The mysterious fever

Andy still had his mysterious fever today so I took the day off to stay home. The good part was except for the fever and an occasional cough or drip of his nose, he was in good spirits and generally pleasant to be around. Cooped up with a sad and miserable kid is not as enjoyable. I did call the doctor's who said that a fever of 5 to 7 days is when it's time for a visit. That works fine since I have to take him back on Friday for to see if the ear infection has finally left us. Fingers crossed. It seems he's had a new antibiotic ever week this winter/spring.

After the morning, it was obvious he was bored with me. He kept asking to go to the library or to the store or frankly anywhere other than where we were. Later on when I asked him if he wanted to go to school tomorrow, his face lit up and said, "Yeah" quite enthusiastically. He probably won't feel that way tomorrow morning when it counts, unfortunately. The little bugger is really learning there, which is good since that's the point. He's fascinated by shapes, especially triangles, and makes a point to show us when he seems them.

This Friday we've been invited to go to the Orioles-Indians game at Camden Yards in Baltimore. I haven't been to an O's game in years, even before the Nationals came to Washington. Bjorn has meetings in Maryland so I'm trying to figure out how to take the train from Union Station to the game and then catch a ride back with him. I know Andy will love riding the trains. What stinks is we don't have a Metro really anywhere close by. We do have a VRE commuter rail station quite close, but I checked and it doesn't really run regularly in the afternoons into the city, rather it just runs outbound. We'll figure it out, but I know Andy is going to love the adventure.

Operation Big Boy Bed continued

We spent most of yesterday moving things around and I'm pleased to say it's finally looking good. Andy's room is set up with a twin bed, diaper table, bookshelf and chair. Andy's old room now has the carpet pulled up, both desks and the bookshelf. Unfortunately, our Linsys router has decided to stop working again so we're down for one computer temporarily. We're also exhausted! Who knew moving so little stuff just between two rooms would be so much work?

Andy took his first nap in the bed just fine (photos to come once I can get back to my computer and upload them). He did wake up in the night last night with a leaky diaper that had naturally leaked onto his new bed and sheets. I may need to invest in a plastic liner to get us through the toddler years.

We also went to my nephew's opening day Little League baseball game. I forget that baseball is boooring. No offense to the kids playing, but there was a lot of standing around waiting for a play to happen. At least with soccer or basketball, there is always some motion no matter how uncoordinated the kids are. Plus, there is a time clock. We left after two hours and apparently it goes until 2 1/2 hours. It was fun to watch. Well, for the first hour at least. By the end, even the kids seemed tired and bored.

The funny thing I noticed about baseball dads is that by and large they have more facial hair than soccer dads. Goatees and mustaches were present all more than half the men at the games. The park near us has both soccer and baseball so I've been noticing this trend for a while. Bjorn didn't believe me until we got to the game and he saw it with his own eyes. I wonder what's up with that?