i am sick. i hate being sick. but i just gave up and decided to call today a sick day. maybe it's a combination of things - the weather, the trouble with my oldest, this paper that is haunting me...i don't know. maybe it's just an excuse not to deal with any of it.

i have let this paper take on a force all its own and i am just overwhelmed by it. i wake up in the middle of the night trying - and failing - to come up with some interesting take on the information that i have. i'll get it. but it needs to be done yesterday.

finally got an appointment at a school for an interview for the oldest. i have heard this would be an excellent school for him and i am keeping my fingers crossed. they turned down all the other applicants but him. i am not sure what that means but he is having more and more trouble lately and i am hoping we can find somewhere where he will be happy and get what he needs.

back to the couch. is it possible for your head to actually explode?? i think it may be...