Oo Adamantium, isn't that something from the X Men? I'm pretty sure that's what Wolverine's talons were made of.
Sally, sorry to hear about dd's nose. Hope it doesn't have to be reset.
Lisa, sorry for the messed up afternoon. Its horrible when you've been looking forward to something and then its ruined by some jobsworth.
Ben, sounds good that ds is associating his AS with something positive and powerful. Sorry to hear about the infection though.
I have been trapped in the house since the Thursday before Easter, because ds2 has been quite poorly. Took him back to the GP on Tuesday and this time they managed to hear the infection in his lungs. They think they caught it before he ended up with pneumonia and he's had a few days of anti-b's now, but is still a decidedly odd colour. GP says he'd be surprised if he's made a full recovery before his birthday next Wednesday and that we need to keep a close eye on him, as things have suddenly taken a turn for the worse in the past.
... and ... this afternoon dd suddenly spiked a temp of 39.2. She's sneezed a couple of times over the past 24 hours, but other than that had absolutely no symptoms. She's now complaining of a mid-forehead headache, but at least her temp has come down to 38 an hour after calpol. She's usually quite resilient, so am hoping it will just be a quick 24/48 hour thing.
Ds1 was 10! TEN YEARS OLD! 
on Tuesday. How did my pfb get to be ten years old 
He had his best friend round for the afternoon and dh took them to the park, where they had ice-cream. Nothing flash this year, because we're doing a trip to the new Legoland hotel for both boys' birthdays instead.
Actually, had to call Legoland about ds1's dietary requirements this week and was very impressed with their customer service. They gave me the direct number for the hotel restaurant, where the lovely lady I spoke to couldn't have been more helpful. She made a note, not only of him being gf, but also that he's vegetarian and the foods he won't eat. She booked us a table there and then and took his name so he can have personalised service! Apparently they cater for coeliacs as a matter of course, so there's always at least one coeliac friendly meal on the menu and they always have gf bread available. Problem is that often the coeliac friendly meal is meat based and/or potato loaded, neither of which ds1 will touch.
For myself, well I am walking around like a little old lady thanks to re-starting the 30 Day Shred in the hope of meeting my overall weightloss target by our 20th anniversary in July. I had forgotten just how much your muscles object for the first few days - OW!
Also had a bit of an odd episode yesterday with pretty extreme tremors, including a rather fetching chicken-dance impression from my legs. 
It lasted for about an hour, but has left me with tremor in both hands, which is a bit of a pita. Have had the hand tremors before, intermittently, but the whole body tremors and wonky legs thing was a tad scary.