I am Tired

This week we decided to mix it up a bit, so Zoë has had a horrible flu-like thing and 40C fever. Lots of sponging with lukewarm water and being bothered by imaginary bugs. She seems better today. Violet was well enough to go to a birthday party today for her best friend at school, Nora. It was at a stable in Pasir Ris park where you can ride ponies, although Violet felt too shy to ride a pony. She mostly just sat in Daddy's lap; she's still not her bouncy self. I would like my children to both be well enough to attend school for an entire week, both of them. Is that so fucking much to ask?

I'm getting cranky, or some combination of cranky and really worried and upset. I had to go to the doctor myself (naturally) and he was like, you seem a bit stressed. Hmmm, ya think? Our new-ish local doctor is really sweet and  old, with a charming bedside manner, wild eyebrows, and a yellowed diploma from the University of Malaya. He reminds me of my pediatrician when I was a kid, Dr. King. His home/office was right on one of the squares in Savannah, I think maybe the one on Habersham and East President, a brick house with stairs up to the front door. He had been a colleague of my grandfather Dr. A.J. Waring Jr. He had a big...well, glass menagerie, I guess you'd call it. Sometimes he would give us an animal if we were very good, like a little glass zebra with clear glass legs that were shaped like swirls of cake frosting. Here in Singapore they give the children sweets, and I know a Danish mom who complains about it because it's not healthy. I guess I don't care.

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[The Modesto Kid]

OK, elderly pediatrician in Savannah with a glass menagerie in his office = pretty cool. We got lollipops, is what I remember. I think around when I was 7 or so, people decided lollipops are not healthy for children and other living things, and they started giving out a sugar-free candy that tasted something like Sweet Tarts. Hope your girls feel better soon.

[bitchphd]

Yeah, it kind of sounds like sweets after doctor's visits is a pretty minor concern in the Belleverse these days. You must be exhausted.

[Doug]

Dr. King, the University of Malay and a pony!

Can this post end the war, too?