Now what?

Well. Last week was snow & grauwulf in the emergency room & the couch breaking; this week has begun with me getting called in on 15 minutes notice to sub for another preschool parent whose son had an emergency doctor visit (partly b/c three other kids were out sick already, so the substitution chain was missing several links), followed by grauwulf's mother spazzing out about suddenly-discovered health issues which set him off again, followed by the jug of vinegar I'd just bought from costco splitting along the bottom seam & leaking all over the floor right before we had to leave for swimming, and then my embroidery machine seizing up with a stray thread wrapped around its innards sufficiently that I have to take it in to someone who's more confident about taking the whole thing apart to get it out. And that's just inside the house. And it's only Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the Megatherium continues to be all kinds of happy so long as she's around other kids, and spend a lot of her time moody and cranky at home, poor thing. She wants to spend all her time watching Dino Dan or having me read her "Barbie: Baby Doctor" or other books I can stand in about half an iteration six or seven times. So far, my pointing out that these things are designed so she can practice reading them *herself* has not borne any fruit.

She got her free book for (recording) 1K books before Kindergarten from the library yesterday, and her friend P---'s grandma has been glorious about playdates. And we are working on planning a Dinosaur B-day Party, so that should be fun, assuming we make it that long.