Yesterday was a little known (to me) holiday called "Sweetest Day". Honestly, I don't remember ever hearing of this until a few days ago, and thought it was something that Ohioans celebrate in addition to the usual Valentine's, etc.. Yesterday, David went out and got us bagel sandwhiches for breakfast, and came back with a "Happy Sweetest Day" balloon, candies, and a nice plant. Awww.. and I didn't get him anything.


Oh, I'm happy to report I have now found two establishments here in Columbus that use toilet seat covers in their bathrooms: Babies R Us and Walmart. Which reminds me. When we went to spend that gift certificate David's work sent us, I had to take Matthew into the restroom to nurse- no chairs, so I just stood there in the middle of the room. Holy freakin' hell, it stank in there.. I didn't realize until afterwards, that there's an actual Mother's Room I could have gone into.

I think my kid has unusually narrow nasal passages. I remember when Lauren was little, she'd sometimes snort when she cried.. but I think it was just an infant thing, and she got over it pretty quickly. This kid is quite literally a pig. Snorting big time. And almost every morning, the kid wakes up just about unable to breathe out of his nose. I use the saline drops, and check for any blockages, but it's usually nothing more than his poor sinuses being swollen. This morning we finally drug out the humidifier. Ok.. we're in Ohio. I thought my humidifier would end up rotting in a closet somewhere. Guess not. So we're in a humid place where we need a humidifier, and both of my children have my jacked up sinuses.

My youngest SIL is getting married on the 25th. I'm excited for her, and excited at the prospect of seeing a wedding. But I'm still pissed I didn't get to my friend's wedding. The bills have been piled up lately (and we just got 2 seperate bills for Matthew's birth, totaling $900), and so we haven't even been able to get her wedding present yet.. we haven't gotten one for SIL, either. That makes me feel incredibly lame. My close friend in CO told me that you have up to one year to buy someone a wedding gift (she didn't send me a gift til my first anniversary). But I have no intentions of waiting that long. I swear!

I haven't heard from my sister in a while.. at least a week, if not more. I have no idea how my dad is doing, or if his chemo is working. I was thinking yesterday how sad it is that my dad has spent the last 7 years or so trying to find a female companion, and now he might end up dying without one. Well, aside from family. I know he really wanted to remarry, and at this point it just doesn't seem likely that will happen.

Uh oh.. the kid's crying again. Seems he lost his binkie, and the world is coming to an end.