I think I'm slightly behind the weekly blog rate, but I will try and catch up.
My birthday was a good one, although Connor was pretty difficult during the day. It was the middle of the week, so I didn't get a break from him or anything, but that's okay. Laura made a really good, but super rich, chocolate cake that we finally finished eating I think a couple of days ago. I got a new cable modem for the internet, some books, and another Roku for the bedroom. Gay had visited two weekends ago for something, so we all went over the Kelly's for dinner. The downside was that I think I got the cold that she was trying to get over. I'm not sure if she's the one I got it from, but it could easily have been. The other option was the science museum when Connor and I went a couple of days after that weekend. Either way, I still have the runny nose and sinus congestion, but it's getting better. It's weird because of my last long cold and the Bell's Palsy that followed, I'm just hoping that it doesn't happen again. I don't remember colds lasting this long in me in the past. They were usually completely gone by the 4th day, 5th at the latest. I'm on day 5 now and I still feel there's a couple of more days of recovery. I dunno if it's because I'm getting old, my immune system is weaker, or what, but it sucks.
As for my Bell's Palsy, I think it's plateaued a bit. I've been noticing more soreness in the muscles in my cheek. Weird feeling. It's almost the same feeling you get when you've been laughing and/or smiling a lot or something and your face is tired. I just hope it's a sign of getting better.
Laura's b-day is coming up and so is Valentine's. I'm not sure we have anything planned for Valentine's, and we never really do plan something, but I did get her gifts ordered. One should be here tomorrow and the other probably on her b-day or later. It was a bigger than normal gift so hopefully she likes it.
We're already into February. I can't believe it.
Connor is getting so talkative now. He constantly talks and constantly wants me to talk. That's fine, but it's tiring for me because of the Bell's Palsy. Or, maybe not. I'm just not used to talking ALL through the day. Anyway, he's pretty funny trying to string together words and creating sentences. He consistently tries 3-5-word sentences now all the time. He's still really into Thomas and, that reminds me, we need to get him some Thomas trains for his b-day. We'll probably get tracks from Amazon since they were cheap, but eBay seems to have the best deals for the actual trains. You just have to find a good lot and get lucky with the bidding. We bid on a couple, but both outbid pretty quickly. I dunno why Thomas trains are so expensive. They don't seem that different from any other train.
We talked about taking a short trip to Dallas or something this coming President's Day, I think it was, but not sure if that's still in the air or what. I think Laura's parents are heading to Roman Nose that same weekend, so unless we find a place to kennel the dogs, I don't think that that's happening. Oh well.
Other things that's been going on in my head is another fantasy story kind of brewing about. It took a long time to write the first one and it's really not "done", but if I ever find time and energy, I would like to explore this new idea I have. I think it's kind of cool.
We finally finished watching The Hobbit's special features. There was about 9 hours, so we watched a little at a time. Took a coupe of weeks I think. It was pretty interesting.
Well, I think I should get Connor up soon. He took a late nap today and he was tired because he woke up earlier than normal, so if I let him sleep, he'd probably sleep way past the time he should be up!
