sickness.

the little one is sick. she and terri are at the pediatrician. i am here hoping for the best and getting ready for work. speaking of which; i was trained to operate the beast to your left.  it is a Turret Truck as made by the Raymond Corporation.  the thing is 20ft. high and 30ft. long.  it is a pain in the ass to maneuver, but is easy to control.
now i am fully trained in every piece of equipment that my company uses, save the tractor trailers.  it has taken me over thirteen years to accomplish this, so it is a sweet reward for all of the hard work.
elsie caught some sort of cold that has been going around, shook it for the most part, and it came back with a vengeance. the funny thing is, she is only congested when she sleeps and is active when awake, except for some runny nose action.  i was baffled by this from the beginning and that is what gave me cause for alarm.  it's not that we are the kind of parents that hear a sniffle from our kid and rush to the emergency room.  we waited the appropriate three days and her symptoms did not subside.  what a sport though.  she still wanted to have fun last night, even after we used the bulb plunger to clean out her nose.
other than that, i am looking forward to the weekend, as my friend and tenant is celebrating his 33rd birthday tomorrow night, even though today is his birthday.  hmm, today...history is showing that we kept on creeping and creeping more into japan's territory well before pearl harbor.  we were taking island after island and it pissed the Japanese off.  so they had to attack before we really did damage? the verdict is still out on that one. anyway, i know my friend is getting a copy of The Dark Knight Rises on Blueray so he'd better watch it with me, dammit.
other stuff: it's been 118 days today.  i have to try to cut back on my soda consumption as it's giving me a gut.  so much for two liter sundays!