I have "You Don't Send Me Flowers" by Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond on a loop in my head. Aaaargh! Just shoot me now ( Read more... )

Believe it or not, The Girl completed her elementary school education yesterday, having graduated from 6th grade! I went to the ceremony thinking, "Meh, 6th grade, big deal. Call me when she's done with college." But once I got there "in the moment," and saw her there in all her pre-adolescent glory, and thought about the long haul it really has ( Read more... )

It's all about The Girl this month. First of all, she's been having some trouble with her foot; there is a tendon just below her ankle that keeps slipping out of position and has to be manipulated back into place when it happens, then she's fine. I brought her to the Foot and Ankle surgery department at Kaiser and they found nothing wrong, other ( Read more... )