yeah, so esther started teething a few days ago and now all she does is scream. sweet.

I spent the day sewing. by which I mean these past 3 days. there's a bruise-colored bump on my hand where the handle of my scissors presses against it. my neck hurts. I should be in bed. chris is at his second-ever night shift... all the kids are awake. I don't even know what time it is because the computer clock is in military time and I don't ( Read more... )

let me start by saying that my top ones came in straight, and my bottoms ones don't exist, and never did. so I thought I was off the hook with getting teeth pulled. then I went for a check up/cleaning/whatever, and.... cavity in my left wisdom tooth! so of course we decide to pull it rather than fix it. I mean, why fix a tooth you don't really need ( Read more... )

my brother got an A in the class that the teacher screwed him on his group presentation in. so he's just gonna leave it at that ( Read more... )

oh! I saw my brother's friend yesterday. with the broken legs. he's walking with a cane now. and he--who has always been obsessive about haircuts and looking perfect--has let himself go. he has a beard now! he says he's not getting a haircut or shaving until he's perfectly healed. after his upcoming surgery, when he's off crutches, cane, whatever.

so, my little brother's best friend got hit by a car full of drunk drivers (well, one driver, 4 drunks). he had much damage to his legs, and spent many hours in surgery. the irony? BRENDAN IS SXE. he does not drink. he just pays the price for it. no one in the other car was injured ( Read more... )

alas, I won't be moving to alaska after all. the other day, Dietrich came in with his hands covered with blisters. it looked just like poison ivy. I supposed we probably didn't have poison ivy in the back yard, so I freaked out thinking he was just alergic to some normal plant and I'd have to keep in in all summer or move to alaska. but then we ( Read more... )

yesterday on our way home from somewhere, chris wanted to stop at Walgreens, so he took Germaine in and I stayed in the car with 3 sleeping kids. I foud a wayward hair and remembered there's tweezers in our first aid kit in the drawer beneath my seat, so I dig it out and... everything's wet. I can't figure out what spilled. like 60 bandaids ruined ( Read more... )

I got back from my trip 6 days ago, and am just getting to writing anything now. though I don't really have to write about the trip, since after hardly touching the LJ at all in 2008, my husband managed to find time to write a very thorough recapso I'll just do a little bit of tallying instead ( Read more... )

chris came home from school exclaiming about $5 subs at subway. he talked me into getting some. but before we left, he suggested making a picnic out of it. so we packed up some fruit and drinks and stuff ( Read more... )