Travis Seitler: Web Designer

As I write this, I have cough drops to the left of me and a trash bin full of used tissues on my right.

“Here I am, stuck in the middle with flu.”

Okay, okay, so that was a groaner. That’s what happens when the congestion makes my head feel stuffy. Anyway, Katie’s basically got bronchitis at this point, and Nicole and Joshua are getting over it themselves. (Yesterday was loads of fun.) It’s not really the flu… at least, I don’t think it is… but it’s still not very enjoyable. Especially when Katie wakes up coughing around midnight and can’t stop… then she starts bawling because of that, which makes her cough more, which makes her cry more… praise God we got through that one! (Parenting Tip: a bubble bath and a small cup of Sprite can work wonders! )

The bathroom sink has turned into a small pharmacy, and I’m sucking down the aforementioned cough drops (Eckerd Pharmacy-brand Honey Lemon drops, to be precise) like they’re candy. Still, this one doesn’t look like it’ll get any worse, so hooray!

I’ve got some more posts in the hopper, but until the clan’s recuperated, I don’t know that much is gonna get posted. In lieu of actual content, though, here’s a list of the nifty-cool gadgets that have been added to secondmouse:

• Technorati Blog Reactions. You can see at a glance whether anyone’s talking about a post I’ve written. Sure, there’s not much right now… but just wait until I start getting really controversial. )
• Add to Technorati Favorites. Apparently this is important. I’ll admit it sure is nice to see my favorites right up front when I go to Technorati.
• Bookmark this on del.icio.us. If you’re really going to do that, I figure you’ll just use the bookmarklet. I put this on the sidebar because when enough people bookmark a post in del.icio.us, it’ll show the tags they’ve used. I figure it could help new folks out, so go ahead (if you’ve got an account) and bookmark a post or two… please!
• Twitter Syndication. I’ve decided to get rid of the whole K2 Asides thing and use Twitter for my “asides.”

Is anyone awake and reading this right now? We’re almost home… so close… we just need to ride US Airways flight 1852 back home. If you want to be sure we make it okay (and the pilot doesn’t fall asleep), just look our flight up on FlightAware or this Google Earth overlay by fboweb.

All good things must come to an end! Nicole, Katie, Joshua and I are on our way back—and you can keep tabs on us! Just check out US Airways flight 924 with FlightAware or this Google Earth overlay by fboweb!

Right about now, I should be looking out the window at the tarmac on US Airways flight 1817, seated beside Nicole, Katie and Joshua (assuming we survived our layover ). You track our flight with FlightAware or this Google Earth overlay by fboweb!

By the time this post goes live, I should be almost-comfortably squished into a coach-class seat on US Airways flight 1557 with Nicole, Katie and Joshua. I don’t know where exactly I’ll be, but you can keep track of the flight with FlightAware or this Google Earth overlay by fboweb!