Miscellany

Hope you're all doing well this week. We're all fine and dandy here. I have my normal three-day week this week, so I couldn't be happier. Here's the latest with us.

First, a Meggie ear update
So we went to the doctor today, and it turns out that both tubes are still there! I don't know if I'm gladdened or annoyed by that. The doctor said the ears look great, and Meggie's speech is right on target, so for now all is well. Here's hoping (*fingers crossed*) that the last long course of antibiotics and switching to low-fat milk do the trick. I hope we have an uneventful summer. At least earwise.

The rest of us
Alan and I are doing fine. He's busy at work. Lots going on for him this summer. I'm fine too. After a monthlong hiatus, I started writing again. One of our editors said, "Hey, I was wondering when the muse would strike again!" I told him, "She's been busy changing diapers." Diapers permitting, I'll have a short piece running tomorrow.

And finally...
I have been wondering how on earth Meggie gets so dirty. Sometimes her clothes are so crusty I think someone must have rolled her in a mud bog. Yesterday I came home to find her clothes in a muddy heap in the middle of the hallway. I asked Alan what had happened. It was very enlightening:

h: So, um, I noticed that Meggie's clothes got really, really dirty. Did you guys go outside?
A: Yeah, a little.
h: So, what did you do outside?
A: Oh, you know ... play in the dirt.
h: Play in the dirt, huh? She got awfully dirty...
A: Well, first we played in the sprinklers.

One mystery solved. I use a lot of OxiClean (love that stuff) and the Clorox bleach pen. I quit fooling myself and started buying both these things in bulk at Costco.