Cindy, I'm glad your son is okay. I hope that the office, um, corrects the staff member who tried to tell you he was just upset. I still think that the doctor needs to say to you, "My staff member did wrong, and I am taking steps to ensure it never happens again."

vw, I'm also glad to hear that Toto seems to be doing better.

I LOVE the idea of a Buffista cookbook

Me, um, five. I have a couple recipes I'll have to send in.

All the Buffista babies are the cutest! Annabel has such gorgeous eyes, and Lily and Mal are both adorable and visibly engaged with the world. I love the pictures of Plei and Paul with Lily, too.

Meanwhile, downstairs there is fresh, locally-made ginger icecream, crammed with big, glistening chunks of crystalized ginger.

I just had brunch with Erinaceous, and I had this amazing french toast thing..."tower of chocolate french toast" or something, it was callled--bread with chocolate chunks in it, french toasted, with creme brulee sauce, and bananas, and more chocolate, and I think like, mascarpone, or something...it was SO GOOD.

Unable ... to ... speak. drooling ... too ... much.

I did Something Bad to my left knee last night, and now it hurts to put weight on it to the point where I can barely walk

OUCH. And, um, not to be scary alarmist girl, but this is exactly how P.’s bout with Lyme Disease started -- it felt like he'd twisted it, but progressively got worse and worse. Make sure your doctor tests for it, especially given you were just in a rural area.

(Hi, my name is Debbie Downer. Sorry for going to the worst-case scenario, it's just that was the sickest I have ever seen my husband, and it does take a while to get diagnosed.)

Christopher, who is okay, had an allergic reaction to him MMR shot, this morning.

Eeek. It sounds like such a scary experience for you all, Cindy.

I didn't mention it 'cuz I thought I was the only person who'd seen it.

I saw it in theatres, and own it on DVD. Love it.

Do you still have the link handy, by any chance?

Hmmm.

edit: that doesn't work. Try here.

I saw it in theatres, and own it on DVD. Love it.

See, I've only seen it once, on DVD, but at someone else's house, so not able to back over and check details. Therefore, I'm still a little bit Huh-wha? about it. Must to re-watch.

See now, I just got off the phone with my dermatologist who ROCKS.

Two weeks ago she took a 'thing' off my leg. Tomorrow I was supposed to get the stitches removed and the results. I have the chance to go away tomorrow and access to a nurse so I canceled my apt (the doc had said that the lab work was pretty pro-forma, she saw when she took the thing off that it was likely nothing -- I was happy to wait for a letter)

The office left me a ms. to call about the cancellation. I called back. My Doc took the call personally, told me the results (which were fine), and personally scheduled a date before my insurance expires so she could check out the healing.

My doctors rock.

I'm in the running for maybe three positions at this point, have definitely struck out on four, and applied to 5-6 others so long ago I think I can assume I was rejected even without a letter telling me so.

Susan, would it be at all helpful for someone to point out that this means you've sent out something like 12 resumes? And it took me, oh, 90 or so to get my current job, and 70 to get the job before this? I understand you're being more selective than I was and that D.C.does not equal Seattle, but still, it seems awful soon to give up hope.

How nice for you, Trudy.

(Connie too, 'cuz I KNOW she takes no prisoners).

YOu only have to feed them and clean up after them. And cats are more cuddly. Unless they're *those* kinds of prisoners.

Minor one - my last physical

My doctor is so good, I can't even fathom this. When I have physicals, I say, can I have this test done? She just says, sure, without hesitation. She rocks.