Ian came down with another cold on Thursday. This meant running noses and coughing going into the weekend and the stress of wondering the other show would drop and Emma would start coughing (btw: that came Saturday). When Ian and Emma are sick, I get even less sleep. I'm still on Ian-Emma Nighttime Patrol exclusively until Zoe starts sleeping more regularly. Although Heather helped me out Saturday night after Emma was awake for a looooooooooong time. After going to bed at 8:30pm, she was up from 9:45 to 11:45pm, and from 1 to 2am. Heather jumped in and handled Emma in order to let me sleep a bit sometime between 2am and 5:30am when Emma woke up. I got up with Emma at 5:30am when she decided she was up for the day.
I don't know how Emma does it.
Heather let me go back to sleep at 6:30am when she got up with Zoe, and I promptly slept until 8:30am.
Last night when marginally better.
I know it isn't true, but it sure feels like Ian and Emma have been sick with a cough every other week since brining Zoe home. In actuality, it's only been two colds. It's just that having the newborn and nursing Ian and Emma back to health suck up about 105% of our energy.
Despite the illness and the lack of sleep, Heather and I did get a lot of things accomplished around the house this weekend. I was nice to have a free weekend finally after 4 straight busy weekends in a row. Everything from getting the oil changed in the cars to finally getting the table set up on the deck was finally crossed off the "to do" list. It was a good feeling.
Despite being busy with lots of work around the house, I even found time to catch some of the Cubs game on Sunday. A treat I haven't been afforded in some time. I also got to watch most of an old film called Two Sisters From Boston, starring June Allyson, Kathryn Grayson, Jimmy Durante, and Peter Lawford. I never heard of the film before, but the credits started running at the beginning and I liked the names I saw. Plus, considering it was part of TCM's Syncopation Station showcase, I knew it would be all-bad. Even bad musicals can be fun.
Durante stole nearly every scene he was in. I absolutely loved him. Can't say that I've ever actually seen Durante in a film before. My exposure to him up to this point was pretty much limited to his turn as the narrator in the TV Christmas classic "Frosty the Snowman" and hearing him sing a few songs. I'd never seen him act in a film. In fact, Durante had two great quotes in the movie. (One only works in context of the story, but the other can work anywhere)
Durante to persistent suitor for the star of his musical review: "She's married and got 10 kids - and I'm the oldest! Get the picture!"
Durante expressing his frustration during a rehearsal: "Other people get results. I get consequences!"
I love old movies.
The best part of the weekend (and I say the sarcastically) came on Saturday when my notice to report for jury duty arrived. I don't mind serving; it's no big deal. I just have to question to competency of the Jury Commissioners of Kane County when they want you to fill out and return a jury survey by June 6th and they don't get the survey to you until June 5th. Never mind that June 6th is a Sunday.
In the end though, I'm not sure if I'll even get picked to serve. On the survey, the last question asks if any of my relatives, friends, or neighbors work in any of 7 listed professions. I was able to circle 5 of them. They included:
Judge - my dad and uncle
Lawyer - my sister
Doctor - my stepfather
Nurse - my aunt
Law Enforcement Office - my uncle and his two sons (my cousins)
I can't remember the two professions I wasn't able to circle, but it really doesn't matter. I mean, is any attorney going to select the son of a judge to serve on his jury? Maybe I'm wrong. We'll find out starting June 28th when I will be fulfilling my civic duty.
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