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My voice is slowly but surely returning to its natural pitch. But my head still hurts and my throat feels pricky still. Oh, what would I give to be normal again.

And in a related note, the H1N1 has finally hit the San Ramon Valley school district with the first case causing an elementary school to be closed for the entire coming week. I hope Iron Horse is spared because the half man is due to travel with his school band to Disneyland for a recording session this Wednesday and it would be such a shame and a heart breaking one if they cannot go because the entire school has to be quarantined. I hope we get to see the results of the recording which according to Mrs Brown is a replication of a movie studio recording - if memory serves me right they actually will be using the Disney Studio recording studio. Just like the real thing - go check out musictrip.com. It should be a fantastic experience. I have wondered time and again if I should not have signed up to be a parent chaperone. But the half man wanted some space and I have to start respecting his wishes - he is now the self declared tallest person in the family after all. Not that he looks all that tall given his skinny frame. The good news is, it means he probably will continue growing vertically since his frame has not quite filled out. Certain body fuzz are starting to show up in the obvious places - you can kinda peek through the sleeves sometimes. Where else would you think I was talking about??? He has done well this semester, with straight A's although not consistently so with some dips into B territories every now and then that jars before pulling them back into the alpha regions. Must be bad for parents' hearts. I look at him sometimes and wonder where the little chubby boy in the very tight Henry Park beige tee and brown shorts has gone. That was the only time when he was ring boy for Ching when he was not thin. Sad that I don't have pictures of him during that period. Maybe I can ask Ching for a copy of his wedding video.

Maybe I will feel good enough later today to go buy him a snazzy tie for the Disneyland trip. He has been told to get one - funky, fun-loving and young. His daddy very kindly offered some of his but ...

And today, must remember to call a certain person up north. The one who is becoming a professional student.