ranting

The camel is wearing a back brace chez amazonmidwife. It's the addition of soccer and O.W.L. to the mix. They seem quite straw-like; teaching the O.W.L. class is only a 1 1/2 hour commitment every Sunday and soccer consists of 2 hour long games on Saturday (that, when the stars are right, can happen at the same time) and an 1 1/2 hour practice on Thursday evenings. The issue is that I have to get up @ 7:30 AM on Sunday to get ready and awake, which precludes (or should) staying up late and watching movies with the 'Savant (our version of date night).

Here's another fear-mongering item in the war on childhood I found in an AP article from the little weekly paper dropped on my doorstep: Beware: Snow and Germs Do Mix It says that snow, even the pristine stuff, contains the Pseudomonas syringae bacteria. It does go on to contradict the freak out implied in the title, saying that the bacteria is very common, that the acid in our digestive systems are a great defense and that those with cystic fibrosis or small formula-fed babies are truly at risk for infection.