Something in the water? Everywhere?? updated

Wow- there are pregnant people everywhere! I know of at least three bloggers (I forget where I saw the third one- sorry!), two friends IRL, and one former student who are having babies in008! How exciting for everyone. I have no exciting news- certainly not of that magnitude- as I have been prisoner in my own house since yesterday morning (it seems the entire week). D has some cold/flu yucky thing and will be missing her third day this week tomorrow. It's an extra big bummer, because she is supposed to sing in a 2nd/3rd grade musical tomorrow night, and play in a piano recital this weekend (and she's been too sick to practice all week). I hope she is at least healthy enough for the birthday party on Saturday- poor little thing. 

In better news- I submitted grades for one class and am just awaiting a take-home exam from the other very small class. This means that I had time to wrap presents today, but I still haven't gotten the will the write Xmas cards. Not that I don't have research work to do, but I feel compelled to spend most of my time with D as she's camped out on the couch all day. Today we (she, mostly) watched about four episodes of "Arthur", two movies (including "Good Boy"), and two episodes of "How It's Made". I guess I did do quite a bit of administrative stuff related to a grant purchase, and organizing meetings for early NEXT semester (I am chairing a search committee for the first time), and finished that grading, but I feel like I've been on this couch ALL DAY. Oh yeah- I vacuumed, too. Oh, and H is in Supermax Grading Jail today- with Bose Noise Canceling Headphone on- it's like he isn't even in the house!

As I said, I have nothing too exciting report- but did you all get a load of that student who wanted to use my computer the other day? That was completely bizarre... 

eta: I just found out that my (much younger) sister is ALSO having a baby girl next May! Wow!