!

And finally, for over a year, I've tried coming up with a color to paint my bedroom. I settled on a brown, started painting and it's too dark. I have new bedding coming this week and I'm going to try to pull some greens from it. Why is this paint project so hard? I would love for Vern Yip from Deserving Design come and delight me with a bedroom makeover!