Very silly, but cute

On the twelfth day of Christmas, kukla_red sent to me...

Twelve beganwithayes drumming

Eleven zinneas piping

Ten bibliovixens a-leaping

Nine supermatt41s dancing

Eight osanis a-milking

Seven mhaithacas a-swimming

Six zireldas a-reading

Five blu-u-u-ues

Four movies

Three linklaters

Two moody blues

...and an art in a stephc.

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Very silly, but cute

On the twelfth day of Christmas, kukla_red sent to me...

Twelve beganwithayes drumming

Eleven zinneas piping

Ten bibliovixens a-leaping

Nine supermatt41s dancing

Eight osanis a-milking

Seven mhaithacas a-swimming

Six zireldas a-reading

Five blu-u-u-ues

Four movies

Three linklaters

Two moody blues

...and an art in a stephc.

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Scary Day

Yesterday was a very scary day.  I think I lost about 5 years in one day just from worrying and being scared out of my mind.

Sarah called up to me around 6:20 AM yesterday asking if she could take some Advil.  Neither of my kids will take so much as a vitamin without asking me first.  I asked her what was wrong and she said she woke up with a terrible headache.  Now I've had headaches all my life and this appears to be something that Sarah has inherited from me.  But she'd never had one this bad or that came on so suddenly.  After she took the Advil she continued to get ready for school and I went to get dressed.  But I heard a commotion downstairs and she said that she was throwing up.  All over the kitchen.  And her neck was stiff.  My brain connected the dots and came up with things I didn't want to think about.

I called our doctor's service and they got back to me right away.  The doctor said that with this combination of symptoms and given that Sarah had never had such a severe headache before that I should take her to the ER.

So David went off to work (worriedly) and I got Sarah back  up out of bed and dressed and we went to the hospital.  To make a long story short, they took her in pretty quickly and after evaluating her they gave her a shot for the pain and then did a CT scan.  It took a while to get the radiologist to read the scan so I had lots of time to sit there and worry about things like meningitis and brain aneurysms.  Happily, we got the "all clear" from the doctor and they sent us home sometime in the afternoon - I completely lost track of time.

One we got home she slept for about 4 or 5 hours and then woke up hungry and wiped out but without pain.  I was fairly limp with relief.

She seemed fine this morning and went off to school with a new story to tell her friends.  I couldn't sleep much last night - I've been up since about 12:30 AM - but I'm so happy that she is OK I don't care.

Parenting can be exhausting.

Scary Day

Yesterday was a very scary day.  I think I lost about 5 years in one day just from worrying and being scared out of my mind.

Sarah called up to me around 6:20 AM yesterday asking if she could take some Advil.  Neither of my kids will take so much as a vitamin without asking me first.  I asked her what was wrong and she said she woke up with a terrible headache.  Now I've had headaches all my life and this appears to be something that Sarah has inherited from me.  But she'd never had one this bad or that came on so suddenly.  After she took the Advil she continued to get ready for school and I went to get dressed.  But I heard a commotion downstairs and she said that she was throwing up.  All over the kitchen.  And her neck was stiff.  My brain connected the dots and came up with things I didn't want to think about.

I called our doctor's service and they got back to me right away.  The doctor said that with this combination of symptoms and given that Sarah had never had such a severe headache before that I should take her to the ER.

So David went off to work (worriedly) and I got Sarah back  up out of bed and dressed and we went to the hospital.  To make a long story short, they took her in pretty quickly and after evaluating her they gave her a shot for the pain and then did a CT scan.  It took a while to get the radiologist to read the scan so I had lots of time to sit there and worry about things like meningitis and brain aneurysms.  Happily, we got the "all clear" from the doctor and they sent us home sometime in the afternoon - I completely lost track of time.

One we got home she slept for about 4 or 5 hours and then woke up hungry and wiped out but without pain.  I was fairly limp with relief.

She seemed fine this morning and went off to school with a new story to tell her friends.  I couldn't sleep much last night - I've been up since about 12:30 AM - but I'm so happy that she is OK I don't care.

Parenting can be exhausting.

The totally FAKE meme!

Stolen from the very intelligent dr_nebula :

If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, (even if we don't speak often or ever) please post a comment with a COMPLETELY MADE UP AND FICTIONAL memory of you and me.

It can be anything you want - good or bad - BUT IT HAS TO BE FAKE.

When you're finished, post this little paragraph in your LJ and see what your friends come up with.

The totally FAKE meme!

Stolen from the very intelligent dr_nebula :

If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, (even if we don't speak often or ever) please post a comment with a COMPLETELY MADE UP AND FICTIONAL memory of you and me.

It can be anything you want - good or bad - BUT IT HAS TO BE FAKE.

When you're finished, post this little paragraph in your LJ and see what your friends come up with.