I think your muse is out drinking with monkey boi's and mine
Yeah!!! Damn wench!
True, so true!
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Yeah!!! Damn wench!
True, so true!
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Night, everyone. Stuffing valentines has taken it out of me. And I've got work in the AM. : (
What she said. I'd second the reading as it's become sort of a second job for me - reading and critiquing scripts. To get better, you have to consume lots of stories and writing in your genre / style, and you have to be able to think and write analytically about it.
Keep writing guys!
Good morning Hounds!
Had an awful day yesterday. The kids were off from school but that didn't bother me. Some of the neighborhood kids came around, that didn't bother me.
When one of those neighborhood kids broke my youngest son's arm, I must admit, I was pretty bothered.
To be fair to the boy, he's had a country boy life (carrying and chopping wood everyday, hard manual labor), and is rough and tumble. He doesn't realize how strong he is. He is only twelve, you know? He just doesn't "get" that he's as strong as a grown man. He can toss my oldest boy around like nothing and I can't even pick up my oldest kid anymore (he weights 90 lbs.)
Anyway, child of the neighborhood was picking the other kids up and tossing them on the beds, from one bed to another. He tossed my youngest a bit harder than he meant to, my boy's head hit the ceiling, he crashed to the floor and broke his humorous bone right at the joint with the elbow and has a slight AP separation (clavicle from shoulder) that should repair on it's own, but the arm is in a temp cast until he sees a bone specialist.
Five and a half hours at a hospital is not fun. We both came home last night and went straight to the motrin and then to bed.
Had an awful day yesterday. The kids were off from school but that didn't bother me. Some of the neighborhood kids came around, that didn't bother me.
When one of those neighborhood kids broke my youngest son's arm, I must admit, I was pretty bothered.
To be fair to the boy, he's had a country boy life (carrying and chopping wood everyday, hard manual labor), and is rough and tumble. He doesn't realize how strong he is. He is only twelve, you know? He just doesn't "get" that he's as strong as a grown man. He can toss my oldest boy around like nothing and I can't even pick up my oldest kid anymore (he weights 90 lbs.)
Anyway, child of the neighborhood was picking the other kids up and tossing them on the beds, from one bed to another. He tossed my youngest a bit harder than he meant to, my boy's head hit the ceiling, he crashed to the floor and broke his humorous bone right at the joint with the elbow and has a slight AP separation (clavicle from shoulder) that should repair on it's own, but the arm is in a temp cast until he sees a bone specialist.
Five and a half hours at a hospital is not fun. We both came home last night and went straight to the motrin and then to bed.
It do sucketh a big penile protrusion. But, I'm sure there will be many, many more trips to the ER for broken bones in m future. I have two sons, both of whom love sports. I'll probably be very acquainted with the ER docs before it's over. Dr. Mendoza has treated my kids for all kinds of stuff, from falls, dog bites, violent vomiting (that always seems to happen on Saturday or Sunday night... never on a weekday). He's a good doctor and I heartily wish he had a private practice.
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YES! Why is that? I hate that.
EF, so sorry for your little guy.
I hope you have good insurance.
Our 80/20 Blue Cross is still good... for now. Not after March, though.
And you know, kids do seem to get sick only on the weekends. Mine do, anyway. They are sick during the week, sure, but they always GET sick on Saturday or Sunday. It's tres odd.
And you know, kids do seem to get sick only on the weekends. Mine do, anyway. They are sick during the week, sure, but they always GET sick on Saturday or Sunday. It's tres odd.
Mine do the same thing. And in the middle of the night. I've never actually entered the ER during the day, only at night/wee hours of the morning.
YES! Middle of the night is always fun, too. Ever woke up with your kids standing right in front of your face, and when you open your mouth to speak, you either get a mouthful of sneeze or vomit?
Fun, fun, FUN times.
Fun, fun, FUN times.
I've had the standing over you in the middle of the night like some crazed axe murdering type... that was fun 
I gotta say, I feel lucky. The worst I've had was projectile vomit when the wee one laughed. Turned out to be tonsilitis... but even that was early on in the day.
I gotta say, I feel lucky. The worst I've had was projectile vomit when the wee one laughed. Turned out to be tonsilitis... but even that was early on in the day.
Eww!!
My trips to the ER have almost always involved a severe case of croup or out of control asthma. Either way, nearly every trip has involved driving as fast as safely possible down the highway. Grateful is I for the new hospital that halved our distance to medical attention from 30 min to 15. Of course, now that we know the problem actually is asthma (and my ear has developed a nice little alarm that wakes me up as soon as a kid coughs that cough with the very particular sound) we've been able to reverse the process before he's a wheezing, gasping mess. Thank the gods my girl grew out of hers.
My trips to the ER have almost always involved a severe case of croup or out of control asthma. Either way, nearly every trip has involved driving as fast as safely possible down the highway. Grateful is I for the new hospital that halved our distance to medical attention from 30 min to 15. Of course, now that we know the problem actually is asthma (and my ear has developed a nice little alarm that wakes me up as soon as a kid coughs that cough with the very particular sound) we've been able to reverse the process before he's a wheezing, gasping mess. Thank the gods my girl grew out of hers.
I've had the standing over you in the middle of the night like some crazed axe murdering type... that was fun
My oldest boy does this a lot. He says I'm pretty when I sleep. But it's a bit disturbing to wake up and immediately see a big, round pair of eyes looking at you.
Laurie, it's amazing how us Moms come to differentiate between coughs and cries and the like, huh?
Yeh... mine's said the same thing. Maybe it's 'cause they always see the worry/ focus/ concern/ etc and rarely just see us being relaxed
My son's latest thing is he'll stand beside me when I'm working, put his head on my shoulder and rub my back, "You look like you need your back rubbed. Want me give your back a massage?"
Aww. That's sweet. It's always the cutest thing when boys do things like that for Mom. And it gives reassurance that they might end up good husbands/partners/whatevers.
He's a sweet kid, very empathetic. His first grade teacher said he's always the first one there to help someone if they fall or otherwise hurt themselves, patting the injured party on the back, telling them it'll be ok, yelling for the teacher...
He's also the kid that at 2 years old wrestled a kiddie chair away from a 5 yro by grabbing him in a headlock and dragging him to the ground. And no, we don't watch wrestling and when he was 2 his TV was pretty much limited to Winnie the Pooh and Bob the Builder.
He's also the kid that at 2 years old wrestled a kiddie chair away from a 5 yro by grabbing him in a headlock and dragging him to the ground. And no, we don't watch wrestling and when he was 2 his TV was pretty much limited to Winnie the Pooh and Bob the Builder.
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Hey Soapy.
I'm here, pulling my hair out at work with this dumb report I can't remember how to do.
I'd rather be finishing my book, or blogging, or getting back to my zombie novella.
I'm here, pulling my hair out at work with this dumb report I can't remember how to do.
I'd rather be finishing my book, or blogging, or getting back to my zombie novella.
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