Glazed lime cake a'coming, braised red cabbage, sleep-deprivation

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Being sleep-deprived feels like you have a nasty hangover but it sucks even worse because you didn't have any fun getting there. Thus is my state-of-being today as Mr. O was up for a couple hours last night. I think we had an orange juice and medicine date downstairs and maybe we read a book. I was in such a fog that I wouldn't bet the ranch on that recollection though. Needless to say, I am feeling pretty rough right now. Nonetheless, I intend to test-bake a lime-glazed cake and braise some red cabbage for dinner. I might throw some rhubarb in there too. The King salmon will go nicely with all that. My primary goal today, even before all of the above, is to sit down when I eat lunch. All meals yesterday + breakfast today were consumed standing up or in the car. To say that those experiences were less than optimal is an understatement.

More tomorrow, interesting tidbit

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Have mercy! I feel like I was participating in some sort of stamina research today and am now totally pooped. Today feels like 4 days compressed into one. Most unfortunately, I will not get 4 nights of sleep tonight. Darn! Oliver tested negative for strep. You know how weird it is to hope your kid has the diagnosable thing? You just wanna know and be able to deal with it. The waiting and drawing out are tough, for everyone. He's such a cute, good-attitude patient though. He keeps insisting "I am well." Bless his heart. This as the snot runs and his cheeks are flushed with fever.

I won't, thus, have the morning free tomorrow as I thought I would but I nonetheless hope to test another cake, thaw my King salmon, make yet another run to the market and so forth. Will have more for you then.

Did you see today the news that fatherhood lowers male testosterone rates? The more involved in caretaking a father, the lower his testosterone longterm. Interesting!