8:30 pm - school for tomorrow has been cancelled. Both good (as that means I won't have to get up at 5 am), and bad (as I have several business meetings as well as a parent teacher conference that I'll now have to either do by phone, or reschedule).

Ah well, we'll make it work...

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5:45 pm - had no choice but to resume my 'zoo keeping' duties. Boys turned out to be NOT content just hanging in front of the TV, they wanted to DO stuff (and it would have been a perfect afternoon for some serious romping around outside.. as there isn't THAT much snow yet and it also isn't that cold).

And coming up with productive and structured things to do proved more than the other 'parent' could handle..

I got Salamander back in the throws of a flaming meltdown and Potatey was all weepy whiny (they're fine now.. Salamander made himself his OWN dinner tonite!!! Potatey is chatting up a storm).

Oy..I can NEVER die...

Most asinine statement of the day? "So, it must have been so good to have all this 'alone time' today"

Uhm.. I spent from 10 am till 2 pm in the ER.
And then I spent from 2.15 pm till 5.30 pm trying to rest and sleep (but I didn't really succeed - the albuterol treatment I had in the hospital got me seriously 'hopped up'...I forgot how 'wired' that stuff makes me...). So sure, I absolutely had a lovely time.. (sarcasm alert).

Highlight of my day? I had brought John Robison's book "Look Me in the Eye" with me to the ER, and started rereading it. it's been a great conversation starter as I've had multiple people come up to me with comments/questions about friends/family members with Asperger's Syndrome. And now that I've met John in person, I have a whole new perspective on the book.

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2:15 pm - back from ER. I indeed have bronchitis.. and some funky inflammatory thing going on which resulted in a massively swollen lymph node in a very uncomfortable spot.

Took my meds (antibiotics.. codeine cough syrup) and was told that I need to stay off my feet and rest (as that massively swollen lymph node is pinching blood flow into my left leg a bit.. yup, the good ole' pins and needles feeling). So of to bed I go.. The other 'parent' will have to step up to the plate for at least the reminder of this day.. (which means that the boys will spend the day parked in front of the TV.. ah well).

We have a massive snow storm moving in.. expected to start 'dumping' around midnight and then all through Monday. Forecast in my region goes from anywhere between 8 and 16 inches. Wondering if there will be school tomorrow....

Later...

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Off the ER.. for me.. I have been coughing non stop (most likely bad case of bronchitis).. and I haven't slept in 2 nites because of the coughing fits.. and then there's other stuff that's not right...

Later..