In case my immune system is paying attention, I’d like to tell it one quick thing:

It is not at all amusing to keep me up half the night with a sore throat and swollen glands right before my last day of work before a much-anticipated vacation that happens to involve a visit by my dearest beloved.

Granted, I’m most appreciative that the symptoms seem to have gone almost completely away by mid-afternoon, but that doesn’t completely make up for the stress levels caused by worry over the fate of our plans for the weekend.

That will be all. Thank you.

You know you’ve reached a certain critical milestone as a parent when you look your oldest child in the eye… and realize you’re looking them right in the eye, because they’re just as tall as you are.

The boy’s twelve, which means he’s not even done yet! Oh, man.

Still, he’s a good kid, so hopefully I won’t ever face the possibility of trying to punish a kid who’s bigger than I am…

You know it’s been a quiet weekend when your most nostable accomplishment is figuring out how to make KDE do timed random wallpaper changes.

Oh, okay, I also got Mute Aunt, my newest Defender in City of Heroes, up to level 12, but I had help doing that.

No TV yet. I need another paycheck first. Le sigh.

Let’s see…

• Out the door late
• Missed bus
• Therefore, not enough time to buy breakfast, nor to grab lunch before leaving home
• Major back pain that migrated up to neck and skull
• Several annoying situations at work
• Leaving work faint with hunger
• My Neuros media player refusing to charge its battery properly
• …and last but certainly not least, TV going “pop” in moderately spectacular (and permanent) fashion

Nevermind that I’ve spent months planning to have a turntable by now so I could do something based around the notion of being 33-1/3 years old today (get it? LP records spin at 33-1/3 RPM? ain’t I clever?), only to not have enough money until now and no card with which to buy said turntable. Oh, no.

Wait, one good thing happened today: I got my new debit card. YAY! So I guess the day hasn’t been a total loss… just a near-total loss.

This is the first year in as long as I can remember that we-the-family (meaning: Wendi and kids and myself) haven’t gone to Jantzen Beach to watch the Fort Vancouver fireworks. They’re in Utah right now, so… I stayed home this year. Not much point going anywhere if there’s nobody to watch the show with, eh?

Ah well. I hope they’re having a fun and safe holiday celebration, wherever they are.

My kid sister turns 28 today. This is her first birthday after becoming a mom, too, so this one is rather significant. Huzzah!

(Mind you, I didn’t post this message or email her birthday wishes until it was tomorrow, east-coast time. Oops.)