Trying to catch it

I feel like my life has gotten ahead of me. Hopefully will catch up with it one day. We had our first experience with Croup. That was awful. Glad that I am a paranoid mother even if it means that my sleep is like a patchwork quilt- interrupted and stitched from scraps I manage to snatch here and there! Christopher was coughing and wondered if I should check on him. Good thing I did. We ended up at the Olivedale emergency rooms just before Pumpkin Hour. Me in my jammies with handbag- must have looked odd- but was waived through when we got there. Christopher does not like being nebulised- but luckily this is something that seems to go as quickly as it comes. I hope it never happens again- that ride to the clinic was one of the scariest rides of my life- I did not know if he was going to stop breathing any second. Luckily he is fine now except for a cough. Not great- having to juggle work with a sick child though- especially when you know that e-mails are multiplying in rabid fashion while you're away from work. But family first. Public holiday today, but went into work this morning. I am so glad to see the first spring blooms all over the place. There is a gorgeous coral tree at the boomed entrance of our suburb- and its flowers have just started to come out. I love that tree, in fact the whole avenue that runs through the suburb- is so pretty come spring. I definitely feel a psychological lightening come spring. Have discovered cross-stitch magazines. Some beautiful patterns that I have been pouring over. Don't know if I will ever get around to it. I always have something new that I am interested in... and lots of unfinished projects... Pat has pruned my roses outside my front door and I look forward to having my summer roses greet me whenever I return home. I noticed in one of the shops that I went into that they have "fuller figured" mannequins. It was just so wrong. Poor mannequins. Even they did not seem to happy about it. They looked depressed if that is possible. At least their leggies will never show hail damage. There is a woman across the road with a motorbike- a loud Harley sounding one. Why oh why does she rev it like that when Christopher is asleep. I am surprised that there are not more incidents of my-baby is trying to sleep rage. On the desperate note...Yay- desperate housewives on tonight. James and I have a little tradition of snuggling up on the couch to watch Survivor and the DH together. Look forward to that. If Todd wins Survivor- I am going to be mighty peeved! Feeling teary-eyed today as I read my cousins blog www.stoneburble.blogspot.com . Her hubby has returned after being away for 6 months and the pictures of her little girl in her ballet outfit- too preshus!!! Funny how we can take for granted being able to see our loved ones and knowing that they are safe. Adam- her hubby is in the army. Have to end off on a bit of political commentary. I don't know exactly how far one can go before you risk being sued for defamation, but I would like to say very defamatory things about the politicians in our country who think that it is a good idea to rehabilitate our prisoners by having them learn karate. In a country as violent as ours- we now enable our criminals to be even more aggressive? Because it teaches them concentration and discipline. Great thinking batman. What's wrong with fucking needlepoint???