A decent day

We had a pretty good day by my lights...especially since Valentine's Day was such an wonderful experiment in misery. Connor had a tummy bug that resulted in seven or eight of the nastiest diapers known to man and an attitude to match...mommy changed one, and he would be filling his pants again while I was still throwing up from the first diaper change. It's no wonder that daddy was met at the door with a face full of angst. Did you see that new Toyota commercial with the sleeping badger? I think Charlie has been tip toeing around, trying not to wake the sleeping mama badger. Quite honestly, it's not working all that well for him.

So today Connor and I had a pj day and did some laundry, while watching some Brainy Baby DVDs. He's also obsessed with "Dot and the Kangaroo" so we spend a lot of time agreeing that indeed, kangaroos do jump a lot and that ducks do indeed quack. Charlie got home and we headed out to have dinner with a coworker of Charlie's and his family. We went to Geraldo's, a local pizzeria run by the Fairbanksian pizza royalty, the Gambardellas.

It was pretty good...Charlie seemed to enjoy his Frank Sinatra pizza and my stuffed canneloni was decent though entirely too heavy on raw garlic. I'm a fan, kids, but jeez...no reason to put chunks of raw garlic under the mozzarella on top of the pasta. Connor came away covered with spaghetti sauce. The place is apparently popular...there was a 45 minute waiting list as we were leaving, despite most of the prices being well into the $20-$40 range. The service was a little spotty -- we were given other people's credit cards and slips to sign -- but the food was tasty enough to guarantee a return eventually. Altogether a successful and fun outing with the Brices.

We then headed over to Barnes and Noble so I wouldn't have to continue rereading the same twenty books I had with me, and also to fetch dessert. I've been craving chocolate cake like you read about...a bite or two a day for the next few days sounds like just the ticket. Connor ate three fourths of a gianormous chocolate chip cookie, so we'll likely have a vomiting episode later, but hey, them's the breaks right?

It was gorgeous crystalline night out driving back, so we strained to see if the aurora was going to make an appearance. We found a cool website sponsored by the University of Alaska Fairbanks that predicts aurora activity, and alas...no aurora tonight. Feb 28 is supposed to be the start of another fabulous aurora period, so wait breathlessly for the update okay? ;-)

I'm loving this -5 to 5 above weather we've been having. It has thawed enough though to make the roads extremely slick, so Charlie's going to do some extreme weather driving tutoring for me. I hate driving in icy roads, and this area simply abounds in them...the base is worse than anywhere else.

I'm feeling pretty nauseous from the garlic explosion so I must go...more later!