Hodge Podge

Once again, on my way to work, I had a great idea for what I wanted to blog about. Then I lost it. Things stay in my brain until the next thought comes in. If they’re not acted on immediately, they are lost forever and my “this is what I need to blog about” thought is loooonnnngggggg gone. Is it old age? Do I need to start playing Sudoku to keep the memory alive and well? Maybe more wine? I like the last one the best. :-)

So, I’m here with a hodge podge of things. Nothing too exciting. We’ve had a fun 24 hours. In case you didn’t see the news, we’ve had some lovely storms coming through the past few days. Yesterday morning’s storm finally got us. My neighbor’s tree fell on the power lines which, in turn, pulled our power lines. Since ours were pulled it pulled the pipe thingy that feeds the lines into the house and Keith heard a lovely “rip” noise as it was tearing our roof.

Thankfully, we have no inside damage and he and my neighbor were able to rig it up (don’t ask how – it’s not pretty and quite funny looking) and cover it to protect us from the rest of the rain we’re getting. It sure is a good thing they did that last night because we had more rain last night, some wickedly loud thunder early this morning and then we had another downpour. Our power has been off and on all day apparently.

Today was Andrew’s first dentist appointment. First thing in the morning, I was greeted by the Andrew’s evil twin. Boy, oh boy, was my child on a roll. I ended up having to force myself into the shower because otherwise I was going to lose my marbles. He obviously woke up on the wrong side of the bed and took it all out on me. In the 45 mins it took to get ready and out of the house this morning, Andrew’s coloring book, his morning Mickey Mouse and something else I can’t quite remember (see paragraph #1 about my forgetfulness) were taken away.

(these weren't from this morning but are so fitting to what our morning was like)

Back to the dentist... Andrew has some big indents in his molars which makes him very susceptible to cavities apparently. The dentist said that so far all of the teeth look good but she put a “watch” on three of them. We’ll see what happens in 6 months!

Speaking of the dentist, can I gripe for a second? Good. I had to fill out a bazillion pieces of paper for them. I was a good patient and printed them off the web the night before so when I walked in 10 minutes early for my appointment I could just hand them over. Two of the forms I had to fill out were about their cancellation and tardiness policy. They allow you to be late once and the second time they “dismiss you from their clinic”. The language of both forms was very strict and quite intimidating.

My initial thought was – awesome. They are going to be like a well oiled ship and we’re going to be in and out. With policies like that how could they not be! Well, our appointment was at 8:00 and we got there at 7:50. At 8:25 we were called back (yes, that’s 10 minutes more then the 15 minutes of late time they allow their patients, in case you’re counting). They weren’t very kid friendly and being that this was Andrew’s first time I would have hoped they would set his mind at ease but I did that instead. Repeated “what’s that?” questions from Andrew resulted in little to no response. After the cleaning, back to the lobby we went. Then they called us back for x-rays. Then back to the lobby. Then they called us back to see the doctor (which was in a big room with other patients). Finally a few minutes after 9:00, we left.

I’m not typically impatient (okay, yes I am) but I do believe in “what’s good for the goose is good for the gander”. We were the first appointment of the day so they couldn’t have been behind. Practice what you preach, right?? I don’t think I’ll be heading back there anytime soon, not because of the fact we didn’t get called back until 8:20 because in the grand scheme of things that’s to be expected at the doctor’s office, but really because of the general attitude of the entire place. (wow… run on sentence!) If anyone in the Atlanta area has any recommendations for a pediatric dentist, please let me know!

A funny Alex story… He came home last night and told us that the next two weeks are Junior/Senior wars. Apparently, at his school, there is a tradition around prom where Juniors and Seniors pick on each other by rolling cars, houses, etc… So, he proceeded to ask if he could go one night this week with some friends. I asked who was going and he told me his friend’s names. I said “There is no way B’s mom is going to let him out at 11:00 on a school night to go roll houses.” (nor would we) He says “Duh… Everyone sneaks out! I’m just ASKING first.” :-) This follows Alex’s grounding for going somewhere he never asked to go. Needless to say, we won’t have to worry about him sneaking out of the house anytime soon!

And one last random bit… I’m shredding. Huh? What? I read about Jillian Michael’s 30 Day Shred video on the I Should Be Folding Laundry blog (which I love!) and my sister and I went out and bought it. We’re heading to St. Thomas in June and it’s our one last attempt to be bathing suit ready. Much to my surprise, Keith joined me the past two nights and, quite frankly, it kicked our rears. I’m sore today and didn’t even use any weights - tomorrow will be worse. How sad is that? :-) The 2 pound weights I bought are going to be brutal.

Yes, I bought 2 pound weights. I’m a weakling.

Toodles!

Becky