this side of the blue

it was a nice family day. holidays are much more fun when there is a kiddo in the family. after our traditional ham dinner, we hid about fifteen eggs in the front yard for Peyton. man, that kid has it MADE. when i was little, i usually had to share the egg hunt with my bossy older sister--or should i say she had to share it with me. she was the one with the longer legs and quicker mind, while i would run around on my short, chubby legs always two steps behind her. [and we have pictures to prove it!] still feels like that now sometimes.

anyway, Peyton had a ball with that, and in a way he had to share it too--Simon wanted in on the action, and there's no competing with a dog who can smell chocolate if it's on our property. we had to hold him back or tell him to back off plenty of times, though at one point he wanted to make sure he marked his territory on one of the eggs hidden in the tall grass, if you catch my drift. this didn't seem to bother Peyton at all, though. he snatched it up anyway and added it to his collection!

i fell asleep nice and early tonight, and i think i would have managed to sleep the night through if my throbbing jaw hadn't woken me up. the wisdom tooth is fighting a long, hard battle. it's really starting to cramp my style! i hope it lets up soon though. i don't know how much longer i can take it.

my sleepless slumber was also interrupted by a stuffy nose and itchy throat, and now i wonder if i'm getting sick. i can't tell if it's allergies or not. my throat feels better now, but my nose is really pretty sniffily. i hope i don't get sick.

James and i watched two more episodes of Buffy today. i haven't watched anything else all week, but i'm about to try to catch up on United States of Tara now. i guess since i'm up i might as well do something useful. [screw the math homework, i did a shitload of it yesterday and i don't have class til Tuesday!]