Changed Directions?

So this morning at about 7:00AM, a very groggy and disoriented Tyler ambled into my room.

"Dad?" he said, leaning over the side of my bed.

"What's up, buddy?" I answered, yawning and blinking awake (sort of).

"The house..." he began, trying hard to form the complete concept in his sleepy mind. "The house... has shifted."

"I'm sorry? What was that?" I blinked again.

"The house..." (another pause) "...has changed directions."

Aha, I thought to myself. On Friday, all the industrial waste trucks come to collect the dumpster garbage around, which starts about 7AM. Combined with Tyler's occasional somnambulism (and vivid dreaming), I could see what might give him a sense of movement beyond his own body.

"The house hasn't moved, buddy."

"It hasn't?"

"No, it hasn't. Why don't you go back to sleep..."

"Okay."

Then he leaned over further, gave me a hug, and shuffled back to his room.

This is my world of parenthood.

Some Bullets

• I'm still sick.
• Less voice than yesterday, due to a prolonged coughing fit late last night, which fortunately was productive.
• Sad not having my cute nurse here to bring me soup and pet my hair.
• I'm so tired of coughing, and for maybe not the reason you'd expect; as any guy who has undergone a sports physical will tell you, there's a reason a hernia check includes "turn your head and cough" - the family jewels are intricately tied to the whole diaphragmatic/stomach/respiratory system, and a solid week of coughing can make a guy just a tad sore.
• Went to the store and re-stocked the chicken soup, fruit juices, fresh lemons for my green tea with honey, and some hard core Vick's 44 cough suppressant.
• NyQuil is apparently not only a sleep aid/cold medicine; it also has peyote-like dream inducing properties. I had two metric buttloads of bizarre The Serpent and the Rainbow level dreams last night, and I have to admit I'm looking kinda sideways at reality today.
• Apologies to any friends, family members, school officials or business associates trying to call me today. I have no voice, so everybody's going directly to voicemail - nothing personal.