January 22, 2007 by veronica.

Back when it snowed that 12″ in November, I had to take Lily out during the storm.  It was then that Lily first let me know that She Did Not Like Snow.  Period.  Thankfully, this was not a problem until recently, as we had not received any snow.  Lily was happy.  When last week’s snow hit, Lily was spared much exposure to the snow, as it ended up being way too cold to take her out in it.  Today’s snow storm, however, was different.  It was beautiful out.  Warm (for winter), sunny, and no wind. And you know what?  Lily liked being outside!  It took her a bit to get used to walking in her books–but that was more because she’s not used to them.  She had no fear of sitting the the snow, making a snow angel (with Daddy’s help), or being pulled around in our makeshift sled (aka laundry basket and leftover rope).  Maybe her magic fuzzy pink suit gave her courage.  Maybe it was her super-special scarf.  Or maybe she was super warm in her super cute snowpants.  Who knows?  I’m just glad to know we can now get a real sled and start taking her out to play…as long as we keep getting snow.

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January 16, 2007 by veronica.

As I just told Chris, I feel like I’ve been such a slouch the last few weeks.

In my defense, Lily went from the stomach flu straight to hard-core teeething (2 or 3 teeth at once) to a virus complete with a 103 degree fever that lasted 5 days and finally went away Sunday.  She still has a nose that’s so stuffy that it makes it hard for her to nurse.  Anna, my sister, left Saturday after staying with us since before Christmas.  The house is really quiet, but it’s strange not having an extra set of hands.  There’s a huge list of To-Dos piling up, which include: dishes, various emails, blog posts, pictures to post, updating my website, putting away Lily’s clothes, and enrolling Lily in swimming and/or gymnastics lessons.

In the midst of the illness and holidays, Lily took it upon herself to kill my cell phone last week.  Her first attemt was only partially successful; she cracked a hinge of the flip part of my phone.  It still worked, but it was thisclose to falling apart.  I bought a new phone that night, and after we got home, Lily grabbed the poor phone and finished it off, ripping the screen from the keypad.  I feel so out of place with my new phone.  The ringers are all weird, so it takes me awhile to realize that it’s my phone that’s ringing.  I keep pushing the wrong buttons, losing calls, dialing the wrong numbers….but I know I’ll like it once I get used to it.

Compounding my problems adjusting to new consumer electronics was the arrival of my new/used iPod from it’s old home in Rochester, NY.  The very lovely Lizzie sent it to me, and I have to admit that I am so completely clueless when it comes to this thing.  Anna gave me a crash course, but I still worry that I’m going to do something and kill it.  I do love it, though.  I love the idea of being able to put all of the music I own onto it and carry it with me.  When I was 8 or 9, my Gifted Education teacher said that she wished that someday she could put all of her music onto the computer so she could listen to it.  It turns out she was so on with that, just 10 years ahead of time.  So with the camera phone and the iPod, I am now moving into the 21st century.   I’ll have to adjust.

So that’s been life the past few weeks– new cell phone, new iPod, illness, and changes at work.  The practice is growing with the hiring of a new Admin Assistant.  I’ll be moving to Rochester full time (Well, still the 3 days a week) as one of the reps moves to Rochester.  We’re looking at moving out of our building into a new building, since there’s a very very large amount of office space for rent and we can negotiate a very good deal for ourselves.  My role there is changing, too.  I’ll no longer do any scheduling or day to day client management; instead I’ll just focus on the planning, trades, and transactional customer service.  Hmm…I have to write a job description for myself, and that looks like a good start.

I’ll make Chris update the website soon.  And I’ll get those dishes done soon, too.  I just have to wait for my iPod to finish uploading the new songs…or whatever it’s called.

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January 1, 2007 by veronica.

Well, I am sad to say that tonite marks the end of what may be the worst New Years Holiday/Chris’s birthday EVER.  It all started Friday with the onset of a GI bug for Lily, only to have Chris come down with the same thing 3 hours later.  I was up most of the night with Lily, and woke up to a mess the next morning on my comforter.  All I have to say about that is thank GOD for fluff n fold! Since I was well and Anna, my sister who is staying with us, did not get sick either, the two of us had to hold donw the fort while Chris and Lily tried to recover.  Thank God she was here, too.  So Chris missed his entire birthday, which means he did not get his birthday pie or his birthday pizza.  I’m going to try to make that up to him. 

Sunday was not much better.  Chris was feeling better (yay!), so he let me sleep in.  When I woke up, Lily was not doing well at all–quiet, not moving, not drinking fluid, and the GI stuff was still going on.  So after making a call to their Nurse line (which I don’t think I should have been able to do–it may only be for Mayo employees, but I got the number from the NE clinic, so whatever), we took Lily in to the ER.  We got in quickly, but they do let you sit in your ER room for quite awhile.  They eventually sent us home with instructions to keep Lily hydrated (um, duh!), but they told us she was doing OK, considering.  Yesterday was perhaps the lamest New years Eve ever– no going out, no booze since we did not have time to get bubbly Saturday, and not much energy to get too crazy.

Lily is not doing much better.  It’s perhaps the saddest thing I’ve seen in the world.  She keeps trying to be the usually happy Lily, but you can tell she just can’t quite do it.  I hope this changes soon.

But, to end on a much happier note, here are some pictures from the last week and a half.  I hope your holidays were much better.

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