May 15: Quick update

• Today I went on a field trip with Katie’s class and it was not fun.
• I finished “Almost Moon,” that book about the woman who kills her mother. I’m glad I’m done with it; it was disturbing and starting to give me freaky dreams. Don’t worry, Mom… I didn’t file anything away for “someday.” If anything, it made me grateful that you weren’t a mental case when I was growing up. I thought the book was actually quite good, but only because I couldn’t relate to the main character in any way whatsoever (thank god).
• I’m still sick as a dog. I’m coughing so hard, my teeth hurt. Katie says she keeps thinking I’m gonna puke, even though I assure her that it just sounds like I will. I hate the swine flu.
• Jack lost a tooth this morning at breakfast. He says it’s his eighth one but I’ve lost count because I’m a terrible mother. The good news is that his adult teeth are coming in nice and straight. Katie’s? Not so much.
• David Sedaris has a bunch of new tour dates and he’s coming to Portland next month.

I’ll write more tomorrow, I promise.