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  • WTG DrK!

    So, this morning we drove 2.5 hours to see my former MIL. On the drive there, DD cried on and off about how she didn't want to go far from home today. Being the stellar parent that I am, I threatened that I would not allow her to have chocolate milk at the restaurant if she continued to cry. So, she stopped crying about that, but whined the whole way that her back was sweaty. It was 6 degrees out and the sun was shining on her. I had my ski jacket on the whole drive and was cold because I had the heat on low.

    We got to the restaurant and she was so busy looking around that all she ingested was 1.75 glasses of chocolate milk and 1/2 of a chicken tender.

    We schleped to former MIL's house where I cringe every time I have to go inside because their furniture is revolting. They used to smoke heavily in the house. The furniture is ratty and smells bad and needed to be replaced 15 years ago. Now, I just prefer to stand rather than sit on stuff because it is so dirty. (FMIL is obsessively tidy, but never deep cleans, everything is grody, but put away neatly.)

    The kids have a great time and I generally zone out since they have decided to divide and conquer with the kids.

    FMIL gets S a unicorn pillow pet that projects stars on the ceiling. C gets a lego set and some other stuff, half of which he was polite about, but is all junk. Whatever, he was polite and did really well when one of his gift was state maps of Illinois and Wisconsin. I was proud of him.

    The entire visit, FMILs SO harps on her and is generally condescending. It makes me really uncomfortable.

    We finally escape and on the drive home C asks about the stroke he had and I talked to him about it. He burst into tears because he feels weird that he is different. I explain that yes, he has some differences from other people, but so does everyone else. It is his choice to feel badly about it, or celebrate those differences and become the best person he can be.

    Once we are finally home, the kids start to get ready for bed. I go into S's room and she says, gesturing at the new pillow pet, "Guess what I am going to name him!" I throw out a few names, Rex, Fred, and the like. She says, "Nooooo!" Like, how could I be so silly.

    Then she says, I am going to call him:


    (wait for it)













    Horny!

    And folks, I leave you with that charming thought.
    Kris

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    • Hahaha! You're a good mom and FDIL, Kris.

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      • OMG, your kids are awesome. Which they get from their mother's side.

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        • Bwahahaha! I love it!
          Cristina
          IM PGY-2

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          • Originally posted by GreyhoundsRUs View Post
            Have fun! A got the Mouse birthday book - it's really cute. I love the whole series. Nice way to show relationships and cause/effect
            DH and I don't just read those, we sing 'em. LOL

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            • Originally posted by HouseofWool View Post
              Today we are celebrating S's 4th birthday. I cannot believe she is 4 already. How did she get so big? (yes, she has an obsessive love for the tutu she got for Christmas from my parents.)
              She's looking so grown up now!!! I love her unicorn name. LOL!!

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              • Kris, go to Rants From Mommyland, and search for the video "Island of Misnamed Toys."
                S has another kindred spirit friend out there...


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                Wife to Family Medicine attending, Mom to DS1 and DS2
                Professional Relocation Specialist &
                "The Official IMSN Enabler"

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                • Today, I am wondering if my new chickens are still on our roof...
                  *sigh* Flight feathers are being clipped to prevent this drama in the future.

                  I am finishing the "chicken mansion" today.

                  I am being treated (late) to lunch for my birthday today.



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                  Wife to Family Medicine attending, Mom to DS1 and DS2
                  Professional Relocation Specialist &
                  "The Official IMSN Enabler"

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                  • LOL Kris! That trumps my turtle I named Turdy when I was little!
                    Laurie
                    My team: DH (anesthesiologist), DS (9), DD (8)

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                    • Today, the boys let us sleep in (until 7:30 which is heaven around here) while K1 woke, pottied, and dressed himself. Yay!
                      Wife and #1 Fan of Attending Adult & Geriatric Psychiatrist.

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                      • Today...I am procrastinating mightily. (I have a short paper to write on stem cells. Ugh.)

                        ...the rest of the family is watching Star Wars ep VI, all heaped up on the couch. My youngest has declared that when she has kids, she will name them Luke and Leia.

                        ...it's snowing. Trying to enjoy the beauty of it rather than yearn for spring.

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                        • Luke and Leia are far better choices than Dumbo, which K1 has declared will be the name of "at least one" of the five children he intends to father someday.
                          Wife and #1 Fan of Attending Adult & Geriatric Psychiatrist.

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                          • Luke and Leia? Could always be worse, says the gal named after a Disney movie character...

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                            • Originally posted by diggitydot View Post
                              Luke and Leia? Could always be worse, says the gal names after a Disney character...
                              But now, Luke and Leia *are* Disney characters.
                              Alison

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                              • Middle school orientation for my DD tonight. DH is coming for MY moral support. Hold me.
                                Married to a peds surgeon attending

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