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Vacation, Space Style!

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Today, we drove down to Olympia, and the D family (from No More Work than One) drove up from their home in the PNW, and we met for lunch and play. Things went well! D was not an axe murderer, nor was K2. S2 and H2 are adorable, but mostly played together, which was fine, as the place we went to was mobbed with kids. D and Jay spent time talking about Moore’s law and other geeky stuff. K2 and I spoke of simpler stuff like zipper workshops for sewing.

Soleil and Luna had fun, but they both fell down at different points and I had to break out the princess bandaids. S2 and H2 have not yet met the princesses. Good for them. Because once they do, it’s all downhill from there!

We had a lot of fun and D and I made fun of Jay because we could spot the Starbucks a block away and he couldn’t (he’s caffeine deprived, what can I do?)

 

Then we got back and had dinner with family and watched movies. I checked my work email to discover another code had broken and man, is that frustrating. At least I could diagnose the issue with out even looking at the code. Stupid databases.

So, we are getting close to the actual reason for this vacation, a Bar Mitzvah. I hope we survive the stress of a family gathering!
 

Sunrise

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Soleil woke me up a little bit ago and I can’t fall back asleep.

The sun is rising here and it is beautiful.

Sorry for all of the heavy posts. I am slowly working through everything. I will miss the funeral next week, sigh.

The mono is seriously kicking my butt. My sore throat is better, but sleep is difficult. I spent yesterday sleeping. A bit. My bosses are great about everything and gave me any sick time I needed to take to get better. But I haven’t been writing as much because my spare time is taken up by sleep.

Next week, we travel to the west coast. The first day will be long and tough, as the tickets are frequent flyer tickets and they are never convenient.  Then a ferry ride, a drive, a quick shop for food for the week and finally, we will arrive at our destination, a small island in Puget Sound.

We are going to meet D of No More Work Than One and originally I had hoped to catch up with Mrs. Figby, but given her sudden moving plans, I figure to let her have one less thing to stress about. Besides, she’s moving to this coast and I live near a small airport (if they ever fly to Boston), so there’s always other chances in the future.

I want to give a quick shout of support for WhyMommy. She’s having a rough week with chemo. Given that a simple virus is getting me, I can’t imagine how chemo is getting her fatigued. Go over and say hi for me, give her some encouraging words.

 

 

PSA: Breast Cancer

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It’s been a crazy summer. I know 3 people personally who have cancer and are fighting this summer. I know Whymommy on the web. I hate this.

 So I am taking a quick break today to have you go read this petition

The idea is to allow doctors and patients determine how long the hospital stay after a mastectomy the woman should stay. Right now, the insurance companies decide. Some women are not even allowed an overnight stay. Imagine, losing a body part and having to just go home to deal?

Cancer is already attacking these women. Why should insurance companies do it too?

Thanks
 

You never forget

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I’ve had a sinus infection for a few weeks now. Since I prefer to let viruses (virii?) run their course, I let it go, but this weekend it got rough. So today I went to to the doctor where we decided I am "somewhat itisy" and gave my amoxicillan.

The weird part is when I got my temp taken. I explained that I fevered over the weekend and the nurse said "but your temp is low at 97.4"  I almost said "Duh, that’s because I am ovulating today and my temp won’t go up for another day. Check it on Thursday and it will be 98.2"

Yes, My baby is 3 years old and I still can tell you

a) my pre-ovulation temp

b) my post-ovulation temp

c) my ovulation day and sometimes the time

Once you traverse the roller coaster of infertility, you never forget. Some people who are still on the ride don’t realize that. There is the thought (and I was there too, so don’t think I am talking about YOU) that "You have a kid! How could you possibly understand!"

But I do. I was there. I am forever in touch with my sucky reproductive self.
I know far more about reproduction than I ever cared to.

 

And I have not forgotten the pain of finding that another cycle failed. Or the pain of seeing a babe in a mom’s arms. Or a smiling pregnant woman.

 

Team WhyMommy

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You may notice a new image on my sidebar.

I have joined Team WhyMommy.

WhyMommy is a scientist who is a stay at home mom. Her boys are 2 years younger than my girls. And she just discovered she has breast cancer.

I know too many cancer patients right now, from our cousin Lauren, to a co-worker, to a friend and now WhyMommy. Luckily, only a few I know have lost the battle. Most have won. So I invite you to go over and support WhyMommy. She can use the positive thoughts. Not the bullshit lovely dovey stuff, but the positive, "You can beat this" stuff.

 

Tagged

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D, Of No More Than One tagged me.

The idea is that you have to reveal seven little known facts about
yourself and then have to tag seven others to do the same.

  1. I am an Aries and surprisingly fit the description even though all logic dictates that I am a pisces (The Sun is actually in pisces on my birthday).
  2. I am really quite shy IRL
  3. I used to speak rudamentary German. 3/4 of my family is from German blood.
  4. My favorite type of music is Honkey-Tonk (not country or Western, those are different)
  5. It wasn’t until I was in my 20s before I realized that Honkey-Tonk was a racial slur
  6. I played soccer in High School (I sucked at it)
  7. When I was a child, I hated my blonde hair and blue eyes. I wanted brown like everybody else.

Okay-I’m supposed to tag 7 others. Let’s see:

Whymommy of Toddler Planet

T-Shaped girl of "Are We There Yet?"

Mary Mia of Do they Have Salsa in  China?

Baggage of Baggage that Goes with Mine

Mijita of Mijita

CL of Two Boys and a Girl (Password protected)

Kristen of Kristen’s Xanga

Thinking about you….

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Quite a while ago, I was given a Thinking Blogger Award by Robin from Around the Island.

 

Being the lame blogger that I am, I never got around to dealing with it. So here’s the deal.
I will report 5 blogs that make me think. And why…

In no particular order:

1. Emma-Bug: Dude, she’s got an attitude. A serious attitude. Her approach to life makes me stop and think of all of the asshats out there who need to remember to think before you talk.

2.RasingWEG: A mom of triplets who is working on her dissertation. She approaches topics with a very open mind and makes me think about my feelings on those topics.

3. The MidLife traveler: Spunky, Canadian and slightly crunchy, this on-line turned real life friend makes me think about the differences in how we parent, and how both are good approaches.

4. The Thin Pink Line: (password protected) Manuela travels through her present and past. She talks about her feelings as an adopted child and her journey to being a parent. Not being adopted, her words give me much to think about with regards to adoptees.

5. Omegamom: The OM is witty and thoughtful. She’s not afraid to call it like she sees it. Or to question things.

6. So it comes down to this… Okay, so Johnny has left the blogosphere. But his blog made me think about interpersonal relationships. And if a good steak could be made without MSG or oyster sauce.

And it launches Nu-kler weapons!

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Okay- Interesting thoughts and comments. You folks make me think. Thank you!

So about a month ago, Silvia, my cleaner, vacuumed my phone charger. I then tried to charge my phone that night and well, being of German blood (no offense Dirk) I forced the sucker into the phone. This caused irreparable damage to the charging part of the phone and now my phone would only hold 12 hours of charge regardless of the battery. I tried a few new batteries and a new charger. Sigh. I let the guy at work know that I need a new phone.

It came yesterday. Good Lord this thing could start a nuclear war! It is an LG VX8300. It has a camera (with a flash!), it’s an MP3 player, the camera takes video, I can watch video on this sucker. Good Gracious! I never imagined I would ever want such a thing. I just wanted a replacement speaker phone. But hey, now I am trying to figure out how to convert some of my music to WAV files and get it on a micro SD card (tiny little sucker).

On Tuesday, I went shopping with a friend. We stopped at a fabric store. I bought a cute pattern for the girls and some fabric! I hope to make them each a sundress before summer. You think this is too ambitious? I do! But I will go slow and see if I can do this. Sleeveless helps because I am terrified of sleeves!

Tonight, I will work on a new blanket for Luna. She is using this silly wrap that someone bought Soleil when she was a baby. The thing has holes everywhere. It drives me nuts that she loves it so much because it doesn’t cover her anymore. We bought a 1.5 yard piece of beautiful fleece. It is red with black dog prints. I trimmed it last night and I am going to baste the sides tonight (at least one side).
And I will do this while watching my Sabres! It’s Playoff time! Go Buffalo!