Downs

• Calvin threw up sometime last night. I’m not entirely sure when but I think it might have been while I was exercising because I heard him coughing. The sheet, bumper, mattress pad and assorted burp clothes were all covered but Dog was miraculously spared. At first, I thought the vomiting was just triggered by the coughing but when he refused to eat breakfast, I decided he might be sick so I didn’t take him in to daycare. Instead, we spent the day at home. To my surprise, it turned out to be a pretty good day.

Ups

• I got a lot done today. In spite of possibly being sick and refusing to eat most of the day, Calvin was in a really good mood. We wandered the various levels of the house and when he found something to play with I would find the nearest project that needed to be worked on.

Calvin Moment

• The last time we went hiking with Calvin it was cold and windy. I was afraid that his hands were too cold so I tried to put on his mittens but he threw a fit. However, apparently this aversion to mittens only applies to his own mittens. We’ve started getting our winter stuff out and every time he sees Jaeger or my mittens he grabs them and insists we put them on his hands. They’re so big on him the mittens go past his elbows.

Simplification

• I spent quite a bit of time today cleaning out our finance desk. It has a tendency to collect weird things like old fuses, screws, and the odd ten yen coin. It looks much better now. I also called up and fixed some of the errors in our home insurance policy, finished working on the monthly bills, shredded more receipts from 2008, and rearranged Calvin’s room. In addition, I cleaned out my wallet and discovered I have a phone card purchased back during college days with 500+ minutes still left. Not sure what I’m going to do with that.