ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO WITH MOM AND BABY... AT LEAST IT LOOKS SO FROM HERE FOR THE PAST 2 HOURS... BABY EATS.. BABY SLEEPS... BABY EATS AGAIN.. SEEMS NORMAL... I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MOM'S HEAD HELD HIGHER... STILL LOOKS LIKE SORE NECK TO ME... BUT I KNOW SHE FEELS BETTER.. SHE IS NOW KICKING WITH GREAT AUTHORITY-- EVEN AT PETER WHO WE ALL THOUGHT GOT HER TAMED.... NOT TRUE
JAMOMNE AMAGED TO GET A SHORT HAY STRING HANGING OFF HER HALTER TO GIVE US SOMETHING TO GRAB FOR--- I MADE A NICE 12 "LONG COTTON ROPE FOR THAT PURPOSE.. AND CAN'T GET NEAR HER.. SO SHE IS BETTER...
ONCE SHE IS OVER HER MEDS... I CAN OPEN THE OUTSIDE SO SHE CAN HAVE SOME RUN AROUND..-- HOWEVER AT THAT POINT.. CATCHING HER WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE...S O SHE HAS TO BE OVER MEDICATIONS....
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STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION...-- SO PREVALENT IN OUR CURRENT SOCIETY----
IS MIS DIRECTED CREATIVITY AND IS SUCH A DOWNER TO PRODUCTIVITY....--I HAD AN EMAIL FROM A BOYSCOUT TROOP WANTING TO BOOK ME TO COME SPEAK-- NEXT MARCH????? ME ????WHO CAN'T KEEP TODAY AND TOMORROW STRAIGHT..--
THE BOY SCOUT PERSON HAD A TITLE VERY LIKE " CHEIF ASSISTANT TO THE ASSISTANT CHIEF..." TITLES GET TO BE A SUBSTITUTE FOR ACTUAL PAY..... AND BUSINESS CARDS ARE AN EVEN BETTER "BONUS" .. I KNOW THAT --
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I MADE A DR APT -- I THOUGHT WITH A DR OF DERMATOLOGY AT LAHEY ---( BOSTON HAS 2 COMPETING MEDICAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS LAHEY AND "PARTNERS"--- THE "PARTNERS" BUNCH INCLUDES MASS GENERAL AND IT'S 437 SATILITE OFFICES AS OPPOSED TO LAHEY WITH IT'S 283--) SO I MADE THE APPOINTMENT TO SEE A LAHEY DR FOR THE YEARLY ONCE OVER THAT ALL FAIR SKINNED FORMER LIFEGUARDS MUST HAVE.........OFF THE ELEVATOR YOU MUST CHECK IN WITH THE LINE UP OF 3 MEDICAL RECREPTIONISTS.. TO BE SURE YOU KNOW YOUR DATE OF BIRTH AND HAVE INSURANCE COVERAGE.- YOU ARE THEN DIRECTED TO THE DERM DEPARTMENT WHERE THE MEDICAL SECRETARY CHECKS TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN YUR DOB.....TO SEE YOU HAVE AN APT... AND WITH WHOM.... -- GO SIT THERE AND "HER NURSE" WILL CALL YOU...-- TURNS OUT THE NURSE .... IS NOT AN RN TYPE NURSE, BUT MAYBE A HIGHSCHOOL GRAD WHO TAKES TEMP AND BP.AND OXYGEN 2 MONITOR ---( OF THE TYPE THAT I BOUGHT 3 OF ON EBAY FOR $10).. AND ENTERS THAT IN THE SYSTEM-- THEN THE "HER" THAT THE NURSE WAS TO BE THE ASSISTANT TO WAS NOT THE DOCTOR, BUT A PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT-- BOY IF THAT IS NOT A CHIEF ASSISTANT TO THE ASSISTANT CHIEF. ---- I AM BAD.... I CARRIED A STOPWATCH FOR THIS DEAL... AND THE PA SPENT 14 SECONDS LOOKING FOR ODD SPOTS ON ME... AND 10 MINUTES ON THE COMPUTER TRYING TO MAKE SURE I BOOKED MY NEXT APPOINTMENT WITH HER....
NO WONDER WE HAVE TO WAIT MONTHS FOR SOME APPOINTMENTS... THE SYSTEM IS ALL BUGGERED UP WITH MORE CREATIVITY THAN MEDICINE.
IF YOU ARE COUNTING--- AND I AM-- SO FAR.... 7 APPOINTMENTS TO CUT OUT A VERY SMALL 1/2" BUMP ON MY HAND... IT DIDN'T COST ME??? UNLESS YOU WANT TO FIGURE IN ALL THE PROBLEMS WITH MEDICARE AS "COSTING ME" --- AND THAT IS BEFORE THEY CHARGE EXTRA FOR THE BANDAID AND THE ELEVATOR RIDE......
VERY LONG AGO....BLUE CROSS PAID BY THE STITCH----- I REMEMBER ONE DOCTOR FRIEND SAYING TO ANOTHER DOCTOR FRIEND "HOW THE HEII DID YOU GET 12 SUTURES IN THAT TINY WOUND?"-- CAN'T KNOCK THE CREATIVITY THERE...
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FROM LAUREN ( NOW IN COLLEGE?)....AND BORIS....
CELEBRATING FOUR SPLENDID YEARS WITH MY BEAUTIFUL BOY AND YET THERE HAS BEEN NO GREATER FRIEND, THERAPIST, OR LOVE. I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERY DAY WE GET TOGETHER AND FOR THE ENDLESS ADVENTURES WE SOMEHOW MANAGED TO SURVIVE! MAY WE HAVE MANY MORE TOGETHER, BORIS! THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
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GOOD BOY ... THAT BORIS....
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AROUND HERE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS ... YOU MAY SEE A VIDEOGRAPHER WHO IS DOING A DOCUMENTARY OF SDP... OR MORE LIKELY CRAZY ACRES... THAT IS WHY I AM STARTING THE DAY WITH CURLERS IN MY HAIR...
