Swim School & Jury Duty

3 Cheers for Carter - he was promoted to Level 2 at swim school today! He has successfully completed Level 1, a 9 month program, in only 5 months! He's doing a great job, and it's really helping to him to become more confident and a little more indepedent. I am so proud of him. Bryson, on the other hand, hasn't been wanting to get his eyes in the water. His teacher says he won't get a ribbon on Ribbon Day if he isn't willing to do it, so we've been practicing. Today he told me he would do it if he had goggles like Carter, so... I bought him goggles. The only ones they had in his size were purple (not real manly, but they'll do), and they're scratch & sniff - they smell like grapes! Bryson was so happy to have his new goggles, but he still wouldn't put his eyes in the water! Stinker!

On another note, Kevin has jury duty this week - something I (knock on wood!) definitely don't want to get stuck with. I've actually considered giving up my voter's registration just so I won't get called! I feel bad for him because he hasn't been home much lately. After the ice storm, all his patients were rescheduled for Thursday, Friday & Saturday, so those were crazy busy days. Now he's going to jury duty all day, then rounding on patients and writing orders after dinner. Poor guy hasn't seen the light of day in a week. Carter was missing him tonight, and cried himself to sleep. (He normally wouldn't do that, but he was way overtired and cried several times throughout the day over silly things.) Trying to help, I told him, "Pretend I'm Daddy. Close your eyes, and give me a hug." I even used my "daddy voice" to try to make him laugh. "HI. I'M DADDY. HUG ME." That sent him even further into his fit! Poor guy. Poor Kevin, too!