Changing of the Seasons

First off, it's been way too long since we've had a Benjamin picture. This one's about three months old, but it's still one of our favorites. So enjoy!

Benjamin seems to be getting somewhat better. He's still froggy, but it doesn't seem to be as severe, and I don't think he's run a fever the last couple of days. We called the doctor today and he prescribed another antibiotic, but since everything we read seems to indicate that croup is a virus and won't be helped by antibiotics, we're thinking of holding off and not filling that prescription just yet. Croup seems to run its course in five to seven days, so he may be getting to the end of it anyway. After all you hear about the over-prescribing of antibiotics and since that'd be the third one in a week and a half he'd be taking, it just seemed like a reasonable step.

The weather has finally gotten cooler, and apparently to stay. After a tease of it earlier, it's stayed about 60-65 today and that seems to be the forecast for the next ten days or so, which is nice. I'm not a huge winter person, but I do love cool air, windows open, flannel pants type weather. Much better than the 100 degree heat we have in the summer!

Cards lost Game 6 to the Astros, so Pujols's HR just delayed the inevitable. Actually, it did more than that. It gave the Cardinal fans a chance to say goodbye not only to the team but to the stadium that has held Redbird baseball for 40 years. Next year, a new place gets the honor, and I'm looking forward to getting up there hopefully in 2006, but might be 2007 depending on how hard tickets are to come by.

Weekend is almost here. Hope you have a good one, whatever you may be doing!