UltraNormal

Max has pink eye. I probably gave it to him. He went to bed last night at eight, like he always does. He woke up at one and was up all night. I got up with him initially, but he, of course, didn't want me. I got him some juice (spiked with PediaCare - shhhh, don't tell him), and asked if I could lay down with him instead of going to get Jen. So I went and got Jen. After making sure they were settled and had everything they needed, I went back to bed. It took two hours to get back to sleep. Then, I woke up at 8:30 so I could get Max to the doctor at 9:30. I got ready, got him ready, and headed out the door. As soon as Max realized where we were going, he lost it. "I don't want to go to the doctor!!! Nononononononononononono!!" He, thankfully, sat quietly in the waiting room, but as soon as it was time to go back, he lost it again. There is no worse feeling than having to bear hug your little boy while the doctor does stuff. It sucked holding him still when he got shots as a little baby, and it sucked this morning holding him still so the doctor could look in his nose, ears and throat and listen to his chest.

We went home, and here I am at work, exhausted. I'm trying to be productive, but it's just not working. I did get what I needed to get to QA on time, with a couple last-minute added bonuses. I learned some scary stuff about Windows Update (ok, this time I'm switching for real - and, wouldn't Windows Updates "Checking for updates - no information is being send to Microsoft" be fraud?). I fixed a friend's Movable Type installation (it's a lot harder than I remember it being - I think it's just his hosting company). I should read some more of my Java and JSP books, but I can barely stay awake reading them normally. I should play some more with a random number generator, but that's boring (I mean, how hard is it to call Random()?).

There are, of course, things I'd like to talk about right now that might actually be interesting. I just don't have the energy for it.