Had a pre-bday lunch with mom, dad and sister. She brought the kidlets as a bit of surprise. Of course they had to play in the Jeep for a bit. Was a nice lunch at The Good Earth, but while it was good… the bean burrito should really be called the brown rice burrito. Heavy on the rice, short on the beans.

Got an pic of my nephew, Cole, while helping my brother-in-law move today.

Warning, the following is a bunch of .. well… whining.

I’m sick.

The first few days were… eh… not a big deal. Sore throat, sinus pressure, feverish. Went to the clinic Sunday to make sure it wasn’t strep. It wasn’t. “It’s probably a virus”. recommend some OTC stuff and gave me a prescription for a gargle that was the consistency of Elmer’s glue. Even if the stuff had tasted decent (which it definitely did NOT), I wouldn’t have been able to handle it – not with my overly-hyper gag reflex. Cripes, the nurse was barely able to get a throat culture as it was.

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I bought a new laptop last night, and yes, I am blaming my sister.

Ok, need to back up. Seven Eight years ago next month, my niece and nephew were born. Waaaaay too early. They were born at like 24 or 27 weeks. Cole weighed a whopping 1lb, 11oz when he was born. His sister came in at 1lb 1oz. Unfortunately, they’ve been dealing with issues every since.

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