I was just reminded of a few things I may not have written down and should.

1. Today is Tuesday. (Sometimes I feel badly when I ask patients what the date is as part of the mini mental status exam, because most days I’m not entirely sure what day of the week it is, let alone the date. It’s either an unfair assessment of mental status, or I have some deficits.) Glee comes on tonight, and I shriek and clap when I remember this. But no matter what day is it, whenever Zoe wants to bring a smile to my face and joy to my heart, she says, excitedly (of course), “Guess what’s coming on tonight!…GLEE! and DANCING SHOW! [So You Think You Can Dance]” Or if she’s talking to her Dad, she says, “BASEBALL! And the ASTROIDS ARE GONNA WIN!” It’s super cute, especially if it’s obvious she’s trying to create cheerful excitement. Later she’ll ask, “Are you happy?!”

2. I was just describing in an email to my sister a relatively new game we play called “Right in the Face.” It started in the bathtub, though I suppose one could play it anywhere and with other objects. We throw wet washcloths at each other, aiming mostly at the face. The recipient of a washcloth in the face yells, exuberantly, “RIGHT IN THE FACE!” Zoe giggles the whole time – one time she couldn’t catch her breath and her nostrils flared while silent laughing continued, the same way my sister and I do, usually late at night and/or wearing pajamas in the shoe aisle at Walmart. Or when the church choir is recording their holiday CD and it is imperative that the audience keep their traps shut, but some hysterical note was written on the tithing envelope, and laughter ensued regardless. For example.