this year he could see that I didn't want to make a big deal and we could just share a steak and watch 24.

that's a good husband

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If there is, it's not someone who's made it public knowledge. I think that's everyone who has mentioned it.

Thanks, Plei. I take it I got your due date right?

Burrell, -t, Raquel, Nonian, when are your babies due?

You need to keep your guard up around little kids. They will whack you in the face. I watched EM get hit repeatedly by Baby!Emmett and she always looked surprised.

Oh, yeah. This is not the first time. Usually, my nose has been battered by their big, honkin' heads, which you think would hurt worse, than a book, but no. It was just the edge of one cover. He was swinging it around, pretending he was going into the book, or leaving the book, or something.

I was surprised that I was angry with him. I didn't react, other than to tell him to leave me alone for a few minutes, but I really felt angry. I don't know if I ever really get angry with my children. They can, have do, and will probably continue to annoy me, but this was different. I may still be sticking my tongue out at him, behind his back--or would be, if I was the kind of person to do such a thing--which I totally am...not.

Speaking of EM, she looked *awful* last night. She had an allergic reaction to something - probably from going through Tilden Park over the weekend - and three-quarters of her face was engulfed in a red rash, and one eye was swollen shut. Poor thing. Looked like she'd been dragged face first through poison oak.

Oh, the poor woman. Was she going to see a doctor? That's not good.

I saw your commute time from last night, Hec. All I can say is OHMYTHAT'SAWFUL.

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Yep. That's my EDD.

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That's the nose breaker's birthday. Preggeat emptor.

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Usually, my nose has been battered by their big, honkin' heads

Oh man, little kid heads are like getting hit by a mace.

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They can, have do, and will probably continue to annoy me, but this was different.

Getting a good crack and feeling that kind of pain can bring anger as a knee-jerk response, I think. You can't help but want to stick your tongue out at the inflictor.

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Yeah, little kids do like the lurch-back-face-smack trick. I bet that's a krav technique too for bearhugs from behind, 'cuz it really hurts.

Oh, the poor woman. Was she going to see a doctor? That's not good.

Yeah, her BF took her in (she's off insurance right now. He paid). She's on prednazone (sic?).

I saw your commute time from last night, Hec. All I can say is OHMYTHAT'SAWFUL.

It sucked. But it wasn't that stressful, because I pulled out of the line of unmoving cars, found a payphone, called EM, who had her BF pickup Emmett, and I collected him at that house.

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Getting a good crack and feeling that kind of pain can bring anger as a knee-jerk response, I think.

Oh yeah, it's totally the adrenal rush. I'd get that all the time. You did the right thing - send the kid to the neutral corner until your body's fight response has settled down.

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Cindy, that Nilly COMM about responsibility? What thread did that come from? And did someone tag it? 'Cause I want it so badly.

Anger is totally instintive. I can only imagine the kind of pain that it took to inspire some.

That's the nose breaker's birthday. Preggeat emptor.

BWAH! First he's a toddler Papillion, now he's a thug. Poor Chris.

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Who do we have expecting?

The eldest of my two beloved (both younger) sisters is expecting 3/4. I'm getting very excited.

I also found out about a week ago that my sister came down with Bell's Palsey. She's fine, the baby's fine, but she's still recovering, and can't be put on recovery meds until after the baby is born.

My mom called me a few weeks ago to tell me this, and started out by talking about how she woke up with one side of her face numb and immobile.

I got very cross with my mother, and told her that in the future, she needed to START stories like that by saying, "Okay, your sister did NOT have a stroke...."

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