A Bunch of Stuff

• My Tran is still not ready. Yesterday when I called, Mike was hoping the part would be in today. Today, Mike called and the part is in transit from the US and should be here by Friday. Plus, while we were presuming it would be under warranty (Husband bought a 2 year warranty along with my Tran), it's not. The warranty only covers structural things. But since I've only had my Tran for a month, they will split the cost with me. Only $498 plus taxes. Sheesh.
• Shaggy is sick. Poor guy. He hasn't been to school all week (Monday was a PD day). And I can't see him going tomorrow either. I think he has bronchitis. We have a doctors appointment for tomorrow afternoon. I saw his teacher today in the hallway at school (you'll read about why in the next bullet) and I smiled and said hi to her - she said hi and then looked at the floor quickly and made a beeline for the coffee break room. Not even a queary as to how the sicky is doing. And my first thought was You really are a snot. And I know that's not very nice to think that, but I'm taking Roses advice and I will be the adult. No more snotty-toned notes from me mister. And yet the whole situation is still bothersome to me.
• Tigger had his eyes examined by a new doctor in town today. He's usually seen by the specialist in London who did his ROP surgery but we are behind in appointments and it's getting harder to find time to go to London. So I'm going to ask to be referred to the specialist here in town. And we are doing this now because Tigger's glasses are somewhere at church, presumably under the snow and ice. He lost them the day before the ice storm walking to Grampa's truck. Which was 2 weeks ago. It just gives me a headache to think too much about it. His new glasses should be ready next week. So when I dropped Tigger off at school today, that's when I saw Shaggy's teacher in the hallway.
• Today was a bit stressful for me. Husband gave me a list of things that needed to be done pronto and it took me 4 hours to do the first thing. Because my assistant interrupts me with questions. Which she needs to do in order to learn her job, but it just makes my jobs longer to do. And when I have deadlines, I get stressed. But I think I still came across as patient today even though on the inside I wasn't feeling it.
• Zoomer's passport has been applied for. It should be here in two weeks. Best case scenario. Worst case scenario it will be here in 3 1/2 weeks. We leave for China in 5 1/2 weeks and we still need to apply for our VISAS. But we can't without passports. Our tickets were bought yesterday...before we checked about airmiles (our agency took care of it all)...so we're thinking of getting a large screen TV with our airmiles and just finding the money for the plane tickets somewhere else. We know where our priorities lie.
• I received the cutest little red fleece sweater and sockies for Thumbelina from Alfred's Mom in the mail yesterday. What a nice surprise! Thank you so much Alfred's Mom!!! I will try to post pictures soon. I'm sorting out in my mind what clothing to bring to China for Miss T. So far, I have a few sleepers, one denim overall outfit, and the red sweater. I really need to organize and shop!
• We are going to a travel clinic next week to probably get more shots. I was hoping they could just give me a list over the phone of what they recommend and we could get them from our family doctor, but that isn't how they do it. The doctor there wants to know what part of China we will be visiting, how we will be travelling, our medical history, blah blah blah. We have to go to London for that, so I'm hoping we don't have to rush home and we'll be able to go shopping and maybe buy a highchair and carseat.
• After the ice storm we discovered that our DVR wasn't working anymore. Which means nobody can watch TV. So we've been watching movies for the last two weeks instead. I haven't missed the TV too much, so I'm not sure why we really need a large screen TV but that's beside the point. Anyway, the only time I miss it is on Thursday nights when Husband and I have our date night and we watch CSI...and I watch The Office. Instead, we've been watching the second season of 24. I expect we'll start the 3rd season tomorrow. I'm embarrassed to admit this, but I'm really tempted to started buying the seasons of The Office. Gak! Did I really just type that?

It's 3:38 pm and I'm hungry, so I'm off to search for some snacky morsels.