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Welcome to April!

And now for the weekend update...

Friday night was a typical Friday night. We had ceasar salads for dinner (done with Boston lettuce instead of romaine... turned out really good. Added grape tomatoes to Colleen's salad, cheese all around.). We then watched Doctor Who. More on that below.
I was briefed on the Antics of Marcus on that day. Since it was an absolutely spiffy day, Papa (my Dad) took Marcus to Elm Park, where they had a toddler play area, apparently. (It's been so long since I've been to the park.) He had a blast. He even got a hug and a smooch from an 18-month-old girl. (He always had a thing for older women.)
Oh, and he's been sleeping through the night as of late. And he's got four teeth cut on top, two fully in on the bottom with a third just peeking through.

Saturday turned out not to be the Big Move Day after all. Colleen was still feeling the sore effects of a tumble she took on Thursday, I was suffering a bad head cold, and my parents were rather worn out already in the day. However, they did take Marcus to their house while Colleen and I worked. She tackled some more stuff in the front room, while I assaulted my computer desk in the living room. I managed to fill three office boxes with manuals, CDs, and other sundry bits. I dusted and cleaned all the components (printer, monitor, KVM switch, DSL modem, cables, two CPU towers, external ZIP drive, game controller, external old USB CD burner). Tied and secured all the cables. Wiped down the desktop. Started maybe 11am, had a lunch break, kept BBC America on all day (Monty Python marathon), and I was all set with that by 3pm.
Got cleaned up, left the house, drove to That's Entertainment (my GURPS order still hadn't come in... grrrr!), and then to my parents'.
Did our taxes. We're getting nice amounts back from federal and state.
Marcus was getting rather fussy around the time that we had decided upon dinner, so we ordered Chinese from Nancy Chang's. Dad and I left to get the food, so there would be less commotion in the house. By the time we got back, he was sleeping nicely in Colleen's lap. Discovered a delicious new appetizer from Nancy Chang's -- chicken ravioli (bit like a chicken wonton, done like a potsticker; I'm thinking it was either a wonton or gyoza skin, since it was much thinner than a typical potsticker/dumpling skin). After dinner (Colleen managed to eat hers with Marcus still in her lap), Marcus woke up and was happy as a clam. We went home, gave him another bottle, and he went off to sleep without a problem.

Sunday, I spent most of my day with Marcus. First off, I went off to Shaw's to pick up a few things, and was home in time so Colleen could go across the street for mass. She came back for a few minutes, collected her schoolwork kit, a lunch, and was off to work at the school on grading. Marcus and I shared a snooze on the couch for a while, then had a mid-afternoon lunch while I caught up on shows I had recorded on DVR. After Colleen got home, I tidied a few things, did some dishes, and broiled up some honey-lime-marinaded chicken, served with some long grain and wild rice for dinner. We watched The Simpsons and The Sopranos, and then went to bed, still slightly suffering the effects of Springing Forward and losing an hour's sleep.

So we're at Monday again. I'm still under the influence of the nasty head cold (and I forgot my cold meds too).
All in all, though, I think I feel pretty okay.