nicky and me

I had a good visit with my nephew Nicholas.

I met him and my sister and Parker at IKEA on Friday (after a fantastic lunch with my friend Raffaella) and then I brought Nicky home with me for an overnight. I can't say enough what a good little boy he was for me; he wasn't loud or rowdy, he didn't get that last last minute need to go home, he had his bedtime snack and went to bed when it was time. There was this brief moment about 1.30 AM where he woke up needing his mom but he calmed down and went back to sleep and was ready to go to the St Lawrence Market with me when it opened.

We did a lot of walking over the course of the day and the combined effect of that and an early start wore him right out, so by the end of the day I was carrying him a lot. I don't mind that much; soon he's going to be too big for me to carry around and hold. His brother is already getting there.

A friend of mine told me that this sort of visit where we do all these things downtown is "building memories". I really hope so. And I hope they're good ones. But there were no tears, no panic, no scares... just fun. See here I go again feeling a bit empty and alone after a visit with the kids. I guess I just like having someone to look after.

What I don't like, though, is feeling sick. Which is how I feel right now. Last week I was feeling a slow attack on my body by whatever nasty cold is starting to brew out there, and now today, I feel like hell. I keep feeling like I am going to be sick, my nose is starting to run and my head is starting to get all stuffed up. I think the foolish drinking and eating Chinese food last night was what really finished things off though; I haven't had anything like that for so long my body was bound to protest. I am supposed to be at work for 10 PM tonight. I can make it, but I don't know how long I will last. I'll give the powers that be a heads up on that so there's no surprises if I am missing in the morning. I'd rather not go in at all but I have too much going on to miss. Like, if I don't do it, no-one else will.

Oh and my friend Danny is in Toronto and I am not going to be able to see him because of all this. Wunderbar.

That is all.