On a lighter note

Now maybe I'll get out of bed, or should i say off the couch.

Suzi, you will be happy to know that Matilda is rapidly turning onto an A's fan.

We went to an A's game last night and Emmett went to the fun zone and won a prize. It was a hand puppet of the A's elephant mascot, Stomper. Matilda immediately claimed it as her own and called it her baby. (Amych will be interested to know that Matilda has also claimed my Wonder Woman action figure as her baby.)

Also she woke up this morning and wanted to put on the A's jacket you gave her (K-Bug's old jacket). She's wearing it right now.

And in the final note of my Matilda Report: Cognitive Breakthrough!

We were walking to the corner cafe this morning and she saw a motorscooter and identified as she usually does: "Zum!"

But then she saw two motorscooters parked together and got excited and said: "Zum! One! Two!"

20 months seems pretty young for counting. Clearly a genius.

Aw, Hec, that's so awesome!

Also she woke up this morning and wanted to put on the A's jacket you gave her (K-Bug's old jacket).

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!! You have melted me. Pictures?

But then she saw two motorscooters parked together and got excited and said: "Zum! One! Two!"

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But then she saw two motorscooters parked together and got excited and said: "Zum! One! Two!"

Ded.

Pictures?

Actually she wore it to the game last night and somebody from the Oakland Tribune took pictures of her wearing it. I should check their website.

Clearly a genius.

Considers parents. Yep.

What a bunch of people said about the single state of so many here. I could do a whole bunch of copy and paste stuff, but

If I had one piece of advice it would be to treat yourself and talk to yourself as you would treat or talk to your closest friends. If you had a friend that followed you around all day and randomly talked shit about you TO YOUR FACE, how long would you keep them around? And yet, you're with you twenty-four hours a day. Stop treating yourself like shit. That's my advice. FWIW.

So true.

There are so many men and women here, and in the rest of my life, that are seriously high quality humans. And yet they have not partnered with other high quality humans. Some of my friends just don't ever seem to connect with anyone, others make horribly unworthy choices. I just don't understand.

Seriously, I don't understand. I have been in some type of relationship for over 40 years. It may have been my expectation. My parents and all the parents I knew as a kid were married. My two older sisters started dating early and I had a boyfriend by the time I was 12. I moved in with DH#1 before I turned 18. Life circumstances made it 3 marriages, but I have pretty much been married for 35 years.

I have always been extremely independent and the spouse types were too. This works better than needy relationships in my experience.

When I look at my single loved ones (here and IRL) I can honestly say that they are smarter, funnier, more attractive, and more often grammatically correct than I am. The only reason I can come up with is expectation. And that would be subconscious expectation because I was completely convinced that I would never ever under any circumstances or conditions fall in love again after DH#2 died. 4 months later I had my first date with DH#3, that was over 20 years ago.

If I could bottle my relationship ~ma and send it to all of you I would. Because I know I am no more worthy than you are.

ION, I had to go and get some x-rays of my son's elbow this morning. Best guess is that he dislocated and it popped back. Of course he did this about 10pm last night. Never M-F 9-5 for these things. I called one of my customers that I knew was open on Saturday and they did the x-ray, but they didn't have a radiologist to look at it. The tech looked at it with me and we agreed that nothing was cracked or out of place. I have it on CD and have uploaded it to another customer that is a radiologist, but he can't look at it until he gets off rounds. He will want to do an MRI to look for soft tissue or nerve type damage, but I think we can wait until Monday because he can move stuff and can feel everywhere now. Kids! Also, bless all my beloved free health care providers. And yes, they do call my cell phone when they want my help too.

Laura, have I mentioned lately how much I love you? You totally rock.

IOmememeN, it is hot as hades and muggy already and I'm about to take off where it is even hotter. Seriously. Am I just stupid? I'm off to the wilds of Tenn. to see my family and will be v. dark for the next week. Hasta la vista, mah Bitches. See you on the flip side.