Resolutions Revisited

We’re 1/4 of the way through the year already (how did that happen?) so I’m revisiting my New Year’s Resolutions.  (Thanks for the idea, Nicki!)
1) Finish a cross-stitch project this year.  A real one, for me, in a frame.  I’ve worked on this a bit, but it needs more attention.  Maybe I need to schedule [...]

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Overheard in the ER

After reading an allergy list with over thirty items on it…
No, ma’am, the fact that XYZ medication was not effective for your illness does not constitute an allergy. 
Head, meet desk.

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To Do

My current To Do list (or “why I’m not posting more.”)
Finish baby Easter baskets
Clean out weeds from asparagus-beds-to-be and amend soil as necessary.
Procure soil amendments (compost, peat, etc) from Lowe’s.
Find a trellis suitable for the climbing rose.
Keep working on teaching Thing 1 and Thing 2 to sleep in cribs for naptime.
Hunt down some pansies for [...]

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Gyne Drama

You haven’t lived until you’ve had to do a pelvic exam on a freaked-out, non-English-speaking teenager who doesn’t get how to use the translation phone.  Spanglish + charades + speculum = bad scene for all.

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Cause of Death

A famous actress died recently of a closed head injury which resulted in an epidural bleed.  These sorts of injuries happen from time to time (hers occurred while skiing) and very commonly have few symptoms for an hour or so.  Once she realized that she wasn’t ok (the severe headache being her clue) she called [...]

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Haiku

shrieking all night long
four month sleep regression sucks
send large coffee stat

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Ain’t That A Kick In The Head

One of the many hazards of being a twin:
Being awakened from your nap by your sister laughing and kicking her feet in your face.
Sorry, Emma.

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Thoughts on Infant Sleep

1) The odds that a baby will go down without a fuss are inversely proportional to the parent’s degree of desperation for her to do so, multiplied by the number of hours since the parent’s last two consecutive hours of sleep.
2) There is a tiny sensor in every baby’s brain that will wake her from [...]

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Chatty Cathy

Both of my babies have turned into talkers the last few days (gee, wonder where they got that from?) and I’ve had so much fun talking to them, and listening to them answer in that special brand of baby gibberish.  I hadn’t even considered, though, how sweet it would be when they talked to each [...]

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Signs

So it’s Friday the 13th, right?  And I just went out to lunch with Starbuck (and the tiny ones, one of whom insisted on creating a ginormous poo right at the table – no manners, these infants) and my bill was $6.66. 
I’m thinking I should just take it as a sign and go to bed [...]

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