Crap. It's almost summer.

No, seriously.  There are only 7 weeks left until Dramasaur is done with school for the year.  I keep wondering what the shrek I'm gonna do with him for those months.  I mean, it's not like we don't have options, it's just, which one do we go with? 

We could sign up for the school district's summer club, but it's not summer school.  Meaning he'd just be screwing around all day and not doing much constructive, well, anything.  Which is why he had such a difficult start to this school year - zero retention.

We could do the summer club AND the summer "fun" classes, also via the school district, but then, how in the world am I supposed to get him from point A to B to C and back to A during the day when I am supposed to be at work? 

Then there is the Nana-option.  She offered to, well I guess tutor, Dramasaur over the summer.  We'd be paying her of course, and he's all for this option.  I'm just not sure how long the actual learning would last, KWIM?  Maybe though, we could sit down and hammer out a sort of curriculum for the summer.  Just a couple of hours a day of actual instruction, interspersed with play and chores and being a kid. 

Why is this a difficult decision?  It's pretty much staring me in the face, getting ready to smack me with a sandwich for being so wishy-washy.  This is dumb. 

Ok, thanks my reader - I've decided.  Now to announce my intentions to Grumpasaur...if you don't hear from me in a few days, send out the dogs.

Breathe Easy - a note to the nose

Oh my nose, how I've missed you!  My lips are so thankful that you are back, and are hoping for a speedy recovery from the horrid chapping and splitting endured over the last week as a result of all the lip-licking and mouth-breathing going on. 

On another, slightly more personal note, I'd like to thank you for opportunity to use a nasal strip every night.  I was able to breathe a little easier, AND (total plus) the adhesive on those thing yanks blackheads better than any Biore strip I've ever used, without yanking off layers of skin.  On the flip-side of that, the gargantuan zit you grew just south of the nose strip was unexpected and completely inappropriate. 

Did you know that Midol & Pamprin really help relieve nasal swelling?  I sure didn't, until I grabbed the wrong bottle from the cabinet in a fit of watery-eyed, drippy nosed, mouth-breathing pique. 

Maybe I need to invent a nose-tampon.  I mean, I'm sure I stuffed an entire case worth of Kleenex up my nose in a vain attempt to stem the flow of snot...why not just stuff an 8-hour moisture-sucker up there?  We do it once a month anyway, so what's another box of plugs on the grocery list?  Oh right, one more thing you can't send your manly man to the store for at 10 pm when you run out.