LK had been sick, and then he got me sick. Wonderful. Amanda being the medical professional is immune to everything.

We celebrated Thanksgiving dinner at Jane and David’s house. LK and I were both feeling better at this point. Their niece Sarah was there visiting; she is a grad student in political science at Berkeley. She apparently grew up near Wooster, OH. It was a fun time. I saw how convenient a doggie can be as Bo (a yellow lab) vacuumed up all the food that Lonan Kai ejected from his high chair.

We stayed home on Black Friday. Carrie later came over to visit and knit. She was working a sweater for LK that she apparently has to finish quickly before he gets too big. Eric unforunately had to work; Thursday is his normal day off, so the Thanksgiving weekend was just a normal weekend for him. LK started showing signs of another illness… fever, coughing, snot, etc..

We went to the aquarium on Saturday. We bought a family pass because going to the aquarium is a fun diversion for LK. And I like aquariums. We can even take a guest with us for “free” whenever we go.

We also went to IKEA in lieu of our previous early evening walk (because it gets dark at 4pm nowadays). We had an inexpensive $1.95 pasta dinner and well as picking up some toys for LK; we had thought we was really getting bored with the few things that we have. We also got a rug for our living room because the current one is “disgusting” in the words of Amanda. It is too small, though, so I will have to return it sometime.
LK’s sickness was preventing him from sleeping. Unfortunate for everyone in the family except for piglet, who is willing and able to sleep anytime. He later lost is voice due to possible soreness.

Sunday Amanda went grocery shopping with Mandy for the first time in a while. LK seemed to get better and regained his voice.
Today, LK was well enough to go to daycare. I apparently have come down with LK’s second illness as well, so I am sick again. Alas. I wanted to go to the gym today, but that is not going to happen.

I am still hopeful about eventually getting paid for me last job because it is a non trivial amount of money in these uncertain economic times. Otherwise I am “looking for other opportunities” as I always do.

I fixed some things in our photo gallery that had been busted for a while, but I would probably be the only one to notice. I also uploaded all of our pictures for October 2007 and should be done with the rest of the year shortly. So I will only be one year behind.