Partial Remedy for Craziness

It's been a tough couple weeks in our household. Pink eye, fevers, congested heads, raw throats and nasty coughs have circulated through the humans, and are not over with. Student ridiculousness increased to a new level. Administrative ridiculous remains. The state is tense about mine disasters and the future of coal. I fell while wheeling the baby in the stroller around the new construction. I coughed so hard I peed-- at least once a day. Taxes! Pollen! Baby climbing stairs! Suddenly hot sleepless nights!

But it has also been fabulous.

Spring! Spring! Spring!

I walk the same route every day and can tell you that between 1 pm Wednesday and 7 pm Wednesday the buds on the dogwood on High street moved from closed to halfway open. The grape leaves came on Wednesday as well. The tulips opened Tuesday. Sycamores started leafing yesterday.

Dianthus went to his first softball game (The Mister was on base twice and ran in one run as the faculty lost to the staff) and wore appropriate big boy baseball clothes.

Mister Splashy Pants learned that Dianthus can be fun to bat at. Dianthus has not yet learned to avoid Mister Splashy Pants in these moods.

But is will happen. Things are changing fast. Thursday Dianthus's first two attempts at "finger foods" led to massive choking spit up. Tonight he "chewed" down several imitation cheerios. The Cubs and Rockies are at .500. Things are looking up.