-or- a little bit o' everything
Eating dinner the other night, Jessica took a bite of her fried chicken and cried out in pain. She said she had something stuck between her teeth, so I took her to the bathroom, grabbed the floss and tried to help clean her front teeth out. I didn't seem to see anything so she went back to dinner, only to cry out again. I had her come over and I took a closer look. What to my surprise, one of her front teeth was loose! My little girl is getting loose teeth! She was, of course, ecstatic at the idea. A little nervous, but such is her nature. But it hit me hard. She is old enough to be loosing teeth. It was one of those moments when I was reminded I am not a kid anymore, and she isn't a baby.
Children are vectors for disease. It is just that simple. They are, and anybody who lives or works with them knows it. But during the summer when people are healthy and they are perhaps not in school it can be easy to forget that. But the weather is changing and colds are spreading. We all managed to catch it last week, but for some reason the little virions seem to like me the most and have been pretty persistent. Everyone else is over it, but my all ready deep voice is basso-profundo now. I won't lie, I think it is cool. But it makes it tough to talk for a while and translating wears it out quick. I think it is finally passing though, and I am loosing my ultra deep voice. I suppose I will have to adjust and start talking again. Sometimes it is nice to have an excuse to not talk. I value silence.
Along with the low voice the cold has brought some long nights. I never sleep well when I am feeling lousy, and the girls don't either. So last week they were waking up during the night, making for a series of long nights. Then it was my turn to sleep crappy. So not only did they wake us up all night, now it has been my turn to wake up during the night. Sleep is one of those interesting things. When I am sleeping well I don't mind. But when I know the night is going to be restless I dread going to bed. I avoid it for as long as I can, which only makes it worse when I finally get to sleep. Oh well, a double edged sword that is both a boon and a bane.
Boring, yes. But with all the crazy things going on my thoughts have been scattered and random, and so the blog popped out that way. Alas, perhaps a new day and a decent night will refocus my scattered thoughts and I will produce something decent.