one of those days...

I overslept this morning. I think I forgot to even set my alarm. I didn't wake up until my dad was knocking on my door to pick up the girls at 6am. So I rushed them up and out the door and got myself ready as fast as I could. Unfortunately, I am too old to pull off the "just rolled out of bed" look.

I hit the road for my freaking long commute. I worked downtown today, which always puts me in a mood. I actually got stuck behind a train - yes, a freaking train - right at I-44 and Vandeventer.

By some small miracle, I still managed to get to my office on time. That made me smile.

Other things that made me smile today:

I met with this adorable British couple today and we were reviewing the family history and the wife remarked about how her father was overweight. Her husband laughed and said that his wife's father was not overweight. His quote: "A middle-aged man without a belly is like a bull without horns." Totally made me laugh.

I was talking to a patient on the phone to schedule an appointment. She was reading numbers to me off of her insurance card. Her group number had a "P" in it. She says "P as in... (laugh) oh, my gosh I was about to say P as in potty. Sometimes I forget I'm talking to adults." I laughed so hard.

Light traffic on the way home

My smiling girls greeting me when I got home

Chocolate chip cookies

Origami cranes



How did my evening go? Well, tonight was a bath night. Those often don't go well. Caitlin refused to get out of the tub when I asked her to. I had to wrestle her out. After we were totally done and I was helping Kiera dry off, Caitlin threw her towel into the bathtub... which was still full of water.

And the icing on the cake... the "ruler incident." I don't have all the details yet but its another incident with Kiera's teacher... to be added to the "pencil incident" and the "coat incident." Yep, its been a fun year. I have a message out to her teacher to chat about it. It involves a broken ruler and a threat to send Kiera to the principal's office. Kiera had a crying meltdown tonight over it. *sigh*

Origami cranes

This is what I learned today.

In Japanese culture, an origami crane imparts good health, prosperity and a long life for the recipent. They are a symbol of peace and hope.

The Girl Scouts of Japan made and mailed thousands of these cranes to the United States as an expression of peace and friendship after the September 11th tragedy. Our local girl scout council is collecting origami cranes to send to Japan. So I taught myself to do these this afternoon.

Once you get the hang of it, it is fun! Today, I folded 10 origami cranes. I have until April 11th to complete the cranes. I need to come up with a goal... 50 cranes? 100 cranes? Let me know what you think.

This is the pattern I am using: www.operationmigration.org/origami.pdf

Check this out: http://studentsrebuild.org/japan/

Hiatus

So, its been awhile since I've been around blogland. Things here are always busy. The holidays flew by. The winter weather has been oppressive. Work is busy. Hubby started the night shift and its been an adjustment. Kiera's seventh birthday came and went (she got a bike). Caitlin started preschool. And in the shuffle, my little blog got backburnered. I've updated a little... a new name and a new look.


So, welcome back. I'm going to try to get back into it and post regularly (yep, go ahead and laugh... you know you want to).