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November 14, 2003

Sick bay

The boy was sick, my wife has been sick, and I'm now (hopefully) just getting over the same thing. We've all been home almost all week, dealing with a couple of bad nights and a trip to the emergency room for a high fever; he was fine but we had to be sure. Amid all of this were two Internet outages; one yet another problem with water in our cable splitter, the other my fault (bad router configuration). This didn't make working from home any easier. Fortunately I'm essentially wrapped up on one project and waiting to see what I do next. Amid all the hassles of this, it did occur to me that being with a sick child is one of those times where you don't have to wonder if you are in the right place. And it is so good to see him back to his old self (alternately angel and devil, often in the space of 5 minutes). Two other observations: * After watching enough cartoons, even the PBS kind, your mind can no longer deal with the adult world. * eBay can be very dangerous when you have a lot of time on your hands. I managed to do very little damage, but probably only because the little one keeps insisting on going to the Barney site.

Posted by markj at November 14, 2003 08:10 PM

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