please to entertain me.

I have paper cut on my pinky finger. annoying.

unmotivated. tired. hungry. look like a horse today.

It is that time of year. Last day of school is Wednesday. I want to get the teachers gifts. Any and all suggestions are appreciated. The boys will make personalized cards over the weekend.

Bobby has 3 male teachers he loves. He hates his female teacher and he won’t be seeing her again because they have stopped switching classes. I won’t force him to give her something.

Brendon wants to give gifts to his coaches and one other male teacher. Two women on his list. He said the librarian has always been really nice to him and he likes his female computer teacher a lot. The gifted coordinator at his school is a real sweetheart too. She went to every sporting event and cheered her lungs out.

It is tough to figure out something that will let them know we appreciated them and yet still be affordable since we are talking 10 gifts here. Ideas?

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Gift cards to a bookstore. Mom's always a sucker for homebaked cookies, but not too many. Really, the personalized cards are going to be the most special part.

I HATE having my kitchen in boxes on my dining room floor. And table. And chairs. They sure as hell better not have lost the keys to my apartment, because I am not living like this another day.

I forgot my lunch. Sigh.

Cats were pissed at being locked in the bedroom. I left to the lovely sounds of Mister Kitty digging at the door and then bodyslamming it. He'll probably piss on the carpet to express his displeasure. (On one hand, I'm glad he's the sort of cat who lets you know when he's not feeling well or annoyed. OTOH, why does it have to be through bodily eliminations?)

I just had the worst blood drawing experience of my life. Thank dog I'm not squeamish. Of course, if I was squeamish, I wouldn't have watched it all go down. It was worse than the time when I was twelve and lab tech realized she didn't have enough vials and left the room for several minutes with the business end of the needle still in my arm.

This time, she missed my vein completely, but instead of pulling the needle all the way out and trying again, she pulled it back a bit, and stared digging around in my arm with the needle, hoping to hit the vein. Then she hit something and a little blood came out, but not very much so she started moving the needle around in my arm again. Then she took the vial off, but I think she was concerned that there wasn't enough blood to do the test, so she put it back on. Then took it off again, then put it back on. Then finally she said, "I have to see if I have enough blood collected for this test." Thank God she did, because I would have demanded another technician if she had to start over again.

I almost said to her at the end, "You're lucky I don't mind needles."

Oh god, that's horrible, Sue.

My mom used to always come back fromm blood draws looking like an addict. Then one day, she got a tech whose specialty was kids. She gave it one try and went and got some pediatric needles. Since then, mom's always requested those, and hasn't had problems since.

The woman who drew my blood a few weeks ago made a little fun of me when I warned her I might get upset. But I forgave her, because she found a vein quicker than anyone else ever had, and I had pretty much no bruising. That's never happened.

I've never had bruising, and I've been told my veins are easy to find. I think she might have been pretty inexperienced.

Gift certificates to a bookstore sounds good to me, plus a personalized card.

I've got a pain in my right arm that's been pretty constant for a week and more now, at varying intensities. It's on the outside muscle, from the attachment into the shoulder down to the elbow. It twinges when I use the arm, or try to reach to the right. I've tried leaving it alone, I've tried using warmth, I've tried muscle relaxants, but it isn't going away on its own. (I don't suppose carrying stuff this past weekend with all the travelling helped any.) I'm beginning to this that seeing some sort of medical professional about this might be a good idea, but I could use some sort of guidance, about what kind and how I should sum up my problem -- muscle strain?-Repetitive injury?-What?

msbelle still need entertainment?

Scary chocolate: [link] (er, you REALLY don't want to see the last slide. Trust me. Heed the warning!)

Even scarier cakes: [link]

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Cabbage, anyone? [link]

Gift cards to a bookstore sound good. You could also do Staples or other office stores, because teachers are always buying supplies for their rooms and it adds up.

I need an intervention for my reality TV watching. Last night, I found myself flipping between So You Think You Can Dance, Made, and How Do I Look. And they were all so good. I think I'm addicted.