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Just wanted to chime in v. belatedly with a Jessicawards "Go Weird Middle Name! Choose Weird Middle Name!"

Which, okay, most kids (unless UNBELIEVABLY centred, mature and confident) will probably go through a period of OMGWTF and wish they had an innocuous name - but, really, I don't think any Buffistaspawn are going to lack for personality, and once the confidence kicks in I'm sure they'll appreciate having a cool middle name.

I speak as someone who has no particular affection (nor deep hatred) for her own name. Which was shared by 8 out of my 30 classmates. Yep. Dull dull dull. (Fay being my middle name, and one of which I am rather more fond.)

Meanwhile I believe research is supposed to show that people with unusual/memorable names are supposed to go further in life? Be more likely to get interviews than a more boringly named person with the same CV, etc?

Were I ever to breed, my kids would totally be getting random ass names. (But not Moon Unit or Frodo. Or Fifi Trixibell, or Peaches Honeyblossom. But I think Apple's quite a nice name, actually...)

Daniel and I had a very good weekend, just hanging out and spending time with each other for two whole days in a row. This has not happened since before the holidays. While we each are supposed to be working every other weekend, and we have synchronized our weekends off, things got mucked up at holiday time because I offered to mush my schedule around to help cover times we were short-handed for - what with having one person go away for one of the weekends, and one person quitting, and the residents having a week off from their day program. And then there was the fun of covering all the shifts open when various members of the staff went down with the nasty cold/flu thing that went around. I think I had it, but I'm not sure; as I said at the time, if I had that cold, I was feeling pretty good, but if it was just allergies, I needed to figure out PDQ what I was allergic to so I could kick it's butt to the curb.

So anyway, it was really great to hang out with Daniel for two days in row. He took me out to lunch at a really nice place - Timberlodge Steakhouse - where we had a lovely meal that was not only delicious but also very well balanced. Never before have I gone to a restaurant (besides Chinese restaurants) which served such a tasty, heaping serving of veggies that obviously could actually remember being fresh, along with sirloin tips that were smothered in sauteed onion and bell pepper.

Also, Daniel scored me about $100 worth of SAM-e supplements for $5.

Not taking the test. Silly test.

Sounds like a perfectly lovely weekend WindSparrow. These should happen regularly.

ION, A week or so ago I turned my ankle and went down in my driveway and scraped my knee. It was annoying through the week. Wore shorts or skirts to keep from rubbing the scab. It gave a bit of pain when I bent the knee. This morning about 3AM, OMG, The Pain! Barely could walk to the bathroom were I poured stuff on it, which bubbled. A half hour later I searched the cabinet and found some Darvocet that had been prescribed for Bobby for some injury or other (he declined). I figured I should take two since he's a kid. Oops, apparently 100 is the adult dose. But it helped me rest for a couple hours and the pain is dull enough that I can get Brendon to school. Then off to the doctor where I figure a shot is coming.

It looks normal enough, but there must be an infection inside the knee somewhere. But OMG Ouch! Not good.

Gronk. Lousy night's sleep. The upstairs neighbors decided that they would have their Sunday fight in the middle of the night instead of in the afternoon like they usually do. However, I am determined to get some things done today, so I am up.

Too cool! I'd love to see some of the other quilts that get auctioned. Not that I can afford one, as I'm sure there will be many, many bids on them, but I'd still like to see what other people come up with.

Most of the shops collected squares from their customers, then they put them together. *I* can’t wait to see what all is up there! Our shop is sending in 10 quilts, I think.

and your smile in that one pic? Also beautiful.

Awwww…shucks!

Thanks for all the yay quilt! I’m really pleased with how it turned out and can’t wait to see it auctioned off.

Laura! Get thee to the doctor! That doesn’t sound good at all.

School starts today. Craziness!

vw, I forgot to say that the quilt is beautiful! Also, good luck with school today!

Jeepers, Laura! Scary. Get that taken care of and, uim, don't nod off on the Darvocet if you can help it. That sudden pain after seeming okay worries me, though I'm too ignorant to know if it's a right-thinking worry or not.

Go sj with the determination! The middle of teh night neighbor fight is so aggravating. Especially if it's a regular thing. Grrr.

Sounds like a lovely weekend, Andi. I'm glad you two got to enjoy it together.

Meanwhile I believe research is supposed to show that people with unusual/memorable names are supposed to go further in life?

There was a guy on Colbert I bit ago who did some research on how names affect people's lives. He found no demonstrable effect, which says to me - name the kid what you like, they'll manage.

I really like the combination of squares/patterns in your quilt, vw. It looks great. Have a great first day of school.

I don't know - it feels to me like people who go all "oh, I get down too" when depression comes up.

This, exactly. Internet quiz diagnoses make me cranky.

I'm of two minds - if I thought that quiz thingy was accurate, I'd be all for the undiagnosed getting an idea of what to bring up with a doctor from it, but I doubt that it is, especially since I can't make head not tails of my own results. It has taken years, decades really, for my friend's sister to get diagnosed with Asperger's (she's not very functional, really, and was treated for a bunch of other things over the years that didn't do her any good), so I think greater awareness is good, but too broad a brush is useless.

Ahhhggh on the knee, Laura. I'm glad you're getting it seen.

sj, sorry about the asshat neighbors, but go determined you!

vw, your quilting projects are always awesome. And good luck at school!

Names are mutable, and things one can get over. We named one son something ordinary, the other something unusual, and told them both we had no problems if they nicked their names for school. Mr. Ordinary went even ordinarier, Mr. Unusual went militant and dug in his heels and schooled everybody in how to pronounce his name, and refused to answer to nicks. Even so, I still maintain Wolodymr, a perfectly cromulent name in DH's ethnicity, would have been cruel and unusual in Deep South US middle school.

Hooray for a great weekend for the both of you, Andi and Daniel. I'm sorry they're as rare as they seem to be.