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January 16, 2006
Apparently you *can* catch germs from the internet
It's been a while.
I got a new laptop last week, and I'm still trying to transfer all my files and load all my software and make this thing more than an internet ready doorstop. I'm getting closer on everything but moving the files. I need to take both laptops back to the office and plug them directly into the router so the files transfer faster, but the only time I really have the time to do that is when Katie is sleep, and guess where the crib is?
I've also been sick since Friday afternoon. It started as a sore throat that got worse the more golf Rex played. I called him partway through the day and told him it would be a crime to waste a 60 degree January day at the office. My Dad was playing hooky, too, so they went and played a round at the course nearby. The sore throat got wickedly worse overnight, and then for the most part disappeared. In it's place came nausea, coughing and phlegm. Even two mornings of sleeping in didn't fix me, they just confused me and made it harder to actually sleep at night.
Both girls have some good coughing going on as well, which hasn't made sleeping at night any easier.
Jamie has started telling me (repeatedly, cause that's what she does) that she doesn't want Katie anymore, and that she doesn't love her. I know she doesn't really mean it, and that it's mostly a reaction to Katie trying to touch *everything* that Jamie owns. The irony, of course, is that Jamie has no qualms about taking and playing with every toy that Katie owns. Absolutely nothing in the house is more interesting than what Katie is touching. Still, it's sad to hear her say such hurtful things. I'm glad Katie doesn't get it yet.
To be fair, I should say that Jamie is generally kind and loving to Katie. She gives her hugs, tries not to break her, and even in the midst of a toy coup doesn't hit or hurt.
The longer we live here, the harder it's going to be to leave. The cold isn't getting any better, although those beautiful days last week made me reconsider for about 5 minutes. It's the people I'm starting to get attached to. One of the reasons I wanted to go back to Houston specifically were the friends I'd finally made in our neighborhood. The playgroups, Bunko, my neighbor across the street who moved, but not too far away. I've now found some mom's in Clarksburg that I'm really starting to fall for. I've started getting closer to some of the women in my women's group.
Sometimes I think I should start pulling away now, since we've made our decision. On the other hand, I'm still enjoying getting to know these women, and I don't really have any idea when we're leaving, so I think I'm just going to live in the moment.
I just wish, in this moment, I didn't feel like ass.
Posted by me at January 16, 2006 7:36 PM