Ryan stayed home from school sick today. I took a day off from work yesterday for a funeral so I couldn't take another day off. I left him home with grandma and had Dave come home for lunch to check on him. I called home to check in and Lauren answered. She said "Don't worry mom, I'm taking good care of him." I thought to myself, "That's exactly what I am afraid of. She spent the day educating him on the different impostor designer hand bags that she bought in New York. He now knows what the black market and retail prices are on most designer bags. Today was quite educational for him. I have a sneaky suspicion that next time he is sick he will crawl to school so he doesn't have to learn fashion facts all day." Grandma was a little upset, she felt all the girls in the fourth grade class at Assumption would be absolutely heartbroken that her perfect, incredibly handsome grandson wouldn't be attending the Valentine party today. I didn't have the heart to tell her that it is the same kid who went to school this week looking like he hadn't seen a bar of soap in months. I'm quite sure the girls survived without my little slob!!!! She gave Lauren money to go get him some lunch. He was not to pleased that she didn't get his burger plain like mom does. Nurse Nightingale was less than sympathetic to his needs. Dave said, Lauren is not a very good nurse. I explained that he is a husband in training, his wife will thank us someday. He is not going to be a carbon copy of his dad when he is sick if I can help it. Dave said "When I was sick as a kid, my mom would let me lay my head on her lap and she would scratch my scalp while she read the paper or knitted." I said, "good for her, I don't read the paper or knit and you are still helpless."

Dave came in to the living room and said "Call your oldest daughter and ask her who's autograph she is waiting in line to get?" I called and asked and she laughed and said, "Oh, I got out of line, I decided I really didn't want his autograph." UMMM Who???? She said "Ron Jeremy the porn star" Her college had a debate with a porn star and a minister and she went because she thought it would be interesting. She said the minister came off as intelligent and the porn star sounded like an idiot. Wow, that's a shock. I asked her why her college would even host such a debate, is it really a big question as to whether or not porn is bad??? She said it was in honor of Valentines Day. Oh why didn't I think of that, Saint Valentine/ Porn,what a connection. What is this world coming to????