Kyle11个月生日那天，我和妈妈沾沾自喜：Kyle真是一个健康皮实的孩子。11个月都没生过病。说完，我就有点后悔。因为坐在车里也没有木头可摸。
第二天Kyle就开始打喷嚏流鼻涕发高烧。小孩子不会说，不吃不喝，哭哭咧咧地让大人抱，甚是可怜。全家人急得团团转，想方设法让他喝点水。我们试了水，奶，各类果汁，酸奶，米汤，西瓜汁。小人一一推开。夜里1点吃过Tylenol,烧退了，全身出大汗。一口气喝了4oz水，2oz奶，4oz梨汁。我和XP才算松了一口气。 两天来，我也无心做饭吃饭，严重缺觉。大人也像病了一场似的。
“有什么别有病，没什么别没钱。”真理得到又一次验证。 希望Kyle尽快好起来。
看照片上的Kyle有点儿生病的样儿吗？
姥姥姥爷要回国了。我们都要上班。Kyle怎么办？在托儿所和保姆之间权衡再三，终于选择了托儿所。Kyle会认生吗？会被传染上病吗？能吃好喝好睡好吗？尽管托儿所比保姆更规范，我们还是有很多顾虑的。
早晨7：00把Kyle送入托儿所。小家伙冲所有人笑，在地上爬来爬去，好奇地摸着各类玩具，书本。迅速融入了集体的大熔炉。妈妈姥姥走的时候，眼都没抬一下，继续捕楞面前的玩具。小没良心的！我们讪讪而去。
11：00我给托儿所打电话被告知玩得好着呢，连上午觉都没睡。
4：00，妈妈姥姥去接Kyle。小家伙正坐在椅子上吃饼干。看到我们很高兴。下面是老师给的评语：
Today, I laughed a lot with my friends and teachers. I looked at books and explored with the bead maze! We also touched our texture blocks and listened to a fun dance CD. I had a fun and eventful day!
Overall Disposition：Cheerful
全天只睡了半小时，奶喝得也不多。回家的时候已经累的不行了。当然，这些是不会在评语里出现的。见识了美式的报喜不报忧。回家我们立刻给Kyle喂了4oz奶和半盒酸奶。姥姥稍微一哄Kyle就睡着了。小家伙早上6：00就起来了，真让人心疼。
终于找到工作啦！
接到电话通知的时候正在Careerbuilder.com和Monster上漫游。昨天还在修改简历。上周刚刚更新了LinkedIn的工作经历。上个月还在愁容满面地四处打听猎头的名字。。。没办法，经济实在很衰。公司部门在此时前往Houston无异于雪上加霜。本来以自己的专长找咨询类的工作应该不难， 但这类工作通常要求100%出差。 鉴于Kyle太小，我的选择面大大缩小。同样原因，希望工作地点离家近可以方便接送宝宝上幼儿园。XP在downtown工作，每天在路上2.5-3小时早出晚归。虽然大量的工作机会在downtown，但是除了万不得已downtown的工作不是好选择。郊区的工作本来不多，加之裁员，搬迁，所剩无几。有限的工作能够match现在工资水平的更是凤毛麟角。工作是否有前途在此时更是幻想。
比来比去，决定先集中精力在公司内部找。老天有眼，看到了一个有意思的工作，级别比现在的高，更重要的是有发展前途。尽管和自己的专长有一定差距，还是决定试一试。精心准备面试，过去老板写了推荐。先后面试了Finance Manager, Technical Finance Manager, HR, VP of Operations, online personality test, online Analysis Aptitude tests, a 3-hour personality test conducted by a consulting company. In short, there were ups and downs. A very painful process.
暂时可以松一口气。希望可以迅速掌握新工作，老板同事好相处。有了Kyle之后，发现自己的人生观世界观都发生了不同程度的变化。从追求BETTER变成追求BLANCE. 精益求精和及时行乐是背道而驰的。搞得自己和别人都累。人生苦短，无须大富大贵，但求平平安安，爱我和我爱的人健康快乐。
In last night's American Idol. Adam Lambert sang Mad World. Adam was on fire. I was so impressed by the lyrics. The song topped charts in Britain in 2003 but it is little known to American. It is a sad song. However, I feel connected and had been "there" many times, in my dreams or in reality. I can visualize every word of the song. Every now and then, I allow my soul to be floating in the air and looking down the world below. I see a mad world and a mad ME.
All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places. Worn out faces
Bright and early for the daily races
Going no where. Going no where
Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression. No expression
Hide my head I wanna drown my sorrow
No tomorrow. No tomorrow
And I find I kind of funny. I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you. I find it hard to take
When people run in circles its a very very
Mad world. Mad world
Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy birthday. Happy birthday
And I feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen. Sit and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me. No one new me
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson
Look right through me. Look right through me
And I find I kind of funny. I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you. I find it hard to take
When people run in circles its a very very
Mad world. Mad world. Enlarging your world
Mad world
Kyle是一个电视儿童。电视一开便置爹娘于不顾。Baby Einstein的baby Van Gogh是他的最爱DVD。天气预报是每日必看的节目。喂饭的时候我们不得不关掉电视，否则便会像左上或左下角的照片所示。
