Gehzundheit! Well, it's been a trying few days as we have all caught the horrible fever/cough/runny nose plague which has taken the country by storm. I was off and running on several new projects, plus re-vamping my lectures for the week, when the daycare teacher called to say the baby had a temperature and could I please come get him. Chris came home that evening with the same symptoms. My version, thankfully, has been milder, but we have gone through an entire bottle of echinacea and one each of children's motrin and tylenol (not to mention the homeopathic remedies.) We took Joji to the doctor just to make sure he didn't have anything serious - it was 2 visits, actually, one in the morning and one in the evening for a follow-up to check that the meds were working. In between he managed to bash his head on the corner of my nightstand, and got a gash/goose-egg the size (and shape) of Kansas on his forehead.  Chris has been calling him Frank (as in -enstein). How old do they need to be for Teletubbies? (and more importantly, where can I get my hands on a 4-5 hour supply?) 

Lia had a sleepover at her friends on Friday, and then I took the two of them ice skating - Lia has taken to it like a fish to water, despite the fact that it was more like slush-skating as the weather has been warmer than expected the last few days. No surprise though, as she tends to do great at any sport which requires balance and grace (unlike her mother!!). She's already looking forward to the next time.

And now comes the news that the schools will not only be closed on Wednesday (known holiday) but Thursday also as the Greek Archbishop has died and all public offices need to shut down for official mourning. I'm sure all those public employees will have a great time mourning on the ski slopes and in the mall! What the rest of us poor shlubs are supposed to do about childcare is a mystery...

SO we've been playing tag-team on childcare, and trying to get a few minutes of grown-up jobs done here and there (I did manage 3 loads of laundry!!) and now everyone seems to be on the mend. We went out looking at land again yesterday - saw some interesting spots and mused some more about what a mess this stupid road will create. The search continues... Then today I finally gave up and took Joji out for errands as we were going mad cooped up in the house and the sun was shining and the wind was blowing and it was perfect blustery day. Got to the post office to find at least 75 people in front of us, so decided to leave it for tomorrow (corinny your package is yet another day late!). Went off to find some cookies and cheese pies and then to the park - wind or no wind we had a great time on the swings and the slide. (Joji's favorite slide position seems to be the 'legs-akimbo-and-backwards' version.) And it must have done the trick 'cause he slept for two hours when we got home, and I managed to get a little bit of work done!

Now his favorite game is climbing up and down on the laundry basket - with mommy's help, of course (where's the fun in doing it by yourself??) or climbing into and out of the toy cube. I think I will give Sesame Street a try so I can get the potatoes into the oven...