Morning, Bitches! Joe is already at work and I'm sitting in our "sun room" (that sounds so grand) on the couch with a warm dog curled up on either side of me. The only light on in the house is the Christmas tree. It's so peaceful and quiet in the house. I'm trying to enjoy the tree for a few more minutes before I put everything away this afternoon. Next Christmas will be in PR - i wonder if they have real trees there?

Ah yes. Peaceful mornings are nice. Puerto Rico has forests, so probably trees. My neighbor's business is there so he spends every other week in PR. Kind of a pain for his wife and 3 kids though. I've never been. Next time I see him at soccer I'll have to suggest the kids go there with him one trip, with me of course. Juan is assistant coach for DH on the soccer team that Bobby and his son are on. (my sentence writing skills have not yet awakened)

{{Kristin}} I'm so sorry. I think you need to plan a little mid-January private NYE celebration. Clearly you are still in 2005 and need to signal the universe that it's time for a new year.

Puerto Rico has forests, so probably trees.

Do pine trees grow in the tropics? I guess I'll find out.

Kristin, I'm sorry about the car accident! i agree with Laura - the universe needs to give you a break for a while.

I guess I should get up and do something. I've been sitting here for almost an hour.

Oh, Kristin! That sucks so much. I'm so sorry. I hope today is a little better. {{{Kristin}}}

Timelies, morning shift! Erin, it's good to see you.

I'm a little less sniffly this morning, for which I am very thankful. Now to start attacking that to-do list I made.

Aw, jeez. I'm really sorry, Kristin. You so don't need this.

We had a pine tree that was 2+ stories high growing in our front yard in Jamaica, Stephanie. So, yeah, they do. However, they might not be used to the idea of growing them, cutting them and selling them--Jamaica sure wasn't. However, PR's closer ties to the US might pay off for you there.

My first kiss is a patently unspecial story...it's too bad.

So, I call to make my GYN appointment. The OB/GYN Center at the hospital doesn't do routine yearly physicals (or paps). They want those done by the PCP. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO KNOW LIKE TWO YEARS AGO! I've been putting this off for literally two years, and now I find out my PCP has to do it anyway. I am SO frustrated.

I'm still going to see them. Irregular periods counts as a "problem," so they will see me, but they won't do a pap or anything...they'll just talk to me about the irregular periods.

Ok. Radical Acceptance. Move on to the next call.

Ok. Called to make appointment with PCP. Now, I LOVE my PCP. She's wonderful, but she's also a resident and only has three appointments available a week. This means that I can't get in to see her for a month. Ugh.

BUT, I needed to talk to her about the GYN thing, and I just paged her. She called me back and talked with me for 10 minutes. She really is wonderful and worth the pain-in-the-ass office.

We had a pine tree that was 2+ stories high growing in our front yard in Jamaica, Stephanie.

Cool! I'll be okay if there's no real tree next year. It's more just intersting to me to see how different people celebrate the holidays. IIRC, January 6th is the big day in PR. I only know this because when I was in the Army, all the Puerto Ricans had the option of taking the 6th off to celebrate Christmas.