Poor Sylvia has caught a flu bug and has diarrhea and a diaper rash. The day care called me and I called the doctor. They didn't want to see her because it was too contagious and there was nothing they could do. No surprise there. I left work midday following a fairly lackluster morning so I'm stressed out with all that I've left undone.

I left my camera in my car this morning because I thought I might get a chance during lunch to photograph interesting reflections in ponds for the Friday Photo Challenge, but really all I had time for was a quick snapshot just as we pulled up to the house.

I set up a porta-crib in the computer room and planned on getting more work done, and it worked for a while until the novelty wore off and she started crying because of her bottom and fever. I stopped and got her some toast and opened up a bottle of sparkling apple cider that we'd been saving for some holiday party. She liked the cider and toast so I got back to work while she entertained herself in the portacrib.

When I tried to figure out if all hell had broken loose the minute I left the office, I discovered that they changed firewall software and I had to download a new version of our checkpoint software to get into the office.

I've always struggled with December and this has had an inauspicious beginning. I hope that this year will be different.