In addition to molars Kate has a small cold. The snot coming out of her is unbelievable, and so very gross. We’re wiping her nose constantly – but unlike previous times she hasn’t been screaming or yelling about it. I think she figured out what I’m actually doing and she seems to appreciate it. One time today when I moved towards her with a tissue in my hand she actually took out her paci and waited expectantly. I really am looking forward to the day she can actually blow, though… that would be very useful. (And no, I don’t do the snot sucker. She does scream at that, horribly.)

She doesn’t seem to be affected in any other way, just the snot and the snorking and not nursing much at all, except… oh yes… the sleep. Thankfully she HAS been sleeping through the night, but that’s only after refusing to go to bed until 11:30 at night. Agh! We are so tired. I don’t even know how she does it, since she’s up for the day at 7:30 like usual, takes only one shorter nap (that I really have to work for), but then all evening every time I try to cajole her into laying her head on my chest and getting comfy and maybe even drifting off she pushes me away, squawks angrily, and goes back to playing with her toys. Which wouldn’t be much of a problem if I could just do my own thing, but she comes over every few minutes, grabs my mouse (she can reach it now), climbs onto my lap and tries hitting all the keys on my keyboard, shouts and cries when I use my phone (because she wants it), etc. On normal days I don’t use my computer much during the day because of this, I just hang out with her and clean up and do other little things until she goes to bed. No bed? No me time. Right now I should be going to bed myself but I just wanted half an hour to decompress first!

I figure I should just be thankful it’s not worse, remind myself that this will pass, and just go with it. Though a part of me feels like a bad mom for just turning on cartoons and letting her watch for hours in the evening while she plays. But I tried to put her down multiple times, I reached into my nifty bag of mom-tricks, and nothing worked. The only thing that works right now is waiting until she is tired enough that she’s falling asleep in my arms. (I just wish that happened a little earlier than 11pm!)

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This is my absolute favorite song right now. (Adele/Someone Like You) It’s just so beautiful, her voice is beyond amazing, and I have been listening to it over and over again. Adele restores my faith in music – I feel like for so long I despaired that real talent was a thing of the past, usurped by the auto-tuned pretty faces that populate the charts nowadays. It’s so refreshing and uplifting.

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My laptop is upsetting me… it keeps overheating and shutting off. The power supply gets wicked hot too, so I don’t know if the problem is with the laptop itself, or with the power supply. I have a laptop fan pad underneath that is always on (because it’s always run hot… just never repeatedly shut off because of it!) I tried cleaning out the fans and making sure there is good airflow, but I’m at a loss now, other than shutting it off when I’m not using it to let it cool down. I like this thing, and I spend enough money that I expect my computers to last 3-4 years, so this is frustrating!