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Even though Jeremy’s cold is nearing an end, the final symptoms are pretty miserable. His eyes are watering a lot today and the drainage from his sinuses is never-ending – add to that incessant sneezing. Of course, Jeremy has been a total sport about the whole thing, never complaining and even offering to drive me into town if I wanted to run errands. I told him to just stay put and rest up. And Miss Kaweah hasn’t been feeling all that hot either with a random episode in the yard this afternoon. My team is under the weather!

I am still waking at the crack of dawn each day. I think it must be the increase in daylight hours, I have real issues with sleeping while it is light out. At least I’m letting Jeremy sleep in while I get up and take care of stuff around the house. I had a lot of leftover shrimp filling for potstickers, so I resumed using it up today.

**Jump for more butter**

Jeremy was full fledged sick this morning, so he slept and I brought him hot homemade ginger tea and meds. Meanwhile, I was conscripted into helping Dad drape netting over, across, and around the fish pond. I think my parents were really attached to their fishies and feel tremendous guilt about losing so many.

My parents prepared some of their specialties tonight – old family recipes Jeremy and I love. Dad made Lion’s Head, which are giant pork meatballs with loads of vegetables. He fries them, then steams them in a broth for a few hours. My mom made my grandma’s smoked chicken recipe. Mmmm, so good!

**Jump for more butter**

We’re in Pasadena!

This morning we went to dim sum with Ro, Sam, and Dan! Lots of faculty/academia talk in the car with 3 people in various stages of facultydom. I ordered a ton of plates. Everyone seemed to enjoy the goodies.