dang the birds built their nest over the fire alarm despite my best efforts to discourage them. I hope they haven't laid eggs yet because I'ma have to knock it down. I wish there was some way to get across, "seriously dudes, you do not want your nest here if the alarm goes off" to birdies.

poor birdies. If you use an extra stroke to get rid of them, that will make it Par, no?

hee!

Heh.

So, I went out with the girl again tonight. I was a little worried, after having to get up early today and fly in from Texas (though I had a nice talk with a couple from Oklahoma on my way from Phoenix to Seattle, the wife was a librarian and we talked about books and cons and LibraryThing and traded recs and such, and the husband and I talked about...stuff. I don't remember what. But they were nice). And I had a migraine. And we didn't actually have a plan. And there was some confusion whether this was actually a DATE. Er.

And eventually we got it together and met up for some mexican food. And then ice cream. And then walking around the lake with her dog. And then at the end of the maybedate, we were sitting in her car, and there was a hug, and I left. And I was thinking "I can't tell if she was just shy, or if she was not into it, and if I had made a move then it would've been really awkward. Agh!" The signals were a little faint.

But then I got home and she emailed me and said something about being shy and she wasn't sure but should she have suggested we make out like teenagers in the car?

So, I guess next time maybe. :)

that sounds like definitely next time to me!

Woo for future making out in cars like teenagers, meara!

Houston, Meara is GO for make out!

here's an odd phobia: I have a coworker who doesn't mind taking out the trash and putting a new bag in the can, but he says it gives him the creeps to tie a knot in the bag. The knot keeps the bag from falling down inside the can but he won't do it. Says it feels too weird.

Go, meara!!! Love to make out in cars like teenagers. It's fun.

doctors just say they're using a smaller one so that the patient will relax.

I do know they come in different sizes. There is this one nurse at my doc's that ALWAYS puts out the largest speculum when I go in for my pap. My doc will sit down and take a look and before she even opens the speculum will say, "Oh, this is going to be way too big. You need a smaller one."

See, the nurse just assumes that because I'm a big woman, I have a big va-jay-jay. Ummmmm. no.

I actually had my pap on Tuesday. New nurse. And, as an interesting side note, a male nurse. He put out the right size from the get go and he's never even seen my va-jay-jay.

Oh, meara, that's kind of adorable.

When my PCP was pretty new (she was a resident), I asked her to do my PAP because, well, I liked and trusted her. I don't think she had done many, and she was clearly nervous. It was really kind of funny. But then she slipped while taking the speculum out, and OUCH. OMG. I thought I was going to die. She was so apologetic, and I was all, "Oh, it's fine" while my girly bits were screaming.

But, she's gotten much better. She just did my annual when I saw her on Wednesday, and she was like a pro. It was kind of funny because she was like, "This might be the last one of these I do."