How big can a termite smile?

THIS BIG!!!

He is making his little personality come out, and is starting to tell us what he wants (and what he doesn't!) He's still entralled with the kitties, but has started trying to explore further than the little mat I have set out for him to play on. Now I'm spending more and more of my day making sure he's not getting underneath the desk or trying to pull on the trash can. It's amazing how fast he can move when it's still not technically "crawling." He can kind of push off and leap around like a tiny frog. Totally amusing, but getting into a lot more stuff.

Therefore, it's time to Termite-proof the house. I got gates for the stairways yesterday, and will probably spend a few hours tomorrow or the next day installing them and making sure everything gets up off the floor.

The rest of tomorrow will be spent taking care of the bigger baby. Michael finally has insurance and even more finally, his ID cards have arrived. So, he went in today for some preliminary work on some conditions that have been bothering him-wrist (tourettes' tic that got out of control, and he punched a door), knee (car accident) , and head (probably another occurence of skin cancer, which he didn't have checked the first time around.) He's going back tomorrow to have the skin leision biopsied and have his blood checked for all of the normal stuff. They told him that they'd give him anesthetic for the biopsy, and he shouldn't drive himself home, so we're dropping Termite at Auntie A's house and heading to the doctor.

Hopefully after that the rest of the day will be calm so we all can recouperate from being off our normal schedule. I am looking forward to Michael's physical problems being addressed, because it's been quite a bone of contention between us to get him to have himself checked out. Now that it's going to be done, he'll feel better physically and we'll have less arguments! A win-win situation!