The week started off with a bang when I found a dead mouse under my desk at work. I'm not sure how it died or when, but I know I discovered its corpse around midday. While I removed the body myself, it did wig me out enough to make me eat my lunches in my car. No need to make its living friends think something yummy might be in the office. The day after the mouse met its untimely demise, there was a dead baby bird just outside the office door. Good thing I don't believe in signs.

If you are in my circle of real life friends and have noticed varying levels of radio silence on my end, I have been trying to spend more relaxed time with the children. I don't want to have a phone hanging off one ear, typing on the computer, and only giving them my irritated look.

Aurelia has a foreign friend at her preschool. I was asking her about him while she was in the bathtub last night and she said they play puzzles and "stuff". I asked her what he says to her, because he speaks a different language, and she said "Stupid." Knowing that is her current favorite word, I asked what happened when he said that. She replied, "Then dey smack 'im." Um, I kinda doubt it. She finally admitted she was teasing, but I don't think Miss Polly would be pleased at her slanderous nonsense!