I know you’ve been without me for a couple of days.  And believe me, those couple of days are enough to make me want to gouge my eyes out with spoons.  I won’t have any time today to write, most likely, because I’m catching up on three days of missed work.  Here’s the Reader’s Digest version:

Binja’s going to the doc today.  His father is taking him, now that he’s back in town.  I swear to Jeebus that Binja waits until he senses there’s a single parent in the house and then he takes ill. (I kid.  That poor child has tried so hard to not be a bother.) But today is the first day the doc could see him without us waiting for hours on end and hoping to be squeezed in.  I just couldn’t do that with a sick baby.

Bryan came home last night (THANK GOD), but is suffering from The Crud himself.  He’s got a hacking cough, major sinus issues, and has an off-and-on fever.  HOWEVER, Binja’s pediatrician and Bryan’s family doc are in the same practice (they’re married), so perhaps he can squeeze some sort of meds out of his doc while visiting Binja’s.

My right hip is not working.  I’m having trouble walking today. 

I’m also having an IUD put in today. (TMI?  Don’t care.)

I’m in this show tonight and tomorrow night.  Everyone should come; tickets have now been reduced to $10 each, so there’s no need to wear some local college sweatshirt to pretend you get the student discount. (Not that I would do that.  I’m just sayin’.) Our cause this year is the Madison County Free Clinic (per usual) and SANE, which trains nurses to examine sexually assaulted victims.  Our theme this year is the Women of Katrina (also known as the Katrina Warriors), which is a cause near and dear to me.  Y’all know what a New Orleans freak I am.  Any show that requires us to wear Mardi Gras beads?  Seriously awesome.

So Binja’s got something wrong with him. It’s either his first tooth coming in or an ear infection.. and, of course, saying that makes me a contender for Mother of the Year. “It’s either gangreen or the hiccups” would beat me out, but I think most parents are better than that. Then again, that dad who microwaved his baby is on trial this week. Even I knew that one.

Binja was going to go to his grandmother’s today, but SHE’S got some crud, too. It’s just that time of year, I think, and our global warming has been especially evident in the south this spring, where warm temps came way early followed by hard freezes, so the plants are all sorts of wonky and who knows what is blooming. Whatever’s blooming, though, there’s plenty of it, and everyone is suffering because of it.

While he’s been napping, I’ve been playing around on my new favorite toy: Adobe Photoshop Express ONLINE. Yes, you read that right. If you already receive Photojojo’s weekly updates (AND YOU SHOULD), you already know that Adobe Photoshop Express has put a beta version online. It’s not the full Photoshop (hence the “Express”), but it does everything a layman (i.e. Sarah Lena Brown) needs. Sharpening, tinting, touch up and soft focus are all there. And my favorite? Color pop. I feel like that one artist whose name escapes me now but she dressed children in grown up clothes and then only colors a rose? You know, that one. Well, it makes me feel like that.

Anyway, APE (wow.. unfortunate acronym) is free with 2GB of storage space. It’s no Flickr, but man oh man, has it been fun. You can sign up your own account here. When you do, be sure and let me know so I can come spy on you.

Here are some of my faves thus far:

And, of course, my all time fave:

I give you a video from some weeks back that were a bit more cheery.