Walking Backwards

The monster is finally, FINALLY asleep. Instead of jumping up and down and singing with joy, I am struggling to keep my eyes open. After my deconstruction of the day, I am going to ooze myself into bed with a cup of tea and my knitting needles awaiting the inevitable cry in the night. Hopefully, I'll get a couple of good hours in before I make the long trek taking Nico back to his room. The poor guy is so congested he has been waking up every few hours not being able to breathe. Oddly, he decided against the nap today and chose to be loud and agitated all evening instead. Yuck, I hope this is over soon. Having a sick baby is so hard because, when your baby is sick, your empathy increases exponentially. The doctor at the after-hours clinic did provide me with a small easement to some of the current discomforts, he gave us a decongestant that is not immediately rejected as vile poison by the boy who needs it so badly. It doesn't seem to work all that well, but it does make me feel as if I am doing something. I'm supposed to work as helping parent at the preschool this Thursday, but I can't go in if the little man is still sick. Skipping out on my first day, damn I feel bad. I did go in today, while Joe stayed home, to fulfill my duty as class photographer. I wanted to get some shots of the first day (and spy on what a day in the classroom is like, okay). Too bad Nicholas won't be in any of them :).

So, I was watching the local news tonight and there were two stories about recent city council decisions and elections that really made me mad and reinforced my desire to try to uproot certain members of our local government (or live in the wilderness where I don't have to worry about things like this). It seems as if our city council does less research into their decisions than I do. I am probably more involved in local politics than would be normal, but hey, I live in Texas and it is the only area of government I feel that my voice, actions, and concerns make an impact. Anyway, I'm probably not the only one who is mad because one of the issues I'm talking about had a 92 percent voter opposition. I just want to poke them all with a stick and live in my pretend world where there are respectable politicians who can repel any hint of being tainted by bribery or outside interests.

I must be tired.