I woke up really sore today, that WoYo class must’ve done more than I thought. Especially my shoulders and stomach areas.

This morning Michael got a late start and so he got to visit with the boys a little while. When he left, he said “ok, I’m going to go to work” and Elijah stopped in his tracks and ran away and cried! That’s new. Usually they throw themselves at whichever adult is closest and scream. He has been running to corners and crying the last couple of days (when he’s upset), don’t know why this behavior started. Seems more “toddler-like” for some reason. Rowan ran to the door and watched him leave and cried and cried. So I had two of them really upset for several minutes. They are really attached to their dad. Geez, I don’t get this kind of drama when I leave…

I had a babysitter today so I could go out and run my errands. I met Michael for lunch and then had to go grocery shopping and what not. After I came back, I started on my new project of created a WordPress plugin that will create a “flickr like” badge using smugmug rss feeds. I was surprised that something like that doesn’t already exist. There are existing tools that do parts of what needs to be done, so I’ll put them together. The problem is that smugmug doesn’t have square thumbnails so I have to custom craft that. We’ll see how it goes.

I have been concerned about the boys not talking for awhile and so I think we decided today to go to a doctor to get evaluated. There are several factors contributing to their lateness - being twins, being boys, being in a foreign country. But I have heard that speech therapists work wonders with kids and the sooner we get started the better. Or at the very least, the visit to the doctor will put my “they’re so behind!” fears to rest. Now to figure out how to do that…

I also talked to the apartment management again today and they told me that they found an apartment for us to stay in, instead of a hotel. I think that will work a lot better for us and I’m glad that it wasn’t a problem. The only thing is that I’ll have to move while Michael is not here. I’m not doing the physical moving, but just getting all the crap together will be no fun. It will be interesting living in a different area for a little while. It’s not too far, but it’s closer to shopping. Let’s hope it has internet.

Worked all night on the widget with some success! If I get this done, it will be really popular tool amonst smugmug/wordpress users!