Sometimes, as a parent, you just need one good day to renew your faith in the institution.

I had that day.

It was good.

That is all.

The mothers of Lunden, Shepard, Jaquizz, and many others have inspired me to create a Baby Name Snark blog.

http://babynamesnark.blogspot.com

Oh my god, that was so awesome ( Read more... )

Oh please, please, please, please, PLEASE let me get this job running a switchboard at the Titans games.

In other news, VNV NATION TOMORROW! Both kids are a little sick, but as of now it looks like we are still good to go.

I googled. I shouldn't have done that. Google assures me that this will be the most horrifically painful experience that I will ever have. Google assures me that the 3rd day I will wish I was dead.

I just got off the phone with a nurse, who assured me that yes, in fact, I might actually have cancer, and she can't tell me it's not cancer, and by the way, she'd like to be real sure that I know exactly how much this is going to hurt, and no, they're not going to listen to me about the pain med thing (I'll be firm with the dr about that, 2 mgs of ( Read more... )

Do you REALLY think your child is going to enjoy being stuck with the cutesy little name "Keelan" for the rest of his life just because you thought it up and decided it sounds adorable? He's a kid, not a puppy. Give him a name with some dignity. Seriously, can you imagine an 85 year old named KEELAN ( Read more... )

I don't like having surgery. I don't do well with anesthesia, I don't like having tubes shoved down my throat, and I tend to get over-nervous and very bitchy if I know I'm having something done ( Read more... )

1. My squash and sugar snaps and watermelon were all supposed to be in the ground 3 weeks ago, but it hasn't stopped raining long enough for me to plant since we planted the other stuff. The pepper plants mostly got washed away, and the tomatoes are dying because of too much rain ( Read more... )

Man, I haven't had strep since grade school, maybe junior high. This sucks.

At least I didn't distribute swine flu throughout Madison. No typhoid Tara after all.

They gave me liquid lortabs. We'll see if these actually work. I haven't eaten anything since last night, so it oughta kick in pretty quick...