In Which Connor Shares

Connor seemed to be feeling a bit better today; he slept in until noon and then was progressively more chipper as the day went on. 

I, however, have been hit by a mack truck.  Connor either shared generously with the germs or I managed to find some new and creative ones of my own.  He has what's probably a stomach bug, and I've got some sort of upper respiratory bug.  So either it's hitting us differently or we've just both managed to get sick.  Whee!

We spent the day on the couch, wrapped up in blankets, drinking tea and watching Thai soap operas.  Hope we both feel better tomorrow!

~Jess

In Which Connor Is A Sickykin

Little guy was not feeling well today, I'm sad to say.  He didn't want to wake up at all in the morning-- so much so that I ended up deciding to let him stay home from school, because there wasn't any point in taking him when he was just going to spend the time sleeping.  He ended up snoozing until almost 11:30, and then he got up and perked up a little bit before dozing off again around three. 

He slept off and on pretty much the whole day, and in the evening he started running a low-grade fever.  I think he's just got some sort of little stomach bug.  So other than a quick run outside the house for groceries, to drop off some library books and my voting ballot, we spent the day at home.

By the end of the day I was feeling a bit under the weather too; I suspect I may be coming down with the same thing.  We'll just have to see, but I think we'll probably be sticking close to home again tomorrow. 

~Jess

In Which We Say Adieu To Friends And Look Forward To Our Adventure

Ruth and the baby took off this morning to head back home.  It was so great to get to spend some time with them!  I calculated it out this morning and realized that she and I have known each other for going on 22 years now.  This makes me feel kind of old, but it also makes me happy that I've been able to be friends with such a fantastic person for so long. 

Connor had a good day at school today, and then when we got home he kind of crashed.  He may possibly be coming down with something, or he might have just been tired from the busy weekend.  I guess we'll see.

I hit the grocery store while he was at school and snapped up some lovely ripe Fuyu persimmons, which I was delighted to see.  My grandparents had a persimmon tree in their front yard, and I remember eating them straight off the tree like apples.  I ate a few fresh today, and then peeled and cut up a couple, cooked them in coconut milk with a bit of palm sugar and salt and then ate them over sticky rice.  They were pretty tasty like that.

It seems crazy that I can officially tell people we'll be traveling to Thailand next month!  The days are just flying by.  I heard back today from the travel agent we'll be using to help us get around the country, so that's one more thing crossed off our list. 

In just five short weeks we'll be meeting our girl!

~Jess

In Which We Do All The Things

We had a very busy day today!

I had no Thai lessons this morning but still had respite care, so Ruth, the baby and I all left Connor at home and took off for the Tacoma Art Museum.  Art museums in general are not something Connor particularly enjoys as they usually have a sad lack of music, lights or explosions, so I didn't think he'd mind.  The baby is still in the Everything Is Interesting phase, so he was equally delighted with his view of the artwork and of the floor tiles, people's knees, etc.  So it worked out well.

The art museum was having a Dia De Los Muertos festival today, so admission was free.  We saw the new Andy Warhol exhibit, looked through the Dale Chihuly collection, and saw a really neat sand painting and some cool ofrendas that children from various schools around the city had created.  The museum is pretty small and was a bit crowded today due to the festival, but we still had a good time.

After that we walked around in downtown Tacoma a bit, caught some lunch and then headed back to the house to pick up Connor.  Then we were off to the Pacific Science Museum for some more fun!  We met up with Daniel-- another friend from my hometown who lives up here-- and wandered through the butterfly house, the dinosaur exhibit, and (Connor's favorite) the naked mole rat exhibit, where they had a new litter of pups.  The kids were a bit overtired by the end of the museum trip, but still seemed to enjoy themselves.

After that we met up with Daniel's significant other Mel, and we all ate some delicious Korean barbecue before calling it a day.  So it was a very busy time, but a whole lot of fun! 

~Jess

In Which We Play Some More And Connor Doesn't Sleep

Today we drove down to the farmer's market in Olympia for some shopping and sightseeing.  Connor's favorite market regular band was playing, so he was pretty excited about that!  The baby seemed to enjoy the music too; he cracked up whenever the flute started in.  It's always nice to start appreciating good music early, right?

And that's about all I've got; Connor stayed up until two in the morning last night, and tonight he seems to be sleeping in ten minute intervals.  So my brain is fried!  Good thing I've got a lot of caffeinated tea, right?  Luckily his night nurse is back tomorrow, so I won't have another late night.  I don't want our adventures cut short because I keep falling asleep!

~Jess

In Which We Toodle Around And Connor Is On Strike

This morning we dropped Connor off at school, ate some breakfast and then took a trip up to the Asian supermarket to pick up some supplies for dinner.  We found the biggest avocados I've ever seen in my life while we were there, so we had to buy one to try it out.  The consensus: it tastes like an avocado.  A really, really big avocado.  It was rather anticlimactic, but still delicious.

Anyway, then we hit the regular grocery store, stopped at a restaurant for lunch, and went to go pick up Connor from school.  The little guy still isn't sure what to make of our guests, but the cats have made their opinion abundantly clear.  At one point they were sitting on opposite ends of the mantle staring down at the baby with the same expression people usually reserve for gum on their shoes.  They are Not Amused. 

The baby is still delighted by them, however.  He's still certain they want to be his new best friends.  The cats are going to need a whole lot of convincing on that front.

Connor is protesting in a more subtle fashion; he's simply refusing to go to bed ever, ever again.  It's well past midnight now and he's still awake.  I think his strategy is to make it to where I'm completely unable to function tomorrow, so maybe our guests will get bored and go home. 

Oh well.  I'm having a blast with them, even if I'll need a lot of caffeine tomorrow!

~Jess

In Which We Have Guests

One of my best friends is visiting us from out of town for the next few days, which is pretty exciting!  I've known Ruth since fourth grade, so we're not so much friends as relatives by this point.  So I was pretty excited to finally meet her little guy for the first time.  He's almost a year old now, so the meeting is long overdue!

So they got in fairly late tonight, and the baby spent some time exploring the house before bed.  Connor is not particularly thrilled with this whole development.  The cats are not particularly thrilled either.  The baby seems to be delighted with all of them-- especially the cats-- and so we'll see how the next few days go!  I suspect that Cricket and Loki will be spending a whole lot of time in the laundry room behind the baby gate.

Of course, the way Jer explained the visit to Connor didn't help matters.  I believe the quote was something like "Mommy's going to the airport and bringing home a baby today!"  I believe Connor thought his daddy meant that the baby would be moving in permanently.  He was not excited. 

Anyway, I'm looking forward to catching up with Ruth this weekend and getting to know her little guy!  It would be pretty neat if he and Connor could be as great friends as Ruth and I have been over the years, though with as far away as they live it's sadly not likely.  I just need to convince them to move up this way, right?

~Jess