Happy Birthday PC and billytea!

Guess what?

I can haz mom and dog! I'm a little overwhelmed but very happy.

Some quick notes...

Dear Parent-who-picked-up-his-child-30-minutes-late,

"I'm sorry I'm a little late" is not an appropriate apology when you pick up your poor, starving child 30 minutes after after care ends. Not only have you completely inconvenienced me, but your sweet 1st grader, who I adore, was very anxious and extremely hungry. I finally took her into the teacher's lounge at 5:30 to see if there was any leftover food there. We found a bagel, and I let her have it, to which she responded, "Mom didn't tell me I was coming to after care today, and she didn't send a snack. And I'm in the middle of a growth spurt!"

You suck.

No love,

vw

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Dear Toto,

I understand that you don't like thunderstorms, but honey, I've given you your Xantax. Please stop chewing up everything in site, including digging to find and eat an ant poison trap. Now *I'm* anxious.

Love,

Mom

"I'm sorry I'm a little late" is not an appropriate apology when you pick up your poor, starving child 30 minutes after after care ends. Not only have you completely inconvenienced me, but your sweet 1st grader, who I adore, was very anxious and extremely hungry. I finally took her into the teacher's lounge at 5:30 to see if there was any leftover food there. We found a bagel, and I let her have it, to which she responded, "Mom didn't tell me I was coming to after care today, and she didn't send a snack. And I'm in the middle of a growth spurt!"

vw, you and Mom should talk about this on Sunday. It's a near daily occurrence for her.

Wow, normally drug questions end up in cross posts, not utter silence. Huh.

Suzi, I'm on Lexapro, which is a form of Celexa. The only side effect I've really had is night sweats, which the two drugs share. Other than that, I LOVE IT!

Suzi-- I have taken 20 mg of Celexa since 1999. It has really helped me, unless I skip a dose, and then I am very woozy. My main side effects are a) I sweat like a pig and I have had a significant weight gain, but I am not sure if that is the Celexa, or because I could not eat when I was depressed. the first week, I was particularly hiogh and happy, but it has evened out. I would say that whatever time you pick to take it, be consistant.

Wow, normally drug questions end up in cross posts, not utter silence. Huh.

Believe it or not, I have not taken Celexa, though I have heard very good things about it. Good luck!

Windsparrow and I are watching Bruce Campbell vs The Army of Darkness.

She's never seen it before.

Heh.

Suzi, I had very good luck with Celexa. I found it best to take it at night before bed. And the only side effect that I really noticed was that it gave me mild dry mouth. I just started chewing gum. I can't speak to weight gain as I lost a bunch of weight on it and then gained it all back. Was any of that from the Celexa? ::shrugs:: Dunno.

ION, having a tooth yanked out of your head (and I thought that's what it was going to come down too, the dentist's foot on my chest while he ripped this sucker out) is no fun in the food department. They said soft foods only, yoghurt, pudding, milkshakes, etc. So I had yoghurt and soup. But I was still hungry. I cheated and gnawed away on a french baguette on the good side of my mouth. I think it's time for bed and a couple of Aleve.

Matt sent me a base joke for Trudy:

So a kid wants to play bass, so her father buys her a bass.

She goes to a lesson the first week, and dad asks "what did you learn this week?"

She says "I know the first five notes on the fourth string, dad!"

She goes to another lesson the second week, and dad asks "what did you learn this week?"

She says "I know the first five notes on the third string, dad!"

The third week she comes home late smelling of cigs & beer. Dad asks "what did you learn?" She said, "Learn, nothin'....I had a gig!"