Ahhhhhhhhh. Acupuncture appointment. Much needed. Still recovering from midterm brain and body damage.

90 on Neuro!

Midterm was very hard. I need a 32 oz rum and coke right now. But am staying at school to hear a Dr from Teipei lecture on food therapy and cancer.

Praying earnestly to the herb gods to allow me at least a C on the herb midterm tonight.

At the Astros game. Roof is closed and a/c is on but it is still pretty warm up high in the nosebleed seats!

We are bleeding one another in technique class tonight. I've had it done before and it sounds worse than it is. I'm nervous to hurt someone else though.

WHEW! I think I passed which is all that counts. Now I have my herb midterm on Thurs. Only 3 more days of brain strain!

My brain is mush. Perfect condition for Neuroanatomy midterm.

Not exactly mother of the year

I just told my kids that I have big tests this week and they should leave me alone because I will be grouchy.  I encouraged them to help one another out before they bother me about something.  I'm giving them so much stuff to tell their counselor when they get older!

Picnic photos

We took these yesterday at the engineering picnic at JSC.  It was so hot and we were there from around 11:30 am until 4 pm---right in the middle of the hottest part of the day.  As you can see from the pictures, they had lots of fun things for the kids:  games, face painting, petting zoo, pony rides, bouncy things, rock climbing wall...  They stayed busy!  We also enjoyed good food and O and I really enjoyed the pine wood derby.  Different people made and entered cars to specific guidelines and then they all raced.  There were 70 different cars entered.  It was fun to see the creativity and to hear the friendly banter between the co-workers who entered the race.

We are going to lay low today and recover all of the body fluids that we sweated out yesterday.  No big plans for Father's Day.  Since we had a big family day with good food yesterday, C considers it all he needs to celebrate.  Now a day of recovery before the week begins.

Holy crap! Midterms are next week! Time to start freaking out.

Watching the kids enjoy the pool. The dog keeps stealing their pool toys. It is freaking hot--97. Happy Friday to all!

Testing text 2

More kid photos

I don't know why my last 2 posts posted twice each.  I sent a text from my phone that was to go to twitter, facebook and my blog.  It posted fine to twitter and facebook but twice to my blog.  I'll have to mess around with that to see if it posts to my blog when I send it to twitter.  Technology gremlins....

Anyway, the kids love taking the camera now and shootin' anything that is nearby.  O had a friend over to play yesterday so O and M took turns with the camera.  Once they got bored shooting one another, they chased the dog around until they got a good pic of his butt.  Nice, huh?!

We lasted just under an hour before the complaining began! I'd say it was a successful venture.

We lasted just under an hour before the complaining began! I'd say it was a successful venture.

Just visited Museum of Fine Arts Houston. O was surprised that it was "kind of interesting." M ran around pointing at everything.

Just visited Museum of Fine Arts Houston. O was surprised that it was "kind of interesting." M ran around pointing at everything.

And the last set of photos

Her feet.
I took these last 2.  She received a cool Lite Brite from TR, AMR and PC for her b-day.  She and O did the first pic today and had fun together doing it.  Since she is still not great at her letters, O made a cheat sheet for her with the letters and the corresponding color so she could put the correct color peg in the hole to make the picture.  They loved it!  Thanks TR, AMR and PC!

And thanks to all of the rest of you for your generous gifts, phone calls and cards.  We will do a party later when all of her friends can come.

Photos part 2

A photo perspective from a 4 year old princess

4 years

Receiving birthday wishes over the phone with family.

Self portraits

C and I are out for the evening celebrating our 9th anniversary. Dinner at Cullen's Grille followed by a play about men and women--Defending the Caveman!

Crappy news

I met a young lady two months ago when a mutual friend/regular client of mine purchased a massage for her.  She was a delightful girl full of life and promise.  She was a ballet dancer for the Houston/Clear Lake Ballet and had begun dancing at the age of 3.  I joked with her that I may need to call on her in the future should M decide to get serious about dance/ballet.  I said I would need someone to get advice/tips etc from...someone who had been there.  She happily agreed and even though we only worked together the one time, I felt a bond there.  I had worked with both of her parents too and they all were just neat people.  I looked forward to seeing more of them in the future and our mutual friend kept me up to date on what was going on with them.

I learned today that this vibrant 18 year old girl was killed in a car accident this past Wednesday night.  It was nothing but an accident.  No one to blame.  The intersection is notoriously confusing.  She was the front seat passenger, her best friend was in the back seat and another friend was driving the small Honda.  He accidentally ran a red light (seriously confusing and bad intersection) and they were hit broad-side by an F-250 pick up.  She was killed instantly.  The girl in the back seat had some critical injuries (mostly head trauma) but has a good chance of making a full recovery.  The driver had some injuries but none seem to be life threatening.  The other driver and his passenger were fine.

So sad.

A year ago pretty much to the day I lost another client.  This girl was a regular client but she had many physical problems from dealing with diabetes.  I was running late to work to meet her for her appointment when the office manager called.  I picked up my phone saying, "I'm on my way!"  But, she informed me that my client had died overnight.  

Life really sucks sometimes.  Go hug your family and friends and tell them how much you love them.  Big hugs and kisses to all of you.  Love ya. 

O is no longer a 1st grader as of noon tomorrow! And we can all sleep in for the summer vacation. Ahhhhhhhh......

Mom and sis are gone. I have a quiz in Neuro in 90 mins. Back to reality!

Gelato at the mall with mom, sis and M.