happy thursday, dear ones! this has been one of those insane, chaotic weeks at work that are kind of hard, but remind me why i love this job. today i'm trying to find out if i've been exposed to tb by one of my kids, who has already driven me crazy this week because he keeps running away. the hardest thing is that he's really a smart kid with a parent who loves him a lot- he just has no impulse control. aargh. lack of impulse control is really common with crack babies, which he is. it's so maddening - anyone who gets pregnant in the u.s. should know by now that using drugs during pregnancy can seriously screw up your child's life. anyway. last night nathalie and rod made a 6-hour round trip just to have dinner with daniel and i. that is love in action! nathalie is one of my oldest friends, and is about to go to ecuador for two months as part of a medical school rotation. sometimes i'm so proud of my friends. somehow, i've been lucky enough to be surrounded by so many creative and gifted people... two of those people, kenny and marissa, had a baby girl last night. i'm not sure what her name is yet, but they're going to be amazing parents. and break.