The daughter is much, much better. Very stuffy with a heck of a cough but better. Of course the cough and stuffy nose may mean that we have to postpone the eye surgery but we'll find out more about that on Thursday.

The hockey tryouts were great. He skated like a defensive mainiac. He held his own and exceeded my expectations by a mile. Very proud last night. Naturally, afterwards, some parents were saying that the tryouts are just a formality and that the coaches already know who they want on the team. Damn sports politics. So we'll content ourselves with just hoping for the best.

Looking forward to The Shield tonight. That show's been gone for awhile.

Trying to plan a trip up to Maine and just checked the town website - 50 inches of snow on the ground. Never mind. The plow stops a mile before the property so we'd have to snowmobile in and our 1979 snowmobile died over President's day weekend, just like my car. Maybe the two were somehow connected. Whatever the case, the snowmobile isn't working and I'm not snowshoeing in with two kids in tow and heading to a place with no heat or water. We'll wait for the thaw.

Other than that I'm now debating between the Outer Banks and Hilton Head. The Outer Banks will save us four 1/2 hours worth of driving and looks very laid back and relaxing but the place in Hilton Head looks bee-yoo-tee-ful. We're also looking through the RCI book Terry, so many choices. Too bad Hawaii for us is about a 125 hour plane ride. And even if it isn't we'd get there and only be able to afford a box of cereal for our meals. *sad face* So the east coast it is.