Remember, girls used to get expelled for being pregnant?

When my uncle knocked up his girlfriend in 1966 the school wouldn't let her back in after she had the baby! And was married!

"We don't have married women attending L______ High School"

My grandmother raised all holy hell. The fact that she had two star athletes enrolled there at the time (with another five coming down the pike) probably put some teeth in her threat that she would pull her children out of there.

The rule changed after that, all official-like with the school board. She and my grandfather were tenacious -- the powers that be were not safe from those two and they weren't going to just look out for themselves.

My grandmother was a remarkable woman. She had lots of rules -- she was a devout Roman Catholic and strict. And pissing her off was not fun. But once she got past her anger what mattered was her family and their well-being. Her eldest son's now-wife (who was Jewish to boot) was going to finish High School and she watched that baby every single day and drove her mamma to school.

My aunt and uncle, no real surprise, didn't stay married long. They had three children quickly and then an ugly divorce. She really went off the rails... but she went off the rails with a high school diploma and to this day (she's doing better in her later years, though not great) she's profoundly grateful to my grandmother.

Owen is adorable and fantastic!

He's sort of skewed my perspective on little kids.

HA! I bet.

Noah and I talked about why Chester Raccoon in The Kissing Hand is going to school at night. Noah has discovered not only does he have bilateral symmetry but he is diurnal. Sometimes I think I'm just fucking with his head.

Congratulations, Jessica!

FTR, boys' clothes are so much more diverse and so much cuter than girls' clothes. I've bought plenty of both.

I had Kogi tacos and sliders for dinner. They were good enough. And the truck was close to home. I think I'd prefer the dim sum truck next time.

Because it deserves its own non silly post:

Kathy, I'm so sorry. Warm thoughts for your mom.

I think I still have teenage contact high. Need to go to bed.

Dinner: leftover eggplant pasta salad, half a small watermelon, and half an enormous heirloom tomato drizzled with balsamic vinegar & olive oil, garlic, and basil.

I ordered a bi-fold door. This weekend I need to buy a power tool.

Are you allowed to have medical intervention in gender development that early, outside of an intersex issue? I thought you needed years of therapy, etc. Or is that only for surgery and not medication?

What everyone else said--they can hold off puberty in your biosex so that it's sooooo much easier to transition if you decide to, at 18 (or 20 or whenever). Or don't, stop the drugs, and just hit puberty later. For MTFs who transition as adults, gotta say, the results are usually waaaay more obvious than FTMs, partly because of size, and because growing a beard is easier than getting rid of one. Now, as for functionality of genitalia, thats a different question.

Megan, you and Venus and the moon cracked me up (but I'm on the iPhone so cant c&p multiple things easily)

Sis asked me to keep Donna in my thoughts, and now I've got all of you joining me in thinking of her.

I love my Buffistas. Seriously, y'all are the best. ::hugs for everyone::

Oh, and I love Owen and his twitters, too!!

Sometimes I think I'm just fucking with his head.

It's no small part of why we raise them, I think. To watch those connections being made and to also amuse ourselves while it happens.

Dinner: Sandwich, plus golden beets with lemon and garlic, all from the CSA.

Congrats Jessica!

Dinner tonight was a pepper-crusted eye of round, steamed corn on the cob, and half a big beefsteak tomato. The first two turned out magically delicious, but the last tasted kind of funky like it had been soaked in antisceptic or something otherwise medicine-y. (I shouldn't complain too much though, the smaller tomato I had with lunch was awesome).