Ear infection. (Gigi, not me.) The poor little thing has been fighting off a fever for the past three days. (Why three? because it's a three day weekend, of course!) Anyway, prognosis is very good. Now if only we could all just sleep through the night again...

Overheard at the Asian art museum:

"What's a...chah-bah?" (said standing directly in front of the little plaque explaining that the kaaba is Islam's most sacred site, the house Abraham built for God, and the items you are looking at are ornamental keys to it...)

Tween Princess: "Mom, can I have sushi for dinner tonight?"
Suburban Martyr: "NO. You had sushi for dinner last night, and sushi for lunch today, and I don't want to hear any more about it. I am not a sushi-making machine."
TP: "Yes you are!"

Um...Happy New Year. No, I didn't fall off the face of the earth. I did return to work, though. More on that later. Just posting a quick thing to remind myself that I do have a blog which some people occasionally read (whoo hoo!)

btw, Gigi has her third tooth. The next three seem to be coming in all at once. More on that later, too.