A hodge-podge post

So, my phone has taken to switching itself off again. Arrrrgh. Solution- get a clone of what I've been using. It turns out an extra $50/month is a good use of money so I can look at my calendar or check to see when a bus is coming. And so on. Sweetly, my father's offered to be my on-call bus checker to mitigate the disappointment of not being able to check the status myself.  I will re-evaluate the notion of an upgrade to a smart phone after one or both of the following factors change: I pay off our current health related debt or QE acquires employment with a steady, long term paycheck. 

Our velociraptor has successfully mastered the art of climbing up the kitchen chairs. It's exciting and harrowing. He's also leveled up with some more speech stuff. He can identify where his nose is or someone else's. Also tongue, ears, and eyes. the last of that can be a bit problematic. He also said something akin to nose when asked within the last 48 hours. He has added monkey and kitty to the menagerie of animal noises. It's little wonder he wasn't sleeping well last week. That's a lot of thinking.  He seems to have two settings: GO-GO-GO!!! and SLEEP. Those of you with kids at wiggly luggage stage? I can't stress enough how much you need to enjoy this, because someday they'll turn into creatures with the morals of sewer rats and the ambition of Genghis Khan. And for those of you with toddlers capable of sitting still without being drugged or tied up: I don't wanna hear it how nice for you. This is not to say he's not an amazing, wonderful- and did I say amazing?-  kid. Because he is. Just.... well, I don't know how QE manages to make it to the end of the day. In related news, I'm new levels of tired. And I wasn't even home all day.

I seem to have run out of energy to continue this post.