I survived the two Seders.  Woke up this morning to a kitchen that looked like ‘Nam!  Shayna was great about it and, in her very professional work clothes, started washing her grandmother’s china.  Although she said that she would do the rest after she got home, those of you who know me know that I can’t just look at something out-of-place without messing with it, I did all the rest before I took the kids to school.  After working all morning, my house is back to  “normal.”  [Keep your editorial comments to yourself!]

I took Ela to school a bit early today because she had earned a bonus in her classroom.  Her teacher gives out rewards called, “Big Ones.” [again, keep your comments to yourself] You earn these like money for doing well on tests, volunteering and not being a jackwagon.  You also can lose them for exactly the former.  You can spend them in all sorts of fun ways.  One of the ways is that you can really save (took Ela until this week – and she’s a really good student) your big ones and buy breakfast with the teacher and can also invite a friend to join you.  A couple of weeks ago, Lily, one of Ela’s best friends, invited her to have breakfast with Ms. Fanselow – her teacher.  This week was Ela’s turn to reciprocate.  Ela had pancakes, eggs and bacon and Lily had pancakes and bacon – all from McDonald’s!  What a treat!  Ela was very proud and had a great time. She was also honored to be asked by her friend to join her the first time.  Ela has a good friend!

Now it’s back to housework and going to the gym!  I’ve got dirty laundry piled to the doorknobs in the hampers and the washer, albeit as close to a commercial washer as you can get without a pocket full of quarters, can only do so much at a time.  Man, I can see my evenings for the next couple of days: DVR; Mythbusters; piles of folded laundry; going to bed at midnight.  I was going to go to the gym today, but I woke with the worst headache I’ve had in years.  For that matter, I haven’t really had a headache for at least a year anyway.  Usually when I feel like crap, I just go and it works itself out, but today…felt like death warmed-over.  After de-assing the kitchen and dining room, I took Penny (our puppy-dog), 3 Advil, shoved the dog in the crotch of my arm and went to sleep.  Pain went from a 9 to a 3 within an hour.  I think it was the dog; not the Advil.  Then I got up again and upgraded all of the family’s Apple products, cleaned the basement and vacuumed the entire house.  BTW, there’s one thing I hate about HEPA vacuums: they clean so well that they make you feel like a total pig.  The damn thing fills up with this fine dirt and hair.  Eew, I’m living with this stuff???

Oh crap!  Ela just told me her tooth is really loose!  I have to put on my tooth fairy hat now.  Later!