Happy Valentines!
It's St. Valentines Day and flu season. What do these two have in common? Every child with symptoms of flu today delayed coming to the doctor until after their Valentine party this morning so they could spread the joy. How do I know this? Our office was virtually empty this morning but jam packed beginning at 2 pm with post-party kids (who had been sick all day.) I can't think of any better way to say Be Mine than sharing your influenza germs. Way to show your kids how to share, parents!
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
I'm Popular!
Well, actually I'm not, but I got to pretend I was for a weekend. It's my daughter that's popular. She teaches high school in Macon, Georgia and the kids LOVE her! There are about 30 students every morning before school just hanging out in her classroom. I went to visit last weekend and I had never felt so popular in a high school setting (or any setting for that matter.) Everywhere we went we heard "Hi Ms. Reed, Hi, Ms. Reed's mom!" It was a great weekend - but not just because I was popular. I had fun with Poodle. Thanks, Poodle!
Well, actually I'm not, but I got to pretend I was for a weekend. It's my daughter that's popular. She teaches high school in Macon, Georgia and the kids LOVE her! There are about 30 students every morning before school just hanging out in her classroom. I went to visit last weekend and I had never felt so popular in a high school setting (or any setting for that matter.) Everywhere we went we heard "Hi Ms. Reed, Hi, Ms. Reed's mom!" It was a great weekend - but not just because I was popular. I had fun with Poodle. Thanks, Poodle!
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Dream Come True - almost
As a type A kind of obscessive-compulsive person I have always had a secret fantasy - to have the world stop for one day so that I could "catch up" on everything I have going on while the rest of the world was "frozen in time." Well amazingly, my dream finally came true. Two weeks ago in San Antonio a winter storm came through that virtually shut down the entire city for two days. Every major freeway in the city closed, schools closed, and many businesses closed - including Alamo Heights Pediatrics, where I work. I could not believe my luck. While the rest of the city huddled in blankets watching TV I went into overdrive. I scrubbed every floor in the house, cleaned and scrubbed every bathroom, and laundered all of the bedding. I cleaned and organized every closet, drawer and cupboard in the entire house, coming up with six large trash bags of unwanted stuff. I also made seven white dresses, complete with different colored scarves and sashes for a play I was in charge of the next week. I folded the dresses and placed them all in a large shopping bag on the couch. I was elated that I had finally caught up! Well, almost.
My husband, Mike came home and decided the large trash bags waiting at the door to go to "Good Will" were junk and needed to be thrown out. Unfortunately, he got a little carried away and decided that the large shopping bag on the couch must be junk as well and threw it out. It was like waking from a fabulous dream to find it was not reality. I thought it was too good to be true. Maybe next time the city shuts down I'll sip hot cocoa and watch TV. Far less stress. Oh yeah, and Mike is not allowed to take out the trash again EVER.
As a type A kind of obscessive-compulsive person I have always had a secret fantasy - to have the world stop for one day so that I could "catch up" on everything I have going on while the rest of the world was "frozen in time." Well amazingly, my dream finally came true. Two weeks ago in San Antonio a winter storm came through that virtually shut down the entire city for two days. Every major freeway in the city closed, schools closed, and many businesses closed - including Alamo Heights Pediatrics, where I work. I could not believe my luck. While the rest of the city huddled in blankets watching TV I went into overdrive. I scrubbed every floor in the house, cleaned and scrubbed every bathroom, and laundered all of the bedding. I cleaned and organized every closet, drawer and cupboard in the entire house, coming up with six large trash bags of unwanted stuff. I also made seven white dresses, complete with different colored scarves and sashes for a play I was in charge of the next week. I folded the dresses and placed them all in a large shopping bag on the couch. I was elated that I had finally caught up! Well, almost.
My husband, Mike came home and decided the large trash bags waiting at the door to go to "Good Will" were junk and needed to be thrown out. Unfortunately, he got a little carried away and decided that the large shopping bag on the couch must be junk as well and threw it out. It was like waking from a fabulous dream to find it was not reality. I thought it was too good to be true. Maybe next time the city shuts down I'll sip hot cocoa and watch TV. Far less stress. Oh yeah, and Mike is not allowed to take out the trash again EVER.
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