Just so my mom isn't the only one with an embarrassing story on here...
While up at my parents' house last week, I used the bathroom in a particularly heinous way and, apparently, forgot to flush. A few minutes later, my sister comes running out screaming, "Oh my god, who pooped in the bathroom and didn't flush? I'm traumatized!"
I confessed, which for some reason made it even more horrifying to her. Just then, Faith walked in the front door. Now, kids are good for two things, as far as I can tell: being really cute and taking the blame for stuff they didn't do. So, I immediately tried to shift the blame.
"Faith, did you go potty in the toilet and forget to flush?"
"No."
"Faith, I think you are telling a fib. Did you forget to flush?"
At this point, she looks up at her mom with a really contrite look on her face, and says in her most pathetic voice, "I'm really sorry, mommy. I didn't mean to."
And then I felt like a big jerk. Err, but not so big of a jerk that I didn't continue blaming her for it.
Saturday, June 18, 2005
When "Kids say the darndest things!" attacks... repeatedly
I met my parents after work to go Father's Day shopping, and they brought Faith along. While I'm looking through the gardening section, my mom takes Faith inside to use the restroom. As they are walking back across the parking lot, Faith screams over to me, "Uncle Bobb! Gramma farted!"
"Shhhh!"
"Well, you did."
"It's not nice to talk about it."
"Well, you are the one who did it."
Thankfully, there weren't many people around, and most of them either didn't hear or did a pretty good job of pretending not to hear. One woman got a pretty good chuckle out of it, though.
"Shhhh!"
"Well, you did."
"It's not nice to talk about it."
"Well, you are the one who did it."
Thankfully, there weren't many people around, and most of them either didn't hear or did a pretty good job of pretending not to hear. One woman got a pretty good chuckle out of it, though.
Monday, June 13, 2005
On Provigil, and the perils of leaving home without it
Oh, it sucks. I was exhausted all day.
I suppose this is as good a time as any to express my impressions of Provigil. Which, by the way, is pronounce "pro vig' il" (as in, it promotes vigilance) and not "pro' vi gil" as I initially guessed. In a word, it's pretty damn good.
When I finally decided to go the "sleep doctor" I was sleeping anywhere from 8-10 hours per day, on average. That was a normal night's sleep and one or two naps during the week, sleep in on weekends. Even getting that much sleep, I was still generally very tired. And if I had to go a few nights with only getting 6 hours of sleep, forget about it. I would basically just shut down. My MSLT* score was about 10 minutes, which is apparently the cutoff for someone that might require treatment.
After starting the Provigil, I''m feeling significantly better. Sleeping a much more reasonable 7-8 hours per night, rarely feel the need for a nap. Still sleeping in on weekends, but really, who doesn''t? The effects of the drug are sort of weird, basically somewhere between not being tired and being somewhat tired but easily able to ignore it and still concentrate.
* Multiple Sleep Latency Test -- Basically a measure of how quickly you fall asleep when taking a nap during the day.
I suppose this is as good a time as any to express my impressions of Provigil. Which, by the way, is pronounce "pro vig' il" (as in, it promotes vigilance) and not "pro' vi gil" as I initially guessed. In a word, it's pretty damn good.
When I finally decided to go the "sleep doctor" I was sleeping anywhere from 8-10 hours per day, on average. That was a normal night's sleep and one or two naps during the week, sleep in on weekends. Even getting that much sleep, I was still generally very tired. And if I had to go a few nights with only getting 6 hours of sleep, forget about it. I would basically just shut down. My MSLT* score was about 10 minutes, which is apparently the cutoff for someone that might require treatment.
After starting the Provigil, I''m feeling significantly better. Sleeping a much more reasonable 7-8 hours per night, rarely feel the need for a nap. Still sleeping in on weekends, but really, who doesn''t? The effects of the drug are sort of weird, basically somewhere between not being tired and being somewhat tired but easily able to ignore it and still concentrate.
* Multiple Sleep Latency Test -- Basically a measure of how quickly you fall asleep when taking a nap during the day.
Saturday, June 11, 2005
The best what?
A few weeks ago, the kids and I had a sleepover at my parents' house. I was setting up the tent and Faith was "helping". The tent is a normal looking dome tent, with flexible poles that hold it in shape. Unlike a normal tent though, where the poles are directly attached to the tent and the weather sheet is draped over top, with my tent the poles are actually attached to the weather sheet and the tent structure is suspended inside with several little hooks.
I had gotten the weather sheet setup and was attempting to get the tent snapped inside. This normally a pretty easy process, but the unstaked corners kept moving around and unhooking. Finally, I asked Faith to hold the one corner hook to keep it from slipping out, while I did the other side. It slipped out anyway and she starting trying to put it back in. I started to go over to do it, but she wouldn't let me.
"No," she said. "I''m going to do it myself. Because I'm the best hooker ever."
I had gotten the weather sheet setup and was attempting to get the tent snapped inside. This normally a pretty easy process, but the unstaked corners kept moving around and unhooking. Finally, I asked Faith to hold the one corner hook to keep it from slipping out, while I did the other side. It slipped out anyway and she starting trying to put it back in. I started to go over to do it, but she wouldn't let me.
"No," she said. "I''m going to do it myself. Because I'm the best hooker ever."
The Garden
This year I planted:
(Front Row) Sweet Banana Pepper (x3)
(2nd Row) ''Giant Marconi'' Sweet Pepper (x2), ''The Big Early'' Red Bell Pepper
(3rd Row) ''Sweet Slice'' Cucumber (x2)
(4th Row) ''Early Girl'' Tomato, ''Better Boy'' Tomato
(Back Row) ''Tami-G Hybrid'' Grape Tomato, ''Fourth of July'' Tomato, ''Roma'' Tomato
Here it is shortly after I planted it:
The damn birds attacked it with a vengeance (hence the cages). The Sweet Banana Peppers bore the brunt of it. The one in the front left was literally just a stem with one leaf before I realized what was happening and put up the cages.
(Front Row) Sweet Banana Pepper (x3)
(2nd Row) ''Giant Marconi'' Sweet Pepper (x2), ''The Big Early'' Red Bell Pepper
(3rd Row) ''Sweet Slice'' Cucumber (x2)
(4th Row) ''Early Girl'' Tomato, ''Better Boy'' Tomato
(Back Row) ''Tami-G Hybrid'' Grape Tomato, ''Fourth of July'' Tomato, ''Roma'' Tomato
Here it is shortly after I planted it:
The damn birds attacked it with a vengeance (hence the cages). The Sweet Banana Peppers bore the brunt of it. The one in the front left was literally just a stem with one leaf before I realized what was happening and put up the cages.
Friday, June 3, 2005
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