Are you sneezing?

If you started sneezing about a week ago and it doesn't seem to be due to a cold, then you are allergic to tree pollen. Cedar and Juniper started pollenating. I am apparently allergic to these (no surprise, I'm allergic to almost all tree pollen).

It's nice to be not driving to Columbia all of the time to work on the autoambulator. It really made Thursdays a bit hectic. Linda did mention on Sunday that, as hard as it was, the autoambulator did seem to help.

We were at a restaurant where she had to do a lot of walking. She said that she is better at staying relaxed even when she walks fast (and is tired). That was what she had to be able to do on the treadmill, walk really fast but stay relaxed. Staying relaxed keeps her tone from getting really bad.

It was possibly the best walking I've seen her do there.

Awe, darn

Ellie is expanding her sentence structures lately. Whenever something goes slightly wrong, she is wont to comment, Awe, shit. She does it so often, that she is obviously doing it just to show off.

I've encouraged her not to say it, without trying to make a big deal about it. She would pick up on that and do it more, just to get attention. We seem to be getting past the novelty stage already because she says it less and less.

I explained that it isn't really that nice of a thing to say. What I really wanted to explain is, You really shouldn't say that. It just makes people think poorly of your father!