It finally stopped raining!

*It has been a long few days around here, punctuated by hour-long shrieking jags by the small one. When the HELL are these freaking teeth going to come in already?!  It goes easier when we can catch her at a more compliant moment so the Tylenol actually goes into her mouth, but it's not always that easy. Other than her waking up two hours early again (on a day I'd set aside to catch up on some sleep!), she was fine this morning, and at lunch ate a surprising amount of canteloupe--quicker than I could cut it. When she started whining intermittently at about one, I should've known what we were in for, but I just didn't move quickly enough. I hate to dose her up preemptively, but maybe we ought to this week. We never give it to her more than twice a day anyway (usually only once), but the pain is interfering with her sleep now. 

*On a happier Rosina note, she has discovered that she loves raisins, like more than anything. I'd never wanted to give them to her because I was worried about her choking, but I guess if they're fresh enough and we're right there with her (doling out a few at a time), she can handle it. 

*Two other food notes:

1. Mark grilled some steak on Sunday. It was really, really good. 

2. Tried a Starbucks caramel macchiato for the first time last night. I guess I see the appeal, but that's way too sweet for me!  I suppose the sugar covers up the burned Starbucks taste...

*Still prepping for the trip. Currently doing lots of laundry so we don't come home to huge piles of it. I never feel quite prepared for big trips--despite the fact that we're going to freaking Cleveland, and I hear they have grocery stores there and everything now... I am always making these epic lists, but still manage to forget like, toothpaste or my glasses. These problems can be surmounted! {eyeroll}

*One of the other things I'm supposed to do today is research exterminators, since we are killing multiple palmetto bugs a week, and they are so freaking gross. I think they come in through the chimney, judging by where we see them, and they certainly could get under the front door and kitchen door if they wanted to. Ugh, bugs are not supposed to be that big, and that is that.