It has become painfully apparent that Tony is feeling a bit under the weather. He has consistently slept through the night since he was six months old. Except for last night. It was not that he was not tired, or did not want to sleep, but rather the fact that he could not breathe through his nose - a fact I did not discover until almost midnight. This is in stark contrast to myself, since I am a horrible mouth breather when I sleep.
Last evening began like practically every other. When 7:30 PM rolled around, RJ was sent to the basement, so that I could get Tony to sleep. (My sister is in town this weekend, so I am sure that RJ did not mind going to play in the basement with Aunt Jill.) Tony was out like a light, and by that I mean that it was like flipping a switch. The minute that we settled down he was asleep. I brought him up to bed.
About a half hour later Tony started fussing; not his normal, run of the mill fussing, either. I waited ten minuted, and went upstairs to get him. I picked him up and he was quiet. I held him for about ten minutes and put him back in his crib. This cycle repeated about every half hour for the next four hours.
My bedtime had finally rolled around. I went upstairs and opened Tony’s door all the way so I could hear him if he needed me. No sooner did I do this then Tony started fussing again. As tired as I was (I always ending up falling asleep early on Fridays) I did not want to have to traverse back and forth between the boys room and my own room. I picked him up and brought him to bed with me.
Again, he fell right asleep. I was becoming more confused. Lately, Tony has been a very devout “mama’s boy.” My initial thought was that Tony wanted Beth, who was out with friends celebrating a birthday. Maybe he just needed held.
About half an hour later Tony woke up with a start, and quickly sucked air in through his mouth. He was scared. He has never been sick before. Unfortunately ,Tony is just slightly too young to understand how to blow his nose so I had to use that little bulb thingy (I’m so technical.) Not surprisingly, he has quite upset about having a relatively huge bulb thingy repeatedly shoved up his nose.
This was enough to increase the gaps in between Tony’s fits to about an hour and half. Until 5:00 AM. I cannot wait until Tony is old enough to let us sleep in on weekends!
According to RJ, the words to “Oh! Susanna” include the line: I come from Alabama with my Joe Bob on my knee;
Google has created yet another toy for me to play with. Google Pack. The best part of this, so far, seems to be the Google Updater, which will automatically update all of the software that it installs.
At Google, we put a lot of thought into improving your online experience. We’re alarmed by what we believe is a growing disregard for your rights as computer users. We’ve seen increasing reports of spyware and other applications that trick you in order to serve you pop-up ads, connect your modem to expensive toll numbers or hijack your browser from the site you’re trying to visit.
We do not see this trend reversing itself. In fact, it is getting worse. As a provider of services and monetization for users, advertisers and publishers on the Internet, we feel a responsibility to be proactive about these issues. So, we have decided to take action. As a first step, we have outlined a set of principles we believe our industry should adopt and we’re sharing them to foster discussion and help solve the problem. We intend to follow these guidelines ourselves with the applications we distribute (such as the Google Toolbar and Google Deskbar). And because we strongly believe these principles are good for the industry and users worldwide, we will encourage our current and prospective business partners to adopt them as well.
The basic gist of this seems to be a nice package of software (screen-shot), most of which I already had installed, for those users who not quite as adept as others. It will install the software that you choose, and update it accordingly. If you already have the software installed, and it is up to date, it will do nothing. If you have a previous version of the software installed, it will update it. Unfortunately, it does not update the definitions for all of this software (i.e. Ad-Aware), just the programs themselves.
My initial test was to install Adobe Reader 6, and remove Adobe Reader 7. The upgrade was silent and quick. (I am using a cable modem, so please do not get frustrated if you are still using dial-up). I also chose Firefox, even though it is already installed and I DO NOT WANT the Google Tool-bar for Firefox. I let the upgrade run, and went in and removed the Google Tool-bar extension. Google Updater has not tried to re-install the tool-bar, which is something that I had expected it to try.
I intentionally chose a software package that I did not want to test the uninstallation process. It works great! From the installed software page on Google Updater choose “uninstall” and Viola!, the software is uninstalled. There is no complicated procedure, and the updater will not bother you again, or for at least several hours, as that is the length of time I have had this software installed.
For me, I will probably uninstall the Google Updater in about a week, after giving it a fair shake. I am extremely diligent in keeping my software up to date. For those PC users out there who are more of a “set it and forget it” type, I believe that this would be a truly great application. So much so, that I am going to recommend this to all of my family.
