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Bitch and moan March 3, 2007

Posted by spacemom in : Life...otherwise , 7 comments

I swear, I am not all bitch and moan, although lately, it feel like it is!

I am past my science crisis, although I will have a lengthy email to my boss on why it happened and how we can fix it in the future (yeah, it was partially my fault, but the person who bitched the loudest at the work I made was really the person who screwed this all up!

Today, Soleil was playing with her Tar-zhey dollar bin Barbie (her legs fall off when you have her sit down, it’s hysterical!) and she pressed the left mammary gland in. I removed the torso (don’t try this with the trademarked Mattel Barbie) and popped it back out. She thought about this and then asked "mommy, why do girls get breasts?"

I answered with the basic, "well, girls and boys are different and boys get a penis, but girls get vulvae and when they are older they grow breasts for their babies." But it did bring up an interesting question. Why DO humans develop breasts so damn early? And should the tissue develop later, when the hormones associated with pregnancy start? And why do other mammals (think a pregnant dog or cat) only get enlarged nipples, not really a breast?

Food for thought, my friends, food for thought.

(On a completely unrelated topic, how many female readers here call their mothers once or more a day? Am I a freak who calls once a week? Am I a terrible daughter or something?)

A day… March 2, 2007

Posted by spacemom in : She Blinded me with Science , add a comment

My parents are in town. I took today off. Well, 4 hours off. And I have been spending a majority of the day working on a disaster… UGH!
I am going insane. Why do science disasters have to happen when I want to relax and visit?
Why Why why????

We STILL suck! March 1, 2007

Posted by spacemom in : Life...otherwise, Depression, Fun with Crohn's Disease, In A Family Way, Parenting 101 , 2 comments

Hey! Guess what? If your oldest child (Soleil) gets car sick, you should probably NOT allow the younger one (Luna) to play with Leap Pad in the car. Because the MINUTE you pull into the parking lot at daycare, she will start barfing her pumpkin muffins. And her older sister will start screaming "EW!! She’s throwing up. I want to get out" And you start screaming back "THE CAR IS MOVING! GET THAT SEAT BELT BACK ON!"

Oh yeah, we discovered this yesterday. Jay cleaned her up. I got Soleil in school, came out, Luna started crying that she was hungry. Hmm, is she sick? or car sick? Drop Jay at work with instructions to let my boss know that I will be working from home and in for the 4pm meeting. Get a bagel (Thanks Dunkin!) and she ate it all. Then get home and she starts to jump on the mini trampoline. Okay, this kid is fine. So I get on-line, get some work done, and after 2 hours of Nick Jr., a bath and lunch, I called daycare and they agreed that it sounded like motion sickness and she was welcome to come for the afternoon (YEAH!)

Get her in, then rush to my office. Get a coffee, get some stuff done, go across the city to a meeting.
Whew!

The days are just crazy. My parents called about a week ago with the pronouncement that they were visiting Mar 1-7. So I am picking them up at the airport today. They called home this morning to alert us that their plane has broken and they were being put on a completely different airline. Lucky for me, they are coming in later, not earlier.

Jay is set to start the new drug on Monday for the crohn’s. However, a NEW drug was approved on Tuesday. He has a message into his doctor as to if he should do the first drug or the new drug. There are many reasons for both and many reasons against both. We just have to wait and see.

To be honest, this crohn’s stuff is much like infertility. We research the next great treatment. And we wait. And we see. And we pray that this one will work. There are no clear answers as to what causes crohn’s and people constantly tell you to stop stressing. I wish this was easier overall.  Jay lost 7 pounds from the noravirus, but he still has the moon face and he feels terrible.

I started the higher dose of cymbalta today in hopes to stave off the nasty dark place that I visit each month. I can just see how much fun that with my mom will be…

So, how are things with you?

BTW:- I haven’t ordered my kitty machine yet. but soon! and I plan on doing place mats and nice cloth napkins as my first project. You know, STRAIGHT LINES!