Yesterday I

• Rowed the 4+ with tyler, Raoul and Alex D.  I was in 2.  It was fun.  We did lower rate pieces lots of pause drills, and we were generally faster than the 4-'s around us (with older crews).  A lovely morning with calm water.  I noticed that I couldn't distinguish the rocks from their reflection in the playpen on the way out, conditions were that smooth.
• I hustled home to get Johann up as Kel's knee is in rough shape.  We hustled over to the East bay for his speech therapist appointment only to find the building was closed.  The text I got the night before was cryptic, and I didn't understand it was from kaiser. 
• We dropped him at daycare, and I did very little work until Kel asked me to go with her to her Orthopedist appointment.  He offered MRI or drainage, and I think MRI is best.  Let's learn what's going on. We got Subway on the way home.
• Johann had his 18 month checkup, and is following an expected growth curve, but is just super small.  No word on the developmental stuff.  At this point it's less about looking for causes and more about treating the situation.  I'm hoping we can help him, but it's feeling pretty desperate. I want him to catch on.
• I took care of him and kel last night, feeding him the "salmon shepherds pie" from when Jon and Romi cooked for us.  He ate OK.  We worked very hard on words, and he may have gotten "more" ("mo").  It was inconsistent, but we tried to reward it with a response. He did go straight to the flowers in the back yard (purple and tiger lily) when I just gave him the spoken cue that I wanted to see some flowers.  He picked a rose with his bare hands in the front yard, which we brought in.  He wanted it through out the meal.  Placed it in a tulip glass.
• Slept with Kel, who had a rough night sleeping,  Lots of snoring and tossing and turning.  I think I'm on my own for a while.