Highlights, Lowlights and some Pork Chops

Today was absolutely insane. Here are some highlights (or lowlights, as the case may be):

- Pretending to work while my colleague Jessi took dozens of photos of me for an upcoming Ad Age piece (link to come once it's complete)

- Meeting Max and Franzi (our au pair) at Children's Memorial Hospital for an ENT appointment. At the appointment, I was told that his left ear looks "hideous." The ear drum is totally retracted (not sure what that means), and the doctor is shocked that Max is able to hear us. Lovely. On June 12, he'll have tubes placed back in his ears (the tubes from December of 2007 have fallen out) and his adenoids removed.

- Suffering through nonstop coughing attacks at work, and having a colleague actually feel my head to determine whether I had a fever (the verdict was yes).

- Rushing out of work at 3:30 to see Dylan perform with her afterschool group, only to hit traffic and miss it.

- Managing to make a homemade dinner from scratch with no recipes. This was the true highlight of my day. I marinated pork chops in a mixture of plain Greek yogurt, dill, Dijon mustard, olive oil and the juice of one lemon. I then cubed some potatoes, boiled them, and fried them up with olive oil, scallions and an herb mixture that Franzi's mom brought me from Germany. Michael threw the pork chops on the grill, and I finished up the meal with some broccoli roasted with olive oil, salt and pepper.

- EVERYONE finished their plate. Success!

- Laying in bed resting while Dylan read Max his bedtime story. They read Curious George Goes To The Hospital in preparation for the big day.