I’ve been on DayQuil and NyQuil for several days now, and it shows. Friday I made Olivia a doctor’s appointment to discuss her weight. When I dragged myself out of bed this morning, my immediate goals were to get Olivia and myself ready to go to the clinic. However, I was mistrustful of my internal calendar, so I looked at Dale’s fancypants keyboard and it said that today was Sunday, not Monday. I stumbled back to the bedroom to ask Dale for confirmation, and he said it was Sunday. I didn’t believe him either, so I came back to the office to check my computer’s clock. It too said that today was Sunday.

While I might have believed that Dale and his computer were off, I didn’t think my computer would be part of the conspiracy, so I finally accepted that today was Sunday, and not, in fact, Monday.

My internal calendar being out of whack would also explain why neither Desperate Housewives nor Grey’s Anatomy were on last night and I was stuck watching Law and Order reruns.

Yeah, we have a cold menacing the Hichens household currently. Dale has a headache and sore throat. I have a headache, sore throat, and runny nose. And poor Olivia, she has a cough, runny nose, minor congestion, and a fever. Possibly a headache and sore throat, but she can’t really tell us about those. Still, depsite her cold, she’s cheerful and playful and her appetite is intact.

There’s been one unexpected side effect to Olivia’s cold - she’s learned the basics of taking her temperature. (Link goes to her blog and a funny but slightly TMI story.)

Paintball attack

Originally uploaded by monkeyjunkie.

This evening as we were getting into the car, we heard a couple of sharp cracks, like someone threw rocks at the car. It took a few minutes of searching before I spotted these orange blotches. It turned out that someone in a car going past the restaurant took a couple of shots at us with a paintball gun. Fortunately, none of us were hit and Dale just washed the goo off with a hose when we got home.

Self-portrait in the car

Originally uploaded by monkeyjunkie.

Just playing with my camera phone.

No, I didn’t make it, JolieAni did using my rough pattern, in a nice blue color scheme. She has some more photos in her Flickr gallery.

Dinner at Jason’s Deli

Originally uploaded by monkeyjunkie.

We had dinner at Jason’s Deli and I actually ordered a kids’ meal for Olivia. Grilled chicken breast with juice and fruit. (Dale drank the juice.) I got the salad bar so I could add peppers and other veggies to her meal (and I ate most of her chicken in return). She really loved the peppers again, until I put out the oyster crackers. I quickly realized my mistake and moved most of them away. Olivia ended her meal by taking the food she hadn’t eaten, piece by piece, and putting it into the pocket of her bib.

[Crossposted from Olivia’s Blog]

My little keyholder

Originally uploaded by monkeyjunkie.

They’re not an ideal teether, but she loves them and it beats the metal bars of the shopping cart.