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Just filled up at Costco, $3.09 for 92 octane. My car runs so much better on the higher octane that it's worth it for me. I'm new to this Costco thing, and totally made a fool of myself trying to put my card in the machine backwards. Nice attendant-guy had to help me out.

I was so embarrassed.

SKnot's report card came today. It sucks. He got a D in English. This is the kid who is a total bookworm and writes stories constantly. This is the kid who taught himself to read at age 4. He had an A- at midterm!

I wrote an email to the teacher asking what happened. I'm really hoping it is just an error, cuz if that is really his grade I'm gonna have to be mean. And it'll have to wait until September when school starts again. (no gameboy, no computer, no TV)

Glad the headache's gone!! OMG what a funny birth story. Sounds very Mel Brooks.

I have had a headache ever since starting on these stupid drugs. And I can't take anything for it (except Tylenol, and everyone knows that doesn't do anything!)!! Grr.

Crud, Knot - sorry about SKnot. That stinks. I hope it is a mistake.

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Originally Posted by maillotpois

And they have been known to cause/be part of cluster-****s.

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My mind totally went there, too :)

We did a massive picking up toys and vacuuming tonight - my mom arrives tomorrow night. FishJr hemmed and hawed at first, but eventually picked up most of the toys herself. Her brother, of course, dumped some of them back out. He lives to do that sort of stuff to her.

Tomorrow - I go for a relatively long ride. I'm still a bit twitchy and nervous (since the crash), but I'm looking forward to riding. MP - I'll be thinking of you. I hope your headache goes away soon. Hopefully having Petite pois back soon will help make things more normal. Have you told her what happened yet?

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Yikes! My last patient was a 23-weeker born June 22! What a puny little thing! Cystoconray enema caused expulsion of a meconium plug a good 8-10 inches long! I bet he feels better now!

My co-worker is taking home a couple of his left-behind diapers for her daughter's baby doll, but is afraid they are way too small.

I can't believe how easily the nurses handle those tiny babies- I'd be so nervous.

Nanci

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Could you please tell me in plain english what happened???

I'm baaaaaccckkkkk! At mile 20 today - my bike and I became reacquainted! I have my confidence back!!!!!! I was so nervous when I got on the bike today that I could barely adjust my sunglasses without wobbling. I told myself and the bike "enough already - we are a team - we need to be one". I've named her - did that before I left the garage. "Serenity". I wanted back the peacefulness that I used to feel when I rode before the crash. I felt it! :)

"White rabbits" to you all... :p First day of my 65 days off without pay - I LOVE being a teacher...

barb, who's heading off to Edmonton this morning to visit the new inlaws for a week. Can't ride my lovely new road bike for a week... :( Hope to hear Lise has had a second date with Mr. Potential when I get back. Enough about the meconium plugs already - first time I read that, I thought it said 8 feet! LOL...

1. Rabbit, rabbit.

2. Meconium is fetal poop. Sometimes it takes awhile to get pooped out. Especially in very premature babies.

3. Bike date ---> movies with Mr. Potential (thanks for the name, k.g.) this afternoon.

4. Migraine all gone.

5. Fish + bike are one. Fish + bike repel all trucks.

6. Going for a run. Now. Really. See? I'm gone! :p

I like "Mr. Potential" - I've been trying to come up with a name.

Good luck on the run Lise .... and the date! A bike date - COOL!

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I like "Mr. Potential" - I've been trying to come up with a name.

Good luck on the run Lise .... and the date! A bike date - COOL!

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Dang, it's too hot (80 deg) to run at 10 AM on a sunny day. Went 3.25 mi. Run, walk, etc. Did have fun with the water fountains, though, doing pushups or stretches at each one. Watched guys in wheelchairs practicing softball. There's a wheelchair softball park on the corner of Irving Park and California donated by the Chicago Cubs. These guys looked strong! Fun to watch for awhile. I'd like to watch a game.

And really, aren't they all Mr. Potential? I've decided that I want a guy who cares more about impressing me with how well he treats me than about impressing me with his car. Dang that stupid guy from last March, the ex-pro ball player with the Jaguar. I used to love Jags. Now they evoke a sneer. Perhaps I'll get back to a neutral appreciation. :rolleyes:

Ha! Bubba showed up for our first date with a Chevette he'd inherited from his dad. The Corvette sat in the garage because it couldn't carry the sailboards. Wouldn't you know, the Chevette broke down in the middle of nowhere and our first date turned into a 13 hour marathon. I've never seen anyone sweat so much that wasn't having either a medical crisis or doing manual labor in the sun. It turned out to be pure embarrassment.

Next time I saw him he had a new Subaru. The Corvette still sat in the garage because of the lack of sports equipment carrying capacity.

I love my "Vette" guy.:p

It's 92F outside and what am I doing AFTER riding 31 miles this morning????? I'm using hedge trimmers to beat back the purple wintercreeper evil viney thing that is all over the place in the front of my house. I am sooo hot and sooo sweaty. Just thought I'd share :)

Along those lines, fish, I just cancelled the bike portion of the date. Still going to dinner and a movie, but it's 90 degrees, windy as ... well, Chicago, and looks like it's going to rain. My heart was pounding just getting the groceries in the car. It took me over an hour to cool down from the run. Let's not be stupid here...or any stupider than I usually am! :o So I called up the guy and said, "uh, let's not ride bikes today". Bless him, he was out putting the rack on his car, but readily agreed.

Y'all be careful with the heat.

SK, I'd love to hear the entire "First Date With Bubba" story. You were going sailboarding on your first date and the car broke down? You spent 13 hr trying to get to wherever? Tell!

Sound like a good move, Lise. I hope you have a great night! I can't wait to hear how it goes.

We finished the yardwork - except for where the wasp nests were. They go away tonight, then I get to finish it up tomorrow. It went up to 97F today! Sport beans, cookies, and lots of water. FishJr was soooo good today - she sat under the pear tree in the shade working on her hidden pictures from Highlights magazine. She did that all afternoon while we were working in the yard! Then her brother woke up from his nap and they were singing songs to us.

Now... cleaning the house before mom gets here. T minus 4.5 hours. Yikes!

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SK, I'd love to hear the entire "First Date With Bubba" story. You were going sailboarding on your first date and the car broke down? You spent 13 hr trying to get to wherever? Tell!

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Hear hear! Do tell! We're waiting!!!