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An inventory of 2011
Even though the past six months have flown by and I feel that it can’t possibly be time for this, or perhaps *because* of how quickly things happened, I might need to reflect, if only for a few minutes. Many of these answers are the same from year to year, which either means I’m not [...]
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General
Coming clean
“Mom? Please don’t get mad. I did two things to make a mess. First, I dropped my paintbrush, and now there’s paint on the carpet. Then, I went to wipe paint off my hands, and so now there’s paint on your red towel in the kitchen. I’m sorry.” I hug her. “Thank you for telling [...]
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Family, Life
Allowance
Zoe began receiving an allowance a few weeks ago. We decided a dollar per year of age weekly would be a good start. Joel the economist programmer has been tracking her income. The hardest part has been allowing Zoe to make her own spending decisions. The idea, of course, is to teach her about money, [...]
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Family, Life
Our attempt at a music lesson
09.21.11 | Permalink | 2 CommentsLoved orthopedic surgery. On emergency general service now. Life at the speed of sound, most of the time. Tonight we slowed down for some family time and an impromptu, very informal piano lesson (which necessitated clearing off the piano bench). I reviewed the basics with her and we went over a few simple Dozen a [...]
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General
Totally.
09.06.11 | Permalink | 2 CommentsI reference Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Joel stares blankly. I’m incredulous. How is this possible? But Keanu Reeves and I share a birthday, I say. “That’s always been one of my least favorite things about you.” It has been added to our Netflix queue.
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Family, Life
Zoe the scientist
She sees Joel’s new red-ink pen that has a reddish grip. “Is this pink?” Joel: Well, it’s actually red, but I can see why you might think that. “I think it’s pink. Can I try it out?” I have never been so proud. She has a hypothesis, and she wants to test it. “Oh, it’s [...]
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Family, General, Life, School, Work
Resourceful
07.28.11 | Permalink | 2 CommentsZoe had a diversity/international celebration at school today. The request was that each child dress in a representative ethnic costume for a parade and bring a dish for everyone to sample. It’s a great idea. Until we remembered that we’re white. We (w)racked our brains for the better part of a week to come up [...]
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Family, Life, School, Work
I lost 10 pounds in 2 weeks on the MS3 plan. Ask me how!
07.14.11 | Permalink | 3 CommentsSooooo hi. Life on the wards. My first rotation is internal medicine at the county hospital. My team was on call the very first day. It was a harrowing, soul-sucking, what-the-eff-have-I-gotten-myself-into 30 hours and I was 99% certain I would not return for another minute of it. But I did. And after that day, I [...]
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Baby, Family, General, Health, Life, School, Work
Clumsy
Here’s what just happened: A curly-headed blur zoomed past me as I carried the dog’s full bowl of water to his tray. Zoe, don’t run with a pen, please. It’s dangerous. “It’s not a pen, and anyway I was skipping with it. It’s my pencils.” ALRIGHT WELL WHATEVER YOU’RE RUNNING WITH STOP IT AND WALK [...]
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Family, Life, School
One week to go!
So. It’s quiet around here. The Girl and her Dad-O took off for cooler temperatures and more entertaining people last week, leaving me with a wide open schedule to take this test prep by the horns. I finished the Doctors in Training Step 1 review course (15 days, 3 lectures per day) and am reading [...]
