Snow! It’s a psychological relief to no longer see grass in the backyard. It was bothering me more than I realized. I’ve never seen that much snow melt that fast — twice within a couple of weeks, too.

The boy is home with us today, as he’s in full-blown cold mode. Actually, he’s better today than he was yesterday. We had a pretty miserable weekend that included a fall out of his bed on Saturday because he was coughing so hard and a visit to the local grandparents on Sunday that wasn’t as smooth as usual. He’s finally napping.

Today’s mail brought my new-to-me refurbished Creative Labs MuVo 2 GB MP3 player, which is also a USB flash drive for storing various files. I’m currently uploading music to it, so I can listen to it in bed or wherever I want. Seeing as how the last portable music device I bought was a CD player about seven years ago, and that player is now hooked up to speakers in Liam’s room for his bedtime music, I think I’m doing pretty well with musical devices. (Since I was twelve I’ve owned two Walkmans, and two Discmans. A very good record indeed, as each of them has lasted a very long time.)

People have been asking when I’ll get the results of the medical tests I did last week, and I’m afraid I don’t know. The doctor’s office will call to schedule an appointment when all the results are in with them. In the meantime, extra sleep when I can and alternating between ibuprofen and Excedrin Extra Strength are how I’m getting through the days.

I got a slew of test material for an ongoing freelance editing position today, including a three-hundred-page manuscript on which to do the detailed test review. It’s all due back next Monday at the latest, so I’ll be slotting that in where I can as well as working on the hearthcraft book this week. Liam is home with me again tomorrow, as is usual on Tuesdays, so I’ll have to work on the laptop at night in bed to get it all done.

The boy is awake again.