Still no pictures

I got some great pictures and even a little video of Annika as Amelia Earhart at her Wax Museum program at school. My mother-in-law brought her camera for me to use and it takes really good pictures. When I got home I found my card reader (yay!) But for some reason no computer in this house will let me upload the pictures so I can't share them with you until IT support gets home. And my computer? I am so mad at it right now. It doesn't recognize any device I plug in. So I can't charge my ipod, put any pictures on it...nothing. IT support has already looked at it and could not fix it. And he didn't come right out and say it, but I got the feeling he felt that I was somehow responsible for the problem.

What else is new around here? Alexandria has what I suspect is a double ear infection. I had to go pick her up early from school today. Also, she is getting braces for sure. Her first orthodontist appointment is next Friday. Karl said she has been so sickly that he is worried she is falling apart and is not sure we should invest the money in her. Ha. Insurance pays next to nothing, so the way we figure it, we will be paying for braces for the next decade. We have to pay for Alex's phase I, then her phase II, by then Annika will probably need them, and if Ian keeps up with the finger sucking, he might be next in line.

Speaking of the finger sucker, he got injured playing Wii. He was bowling and went to bring his arm back to throw the ball and slammed his finger (his sucking finger!) right into the coffee table. It swelled up and bruised pretty bad. It is better now but he is still unable to slurp his fingers which has upset him. When Karl found out he said, "Every time you turn on the Wii there is a warning about how you need to be careful to make sure there is nothing around you when you are playing." To which I say...okay, but Ian can't read.

As for me, I am on Week 3 of the 5K training program. Except that week 3 was really really hard so I am going to have to go back and redo week 2. Also I could not run tonight on account of Annika's Wax Museum. Reading the New Testement in 30 days has not commenced, so I need to get on the ball with that. School started last Monday so I am busy trying to avoid reading about ethical issues in social science.

So that is all that is going on around here. While I was typing this Karl got home and put the pictures on my computer, so I will put them in the next post.