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Sadie's fever continued into Tuesday, so she stayed home from school today. I still don't have a fever, but my head is a congested mess and my neck and shoulders hurt (although the latter could be from driving all day on Monday). She slept past noon today and is much better but still coughing, so I'll probably just keep her home tomorrow, too. She hates school just now anyway, so getting her there when she's healthy is hard enough, and I don't expect I'll have the energy to fight with her in the morning. I used most of what little energy I had today (and a fair amount of conditioner) trying to get through her mat of uncombed hair that hadn't been touched since probably Thursday. ("It's not a mat. A mat would be woven.")

The job turned out to be more of an entrepreneurial opportunity that would have cost us $50 a week with no guarantee of income and no benefits. So now we know what taxi drivers do. He hemmed and hawed about it; apparently he'd made quite a good impression and the company was hopeful he would take the opportunity, but it didn't seem like much of a step up from where we are (the woman who interviewed him told him flat out not to expect to make a lot of money at this) so he ultimately turned it down. Then the mail came with the long-awaited unemployment compensation statement and my inflated check for the second half of December (thanks to all the extra jobs I was able to take on), so we're okay for the moment. 

Still hopeful for a better 2013.