At the hospital I was working (or living) this month, the gift shop I walked by several times a day had a plaque that said "Hard work must have killed someone". After last month, I am inclined to believe it. I am very glad I had the experience, but I am also very glad it is over. I gotta tell you though, it is amazing the different ways people get hurt. I mean, what is a 55 year old man doing playing on a stripper pole anyway? (By the way, he broke his back) You can see some very cool things in the middle of the night at a trauma center.

Here are some things I learned:
I can see now why people argue against guns, especially handguns. Maybe tighter control in getting a gun isn't such a bad thing.
Alcohol and driving STILL should never mix.
Motorcycles = badness, especially if you are dumb enough to ride them without a helmet, especially if you are drunk.
Driving fast doesn't seem as fun as it used to.
Anything can be used as a weapon.
Being able to walk and move all your extremities are a bad thing to lose.
Old people should not fall. If I live to be 80 I am just going to stop walking.
You don't ever want to have a breathing tube in your neck, trust me.
You also don't ever want to be fed through a tube in your abdomen.
Bicycles are not safe if you are old or drunk, even if you think you are being responsible.
You don't ever want to be run over by an 11,000 pound tractor, seriously.
Seatbelts are still a good idea.
If any of you think you are ever getting a motorcycle, you have another thing coming. I will not allow it.

The brain is a terrible thing to waste, especially to any of the above.

Any of the above are extremely tragic, but they are also really cool and a necessary evil for medical education.

I remember why I stopped wanting to be a surgeon. 80 hour work weeks suck. If you were wondering why you didn't hear from me, (especially my wife and kids), now you know.

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Back to Reality

I am finished!! I started the Twilight series Saturday, September 12th because Colin was working two weeks of nights. I had a lot of time to myself. I knew once I started reading I couldn't/wouldn't stop until the last page of the last book. This last week kept me up past 12am a few nights in a row, tonight included. My house has suffered a bit, my kids have watched a bit too much TV and Colin wondered if I would ever finish. I think he is feeling neglected. Well, reality, here I come. I have to say, I haven't missed you very much. It was fun to loose my mind to a good book and not just to my three kids, my messy house, and a very crazy dog.

The third tooth is gone

She's gone and done it again. I think I know what she will want for Christmas. In the tradition of doing things early she has lost another tooth. I just can't believe she's reached this milestone already. She was very excited today when she was the first one to put a tooth sticker on the tooth chart as school. She bumped her mouth at school and it caused the tooth to loosen even more. It was wiggling from left to right. I got a piece of dental floss, wrapped it around the tooth and gently wiggled it out. She had some pain and blood but was too excited to make me stop. She is much braver than I was!

Our cute school boy!

Let's go to school Mom.

"Jack, make me a bear face."

I just want to kiss that kissy face.

I suppose there will be a day when he won't want me to call him that anymore.

Jackson's first activity at school.

He came home with orange pait in the corner of his right eye and in his hair but he did point out that his hands were clean. He had washed them.

Today was Jackson's first day of pre-school. He was excited but you would never know it. He's just like that about things. Especially things that we make a big deal of. We had a conversation in the car that went something like this -

Me: "Jack, are you excited to go to pre-school? "

Jack: "yah"

Me: "Do you want me to stay with you for just a little bit or just leave? "

Jack: "You can just leave."

Plain and simple. He didn't think twice when I dropped him off. It was pretty cute, we were there as the first time pre-school parents were hanging out in the hall looking all anxious and wanting to "rescue" their child. I took Jack in, he washed his hands and picked up the paint brush. I walked out to eager parents who could hear their kids crying, at least two of the kids were crying. I could feel the anxiousness of the parents as I walked out and headed for the door knowing my kid was just fine. It was fun for Jack! He's learning a lot at home about self restraint and consequences. It's taken a few weeks but I think he's catching on. I hope pre-school helps. His teacher did say he was great at cleaning up. Good to know that he can do that when I am not around.

Seriously? Seriously.

This is the latest proposed new Olympic sport. If this doesn't take you back to the last time you watched Rad then I think you need to go rent Rad.

My Kindergartener

September 1, 2009

Here my Mia Girl is sitting in her new classroom on the first day. She was 1 of 4 girls out of the 8 kids that were there the first day. I am anxious to see how many more girls there will be. There will be a whopping 24 kids in her class. Not something I am thrilled about but hey, she already can read and she is so motivated to learn, learn, learn! I did get a bit sad while walking her in. We were holding hands and I was thinking about when she was little. Man, I miss those days!! It was so much easier on so many levels. But, they have to grow up. I am just trying to soak it all in. She took a cold lunch but after eating in the cafeteria and seeing the oven wedgies/wedges. she is all for hot lunch. I am so very happy I don't have to fix lunches!!! She was not unhappy about me leaving and because Tues. is a short day she was very upset that she didn't get to take a nap. She was even more unhappy about not being able to go Wed. Thurs. I hope her enthusiasim will be lifelong. I signed up to be a room parent. I am excited to take this task on! I am also going to take part in the PTA. I suppose I don't feel like my life is busy enough but I love the thought of being involved, especially in the community.

Well, wish me luck!

Southwest Redemption

Because I am on vacation I have been out of touch with a few things but I did check my email the other day and had a pleasant surprise. For all of our stress and lack of sleep Southwest sent us 3 vouchers for $180 each!!! yahoo, now, I just have to use them by next year about this time. Where shall we go? I really was pleased to see that they compensated us for the fiasco. Kudos to Southwest airlines. They are my favorite airline right now. You can still check 2 bags for FREE with them also.

Year One

Time flies. It's hard to believe our little Cole is already one year old. Since the day he was born he has made our home a happier place. His bright blue eyes and big smile will always make our days brighter. We are so grateful he is our son.