Everybody's sick!!

Our little school has had a TON of absences in the past month, and it's getting really bad now. I had seven kids missing on Monday, and I haven't really been paying careful attention since I've been BUSY, but today (Thursday) I was missing four.

Many of the kids I did have were coughing, sneezing, sniffling, sore-throating and fever-ing.

Tonight, I am running a fever, too. I don't feel bad, although a little draggy, but the fever headache and joint aches are with me. I figure if I make it through Friday, I can rest up over the weekend and hopefully be fine.

Leopold showed up on Monday with a hot pink mohawk and a fuzzy vest. He's also sporting an anatomically correct heart, made by Lyssa from FIMO clay and carefully painted. I will try to either take a great photo of him there (not likely, since I always forget my damn camera) or bring him home over the weekend so I can show you.

This morning, Dave* and Ken* were at it again. Making me laugh.

Dave was sitting on a rug on the floor near the Lego bins. Ken was standing there getting something out. And Dave looked up and said, "Dude! Your butt smells funny!"

Ken looked insulted and exasperated at the same time.
"Dude. Don't sniff my butt. You're not a dog."

::snort::

We did a cute Valentine project this week. Perhaps I should try to photograph that, too.

Anyway. Crappy post. I feel crabby, I feel crabby, I have fuzzy teeth and need to brush them and go to friggin' bed.

And I'm all stressed out over the fucking taxes, the fact that we don't have time go anywhere when we have the money, or the money to go anywhere when we have time.

We will be taking our belated anniversary trip in March, four nights at the coast for a little over 30 bucks. I'm excited about it, time to just be a couple is something we don't have a lot of.

Speaking of couples. I overheard a conversation between some of 'my' kids at the art table this week, too, about how sometimes guys get married to other guys and girls can marry girls.

One of them offered that his aunt is "like, married to a woman only she can't get married in Oregon. But they live together in the same house and they have a dog and a baby and everything."

Penny*, in an insulted voice said, "Well that's not fair. I think people should be able to get married when they love each other. Don't you?"

There was general agreement around the table.

It was a short conversation. One of many about a myriad of topics. It was not of major importance to them, just.. a topic. And they moved on.

It made me smile, because THAT is what I would love to see when people discuss marriage. Just general acceptance that people should be able to get married and some indignant, 'well why not?' from people in general. Why not indeed.