A Child's Prayer

Last week The Boy noticed his Lego Star Wars Action Figure was missing it's light saber. This thing is TINY and I hadn't much hope of finding it, but promised him we would look for it Friday morning. Thursday night, he prayed that he, "would be able to find Plo Koon's light saber." I started to get nervous and prepared a little chat about needing to do his part by taking care of his toys. Friday morning came and the search began. Probably two minutes into the search The Boy ran up to me.

The Boy: "Mommy! I found it! I found Plo Koon's light saber!"
Me: !?! Where WAS it?
The Boy: "In my pocket!"
Me: !?!

He told me he heard a still small voice tell him to put his hand in his pocket. This particular pants' pocket had been through the laundry a couple times since the light saber's disappearance. It also happened to be a pair that he didn't wear regularly as they have the biggest holes of all his pants. I'm still amazed he actually found it.

Truly, so much to learn from sweet, sweet children.

What's Up, Doc?

At the beginning of the year Mark and I decided to set up a health savings account to help pay for our new arrival this year. Turns out it's a really good thing we did, I'm just not sure we'll have much left when she gets here. We've really been logging the hours in waiting rooms and forking over the co-pays the last few months.

Jan. 15: The Boy visit to Kids Care with broken leg
Jan. 16: Return visit to Kids Care with broken leg
Jan. 17: Neesha prenatal checkup
Jan. 17: The Boy visit to specialist for broken leg
Feb. 14: Neesha prenatal checkup
Feb. 16: The Boy follow up X-Ray and splint removal
Feb. 18: Neesha ultrasound
Feb. 26: The Queen visit to Kids Care with a high fever
Feb. 28: The Queen visit to pediatrician because fever STILL hasn't gone down (ear infection)
Mar. 14: Neesha prenatal checkup
Mar. 16: The Boy 5-yr. checkup
Mar. 23: The Boy return to specialist because he is STILL limping

This brings us up to date with Mar. 30 and an evaluation with a physical therapist for The Boy's limp (his leg is apparently healed and he has no pain).

Now we just have physical therapy sessions TWICE a week for FOUR weeks to see if we can't get The Boy walking normally.

Glad we set up that health savings account!

Issues?

The Boy received some Nerf guns for his birthday.

Does anyone know of any unresolved issues my husband may have with President Washington?

April Fools

My Dad's favorite April Fool joke has always been to wake us up and tell us that there was four inches of snow on the ground.

It's not going to work this year, Dad. Bummer.

Random thoughts from the past (several) weeks...

• The older I get, the less certain I am that the events in Big Trouble in Little China actually took place.
• On the subject of ninjas, I overheard a kid in the break room talking about his karate class. Looked more like a mutant turtle than a teenage ninja, unfortunately.
• I'm being told that life expectancy has fallen. Made me wonder why people are now expecting less out of life.
• Certainties of life: death, taxes, and if you drive by one of those big, digital clocks banks put on their signs, the kind that alternate between the time and the temperature, it will be displaying whichever statistic you are not currently attempting to ascertain.
• Did North Dakota really name their state capital after a doughnut? Why aren't we that smart?
• You should start a blog so we can all not read it.
• Elly is bunny sitting for the neighbors while they are on holiday in England. This is not the exciting party game it first sounds like.
• On the subject of pet rabbits, my general impression is that they have a pretty low companionship-to-upkeep ratio. It's not that they require a lot of work, it's just that they aren't terribly engaging. That said, I like the idea of a pet you could conceivably eat if things turn sour.
• I am thinking about writing an intervention for Twitter users. It's called, Do You Really Think We Care What You Had for Lunch?
• Less-effective spousal apology: I'm sorry I did that little thing that made you totally overreact just now. (note: this knowledge is not based on personal experience; some things are just intuitive).
• Charcoal briquettes: inedible. Who knew?
• I'm pretty sure supermarket sushi is just a scam to get you to buy supermarket Maalox.

mw

Random thoughts from this past week

• I didn't post any random thoughts last week. Guess that means every thought I had was rational and logical. Be afraid.
  
• What is the sheer tonnage of bacon that has been boiled across the U.S.A. since the theatrical release of Better Off Dead?
• I didn't bring lunch today since we are having a budget working session and the CFO usually buys. Forgot the meeting was in Austin and I was dialing in.
• Bought lunch at the Fresh Aire [sic] Cafe on the second floor instead. Ordered the barbecue bacon cheeseburger. What I imagine used batteries taste like.
• Jocularity is a funny word. I wonder if they meant it that way.
  
• Coming up on the seven-hour mark of our five-hour review and I think the general manager is trying to explain how she can save me money on my car insurance. Somehow, this doesn't strike me as odd.
• I wonder how quickly divorce papers would be served if I took up the banjo.
• It's been two days and I've sat through nineteen hours of budget presentations and filtered through 2.3GB of bad forecasts that don't tie. We're only half done. There must be an intervention for this sort of thing.
• The trouble with being my age is that sometimes, for no reason at all, you get "Ice, Ice Baby" stuck in your head.

mw

Random thoughts from this past week

• Has Bob Ross ever taken longer than 24 minutes to complete a painting?
• Danny Elfman is composing for the American Ballet Theater. Yes, that Danny Elfman. I want tickets.
• You have to get up pretty early in the morning to fool Mark Wright. Seriously, it gets me every time. Why are you up so early?
• Shredded way too much cheese for our dinner tonight. If you or someone you love needs shredded cheese, contact me IMMEDIATELY.
• Dear NPR: I will give everyone on your staff a dollar if you stop saying "anti-war protesters." No one is protesting anti-war.
• Just saw a commercial while watching the Alabama-LSU game where cows roam through an office building, turning on lights in various offices and it reminded me of something that happened at work. I need a new career.
• I wish my office network were a person so I could stab it to death with a rusty spoon.
• Drove past a hot chocolate stand charging $1 a cup. I think Exxon was the corporate sponsor.

mw

Random thoughts from this past week

• Pacifiers and caps to root beer bottles - both useful items. Not interchangeable.
• Facebook is the social revolution that allows you to be friends with people who wouldn't give you the time of day in high school.
• We recently had a Halloween party at work and I understand (no, I didn't go) one of the door prizes was a case of bottled water. Frank Herbert, you are a prophet.
• There is an appalling number of people in the world not eating a doughnut right now. Mainly because I'm one of them.
  
• I ate all of our good Halloween candy this past week with no guilt. I grew up choking down pillowcases of Tootsie Rolls, Jolly Ranchers, and Smarties. I consider it my turn.
• It's been 15 years, and Radiohead's "Creep" and Beck's "Loser" still seem to resonate with me. Why is that?
• At what point does Senator McCain pull out of the last three states he is still campaigning in and spend the remnants of his war chest on Metamucil?
• Governor Palin is purportedly contending to be the new face of the Republican Party in the event they lose on Nov. 4. Her opposition includes John Cleese, Tina Fey, and Joe the Plumber.

mw

Random thoughts from this past week

• If people who stood in the middle of the aisle talking on their cell phone, oblivious to all around them trying to get around them, were a race, would genocide be such a bad thing?
• The makers of Viagra, Cialis, and other such drugs caution that if the effects of their product are observed for more than four hours, you should call the doctor. I'd pay good money to listen in on one of those conversations.
• On second thought, no; no I wouldn't.
• Cuil is a new internet search engine. Think more Google than Yahoo!. I don’t think it’ll catch on. Turns out people would rather Google themselves than Cuil themselves.
• The BCS is to football what Paris Hilton is to Audrey Hepburn.
• Candidate campaign speeches with one month left to go: grab your digital thought-a-day calendar and turn it to "shuffle mode".
• I'm going to start announcing my daily accomplishments via SMS. 160 characters, including spaces, will be ample.
• McCain strategists recently revealed that they had a response had Obama elected to pursue his rumored 50-state strategy. I wonder if they called it their 13-colony strategy?
  
• AP headline: "Stocks Plunge Drastically Downward". These guys must be paid by the word.
• Having one of my rare good hair days. Please try to see me before I move.

mw