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It seems like every year when the weather starts to change from warm to cold I get sick. Poor Daphne has also been sick. It is not a good combination for the both of us to be sick at the same time. To make matters worse I have a screaming headache. It is awful. I never get headaches like this. Jack suffers from them all the time (being the caffeine addict that he is), but I hardly ever get them. I am sure that it is the very beginnings of a brain tumor. The worst part is that I can't take anything because I am breastfeeding. The truth is that I am able to take less medications now than when I was pregnant. Six months ago I would have been able to take a Sudafed, but not now. It seems that everything gets into breast milk. I even read this afternoon that losing weight too fast can cause the toxins that are stored in my body to be released into my breast milk. Lovely! I guess that is another excuse to hold onto the extra 20 pounds that just won't come off. Thank goodness for BreatheRight nasal strips. At least when I use them I don't wake up with that claustrophobic feeling like I can't breathe.

Daphne is Mr. Manic right now. She is happy then sad then happy all at the same time. She also grabs at everything. Her little fingers are always going. She grabs at my nose, skin, hair, and anything else she can get ahold of. She has also discovered that she can make a scratching noise with her fingers. She is always scratching at the furniture and at her diaper. She picked up a plastic hanger while I was putting away laundry today and started wacking me with it. I am all for children learning through discovery, but I think physical abuse is where I draw the line.

In other news Jack has me using a new blogging program called Movable Type. I know that for many of you who read this learning new technology is exciting and stimulating and all of that, but I have no patience for it. Jack says, "How is it even different?" He has made so many adjustments to make it look exactly like the one I was using before. He says, "The only thing that is different is the color." But, I know that it is different and that is all is takes for me to resist the change. In fact, until he tricked me into using OS X by downloading a bunch of OS X-only games, I was set on using OS 9 for the rest of my life. Sadly, he has made it look almost exactly like OS 9 and has to hide the Dock because I can't stand the way it bounces and the way it magnifies. Essentially everything that makes it interesting to other people.