My little girl is sick. Not bad sick, but sick enough to miss daycare. She was acting like a zombie yesterday, and has a runny nose. That’s about it.

This morning she is trying to put shirts on as pants and getting frustrated if they don’t fit. She already has on two pair of shorts, so getting the third one on (especially a shirt that’s too small anyway) is just frustrating her.

So we’re home, so I’ll have a chance to clean the kitchen and stuff. And last night I managed to get Dell to agree to send me a new DVD drive. The bad news is they won’t be here today to install it, but tomorrow, so my day home isn’t really an advantage there. The worse news is they insist on sending another Phillips 8631, which I suspect is the problem all along (lots of people on the Dell forums have trouble with this burner) Grr.

On the plus side, my son went to school today with a huge smile on his face. I didn’t think I’d see that, not for a while. So that’s a good thing.

Off to the kitchen…

UPDATE July 29, 2005: This drive has performed well for countless reads and burns. Once in a great while I get an error when booting the machine that says something about not being able to find the drive, but then it boots and everything works fine anyway. So far, so good.

But do yourself a favor, don’t buy one. Get something better. The cost of burners has come down so much it’s silly to take a chance on getting a bad one.