And of course now I'm paranoid that our friends think she's having emotional problems because she can throw right good fits. I was chalking it up the being three.

Three is totally the fit throwing age. Do your friends have kids or know many people with kids?

I'm going to Vegas!

Found a terrific deal through Expedia to go the second week of May. We're staying at Planet Hollywood for three nights and going to the Dirk Arthur magic show at the Tropicana. I've never heard of him, but he's got big cats, the show was cheap, and you've got to go to a show in Vegas.

Gods, it's been over a decade since I've been in Vegas, and never as the destination itself. I feel so grown up. I'm going to need a nice caftan for pool lounging, because mine is not the kind of body I feel comfortable displaying poolside in Vegas. I've got scars on my shins that I don't feel like displaying. But lounging on a chaise with a glass of sangria and a book sounds delightful.

The primary goal of the trip is people watching, some gambling, looking at shops, and stuff. Hubby thinks it sounds dull, but he said, "This is your trip, set up what you want." So I'm going to play low-stakes blackjack, maybe some roulette, definitely penny-ante video poker, and observe the world outside of Utah. The only time I've set foot out of this state this entire century--scary to say it like that--was my MIL's funeral two years ago in Wyoming. And that doesn't count.

Three is totally the fit throwing age. Do your friends have kids or know many people with kids?

Aside from being childish themselves...?

Actually, they have a child, but that's a whole 'nother Oprah.

(She Was A) Hotel Detective

Now, I'm earwormed with Joe Jackson's "Watching the Detectives"

The one who said it has a kid just over a year and we know lots of people with kids.

Connie, fun!

Three is totally the fit throwing age. Do your friends have kids or know many people with kids?

Aside from being childish themselves...?

Actually, they have a child, but that's a whole 'nother Oprah.

Oh, hell. If they have a kid of their own, they probably think that any other child that doesn't behave EXACTLY LIKE THEIR PERFECT ANGEL has "emotional problems."

Just a guess.

So it's a throw away comment? I just roll my eyes and ignore it?

So it's a throw away comment? I just roll my eyes and ignore it?

This time, yeah. But if they say it again, then you get to rip their pancreas out with your teeth, spit it on the floor, and dance the tarantella on it in pointy heels.

I just roll my eyes and ignore it?

I like, "Oh, does your child act that way? Is that what the doctors put her/his behavior down to, emotional problems? I'm so sorry, it makes me feel so grateful that Em is just a normal three-year-old."

Any chance he thought he was being funny, Aimee?

Oh, and Hi, Everybody!

Hugs to those in need - I've been reading all about it, but never in time to respond to anyone's individual needs, of course.

This semester may not kill me, but it's going to be close.