the middle of a big week

sunday:

the visit to the allergist took hours longer than anticipated. mr smear is still very much allergic to dairy. the big decision was whether to put him on a programme to increase his tolerance or not, which would entail him consuming daily "doses" of dairy. considering how bad dairy is for kids, the fact that we've been managing fine until now and that he's getting older, i didn't think it was a good idea / worthwhile and the allergist didn't disagree with me.

monday:

the biggest event this week so far was mr smear coming to my office for a few hours. it started off really well, but i needed him to eat something before i went into a meeting and things escalated rapidly and bizarrely to drama in front of... pretty much all my colleagues.

two days later and i'm still mortified. apparently it was less of deal for my coworkers, but maybe they're just being polite...

earlier that day i received my first negative feedback from my team lead, relating to how much effort i invested in something that i didn't want to do at all and - in my opinion - shouldn't have been responsible for in the first place. it wasn't a bad conversation, but it's a little frustrating.

yesterday:

yesterday morning started well, with mr smear and i giving the first chapter of playstation's king's quest a go. it's BEAUTIFUL. and lots of fun for both of us. it was a tough day in the office, but successful.

i left the office, ran into the mongoose on the way home, switched to beach volleyball clothing and headed down to gordon beach to meet a group of coworkers and discover that i'm much older than i was last time i played beach volleyball, that moving dynamically on sand is tougher than i recall and that getting a face full of sand isn't an optimal experience. but aside from that, i had a fantastic time and played pretty well over all!

i did wash a LOT of beach sand down the drain when i showered at home, though, i hope i didn't cause real damage...

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today is the class birthday party for mr smear and a couple of other kids. we're praying it goes smoothly.