The fridge has been beeping intermittently like it's trying to back up since we moved in.

Maybe it's trying to say that you're a real fine woman and you need to back that azz up?

ita, sorry if my doctor comment last night was rude. It was a bitter amusement on your behalf, but I'm sure there's nothing funny at all about it to you.

Happy Birthday Nora!

ION, Casper just asked if I knew that Justin Bieber was gay. Just a lesson, for parents of younger kids, that once your kid is at loose on the world you have very little control over what they pick up. She did know what gay was (which I don't think we've ever discussed explicitly) and didn't seem to think it was anything more than a curiosity. But I don't think Bieber is gay, actually.

Perhaps Casper saw photos of someone she assumed to be Justin acting all couple-y with Chad Lowe?

Let's hope, right?

Yeah. While I realize that, for example, Palin helped Obama win by driving hordes of moderate voters away from McCain's ticket, I'd really prefer the option of lowered chances of Democrat victory against Republican opponents who aren't likely to regard Dr. Strangelove as a How-To instructional film.

Maybe it's trying to say that you're a real fine woman and you need to back that azz up?

That was a possibility I hadn't considered.

ita, I'm glad the nurse was a help. I love nurse help lines.

I saw a report on some of the mass e-mails he sent out with racist jokes aimed at Obama. I can't believe he won the nomination.

I fear that's why he WON the nomination.

In happier news: HAPPY HAPPY NORA DAY!!!

You are missed 'round these parts, but I'm loving the ground-level tour of NO on your blog (esp. on the food, beer and booze fronts). I'll probably be running over to CBC & Hungry Mother tonight, so I'll toast you with a beverage (or three).

No offense taken, Dana. I just guess I see more doctors than anyone actually outside a facility. At least two a week. It would be ironic for me to get struck by something woeful inbetween.

Amy, usually the nurse lines have been very useless for me. They seemed to be reading from WebMD. This was the first time the person told me something I hadn't already googled.

Man, I'm tempted to leave my posts unedited.

I just gave a presentation to a class, came back to my desk and checked Facebook, and found a new post by a student in the class who happens to be on my friendlist, made during the class. Facebook etiquette fail, young man!

We are to the point in our Dr. work now where our specialists want the name of our GP and neither mac nor I have one yet. What we have are:

2 therapists
1 psychiatrist
1 ob/gyn (unseen thus far)
1 breast specialist (unseen thus far)
1 orthopedic surgeon (unseen thus far)
1 school counselor
1 psychiatrist in NY
1 therapist in NY
1 massage therapist
1 fibro dr. in NY

we also have a GP in NY, but she's kinda useless for getting info. Goal for the week is setting up appts for both mac and I locally.

Today also seems to be Tom Hardy's birthday, My sister is beside herself with excitement.

It's a good day that brought Tom Hardy into the world.

I need to find a pediatrician for the kids, and probably make an appointment for Ben's bum foot at A.I. Dupont again. They're sliding scale, and he was there as a baby, so maybe that won't be too bad. I also need an GYN and a GP, but I think I'm going to go with my parents' GP because they love her.