Four things I need to get off my chest

1. What has happened to Heroes?? It use to be a great show, but this season it's dying a slow death. Not one episode has lived up to the potential is showed in its first season. I think my disappointment started in the first episode, when Sylar finally caught up with Claire. For two seasons Sylar has been the somewhat unstoppable bad guy, and they convinced us that if Sylar ever got ahold of Claire and her power of regeneration, he would kill her and then he would take over the world. I mean, the first season was all about keeping Claire safe from Sylar with the implication being who knows what bad things might happen. Then in the first episode of Season 3, he catches up with Claire, the thing we were suppose to fear happening for two seasons, and it ends up being the most anti-climatic scene in the history of television. Sylar took her power, and we found out Sylar couldn't kill her if he wanted to. WHAT!?!? THAT'S IT!?!? And the season has just gotten worse. So disappointing.
2. While Heroes is disappointing, Fringe just keeps getting better and better. Now, if ABC would just give Pushing Daisies the chance it deserves and not threaten to cancel it...
3. Yesterday it was raining when I went to pick Ethan up at the bus stop. Since we only have one car and it takes Brian to work everyday, I usually put Corinne in the stroller and meet Ethan in the afternoon. The rain wasn't any inconvenience. I found an umbrella in the garage, and Corinne's stroller has a rain shield type thing, plus I am the kind of person who loves the rain for the most part, so we happily walked the short distance to the bus stop. Of the kids who take the bus, we seem to live the farthest away, and there are about three moms with younger kids that see them off to the bus and pick them up everyday. Usually everyone walks to get their kids, but yesterday I was the only one who did so in the rain. The other moms drove. I have a certain pride in this. Mostly it's because I think driving your mini-van/SUV a half a block just so you and your child don't have to take a little walk in the rain is silly. What really annoys me is the one family who drives their kid to the bus stop every morning and then sits there with their SUV running while waiting for the bus. Their house is but 5 houses from the bus stop! This morning, they parked right where the bus stops so that we all had to stand there and smell their exhaust while we waited *eye roll*. If they don't want their child to have to wait in the cold for the bus, why don't they just DRIVE HIM TO SCHOOL?! We like a mile from the school. I think they would burn just as much gas if they drove him to school as they do driving him to the bus stop (that is just 5 HOUSES AWAY) and then sitting there with the engine idling for 5 or more minutes while waiting for the bus. Another thing that bothers me about the bus stop are the all the hooligans that run around and hurt themselves and others, but that's another post for another day.
4. I hate the cold virus in all its incarnations, especially since one has invaded my house and is picking us off one by one. Ethan and Brian have been coughing and sneezing since the weekend. Then last night Corinne came down with a runny nose and this morning she is running a fever. Curse you, rhino virus!!