Sending responsive vibes toward its !'s doctor. In a right and just world the doctor and ER would establish an approved protocol that attending ER staff will follow without question or debate. In my version of a perfect world ita !'s doctor would find a solution that would make ER visits unnecessary.

I can see a bouncer watching over the twins and friends, keeping them from getting too unruly. Bouncer would have to toss the offenders into the bounce house as punishment.

I envision a bouncer being completely defeated by Noah and Grace...

To market, to market, to buy a fresh....spinach?

ita, you might not have been in the office much, but you've been damned effective, so I'm glad that's what your manager seems to care about. And exactly what Laura said.

ita ! Where is your pin of awesomeness? PUT IT ON.

Eta: dear autocorrect, do not capitalize for me, pls.

The cupcakes sound yummy. I want to go to Grace and Noah's party!

Watching the Dubai World Cup races. Missed the first one due to sloth. Second one was a disaster ( horse fell and was destroyed - the race was called off because they couldn't move the fallen horse before the other races came round the track again. Poor thing. Lucky he was on the outside of the pack though.)

Aidan O'Brian's son is still race riding even though he's 5'11'. Tall and super skinny.

The horse that won the UAE Derby is completely American bloodlines though trained and raced in Ireland and the UK. The "American" entry was actually bred in Ireland. I think he got up for 4th - not sure.

dear autocorrect, do not capitalize for me, pls.

Yes, I had to add ita to my dictionaries. I don't mind the auto-correcting of my backwards ie and ei, but trust me to spell peoples names right!

That is sad, sumi. The tall jockey reminds me of one of our friends. He was asking DH how often gets asked if he plays basketball. DH asked friend if he often gets asked if he is a jockey. Ends up friend's twin brother was a jockey! Dude is about 5'4". We didn't know he had a brother. They joke about it often.

I would like to request credit for not making a dirty joke about the most recent Good Stuff post: [link]

Puppy! points for Jesse

I'm gonna be scared today until I hear back from the doctor. I don't know if I can explain how much a difficult ER visit takes out of me. I don't have that much to give anymore. And I don't know where to get extra.

Upton Tea sure ships fast! I figured if I'm going to keep up even remotely with the tea frenzy I've got going (it's now the simplest drink to make in the kitchen, pretty much), there's no way it can only be Teavana tea. That's just unsupportable. So I bought a couple flavours of Upton. Maybe I just haven't hit the sweet spot yet, but all three of my Teavana teas are way tastier than the stuff from Upton so far (and I know they don't do the jasmine green tea I prefer), but it is nicer than most tea bags, so I'm content. The Rooibos apple is an interesting balance of flavours.

Upton Tea sure ships fast!

They're awesome.