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  • Google doodle – celebrating Spring

    This Google doodle made me smile – go to www.google.com, and check it out for yourself (up until midnight, tonight, I guess). We’re definitely ready for spring, after a more brutal than usual winter, with a snowstorm as recently as last Sunday!  Today, it’s a bit breezy here in Baltimore, but 53ºF feels downright balmy!

  • Happy Birthday to Me!

    Google greeted me today with this: Thanks, Google!

  • “It’s NOT my birthday!”

    S had his birthday, and J was asking “How long until my birthday?” since then. We knew he wanted a Lego birthday, and he was excited about the prospect of celebrating. We finally decided on the date and time, and sent out the invitations. J even had me add extra guests who he particularly wanted…

  • Discharge plan: to jail

    My first real job in the health care field was an internship I participated in as an undergraduate.  I worked for a summer at the Family Practice Residency Program of Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, CA.  A few years prior to my internship, one of the residents had noticed that there were an unusual number of…

  • Opus No. One

    I love This American Life!! It’s broadcast on Saturday afternoons in our area, so I almost never get to hear it on the radio, so I rely on their podcast. But, sometimes I fall behind on my podcast listening. So, although we are already well into February (how did January fly by so quickly??), I…

  • And, just as I was giving up hope…

    My cell phone turned up this morning. Or rather, I found it while searching frantically for my glasses. Where had it been hiding? Slipped into the pillowcase of one of the pillows on J’s bed, where I must have tucked it in when I fell asleep with him on Saturday night. My glasses? Not located…

  • Some mornings are easy…

    This morning started with cries, and arguments, and one boy stomping off in a huff, and the other boy trailing after, wanting to keep bothering boy #1. Sigh. And then, getting on the bus for camp, Boy #1 states emphatically “Since he was so naughty, I won’t sit next to him!!” To which the Naughty…

  • Secrets & Lies

    When I was in my early teens, my Sri Lankan aunt (my father’s sister), had my stars read by her astrologer. She asked me for the exact time of my birth, and the exact place I was born. And, after a few weeks, I got a folded piece of thin paper with quite a number…

  • 29/30 = 97% … not perfection

    I’m bummed. Yes, I am a perfectionist. No, I didn’t actually expect to be able to blog 30 days straight. But, having managed 29 days, I really thought I had it in the bag, and then Friday, Nov 30, the last day of NaBloPoMo for November 2012, was a crazy day, and I just couldn’t…

  • Vacation angst … D-1

    Today was my last day of work before vacation, and I found myself wishing everyone “Happy Thanksgiving!” It got me thinking about the greetings we offer each other.  Does saying “Have a happy thanksgiving!” make it so?  Does someone saying to me “Drive safely on your trip to Florida” bestow a protective blessing to keep…