Dewmocracy

Mountain Dew is having a promotion where they are testing out two new flavors of Diet Mountain Dew by letting the public try both flavors and vote online for our favorite.  The one with the most votes will become a new permanent part of their lineup.  As a fan of the regular Diet Mountain Dew, I wanted to take part, so I tried both Supernova (strawberry melon) and Voltage (raspberry citrus).  I liked Voltage quite a bit better, so I voted for it online.  The winner will be announced on April 5th.  Let's hope Voltage prevails.

Bowing to Wall Street's Demands

Because I work for a publically-traded company, the end of each financial quarter is a very big deal for us.  And because I work in Sales, it affects me personally.  My job isn't specifically to close the deals, so I'm not as stressed as some, but there is always a flurry of activity over the last couple days of the quarter which involves me to some degree.  Today is the second-to-the-last day of the quarter, and it's past 11:00 at night, and I'm still here at the office.  Hopefully we can close some deals, which will certainly make up for having to be here.  

Fun with New Toys

Today we had a meeting with our Parents as Teachers lady. While she was here giving me information about developmentally appropriate activities she let Joshua play with some soft blocks she brought. He really enjoyed swinging them around, chewing on them, and knocking over towers. We have very similar blocks, but last time I tried them he wasn't ready for them, so now I will get them out so he can play with them.

Avocados: Yuck!

Joshua finally was getting the hang of sweet potatoes by the end of the week, but today we introduced avocados and he was not initially impressed.

Draftin'

Although I like playing fantasy football more, because I'm better at it, I enjoy my fantasy baseball draft more, because it's in the spring and brings the promise of better weather and the hope that this fantasy baseball season will be the one that brings me the league title.  This year's draft was today, so here I am drafting with the help of my Chief Research Officer.

Date Night

Tonight we left Joshua with Peg, Ron, and Joanna and went out to dinner to one of our favorite restaurants, Los Cabos. We also went shopping and went out for dessert. We can do most of those things with Joshua as well, and we do, but there is something really nice about occasionally having a meal where we have to care only about ourselves. We had a really nice time.

Now I can finally say I'm allergic to something

I have been taking an antibiotic for the last week or so as a result of the cyst I had. Apparently I developed an allergic reaction to it, as I had severe chills last night, and I woke up this morning feeling awful with my face swollen and with a rash on my arms, torso, and legs as well as having a fever and being extremely dehydrated. I went to the doctor, and they did some bloodwork and confirmed it was an allergic reaction to the antibiotic and not something more serious. They prescribed me an antihistamine and some steroids, so I should be better soon.