Archive for December, 2009
So Here We Go!
We are off to California tomorrow. So I don’t know if I’ll be posting anything while I’m there. So everyone have a very Happy Holiday of your choice.
December 19, 2009
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MRI Done
No problems. Used the mask rather than the cannula, so no pain for Adam at all. We’ll have the results when we see the consultant in January.
December 16, 2009
Tags: The Lump Posted in: Adam One Comment
Why I Am Not Really Worried About Tomorrow
So tomorrow is MRI day. Finally. And I’m not really worried. I mean, I’m not completely calm, they are going to be sticking a needle into my son’s vein and pumping a drug into it to make him sleep, with all the dangers that that brings. But that’s more because I hate to see him [...]
December 15, 2009
Tags: The Lump Posted in: Adam One Comment
So In Precisely One Week
We’ll be on a plane to California. I was feeling really really anxious about the trip, but for some reason all the anxiety has just disappeared. Those 11.5 hours on a plane with a 6 month old will go how they go. If he cries, he cries. If he sleeps, he sleeps. Same as for [...]
December 14, 2009
Posted in: Ex-Pat, daily 2 Comments
Letter To My Son – Adam – 6 Months Old
Dear Adam My goodness, 6 months already? Mummy is amazed at how fast it has flown by. And you are developing like crazy. You can sit up from leaning back against Mummy and do a sort of tummy crunch motion for lying flat on your back: – And you can sit up if someone puts [...]
December 11, 2009
Posted in: Adam, Letters One Comment
If Any Of My Family Reads This…
I am sending Channukah cards. I just got behind. I have a baby, you know? They should be mailed out this weekend. So maybe you’ll get them during Channukah? Maybe?
December 7, 2009
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Now Let’s Talk About The Copenhagen Summit, Shall We?
Let me start this particular blog post by acknowledging two things: – Thing 1 – Simon and I do not recycle. This is because until about a year ago recycling was not made available to the apartment dwellers at Belfast City Centre. Then, once it was, we discovered that our buildings recycling room was locked [...]
December 6, 2009
Posted in: Thoughts, daily 3 Comments
So, Let’s Talk About Health Care…
Most of you may not know, but I used to work for Kaiser Permanente in California. To be specific, I worked for KP-IT, which is exactly what it sounds like KP’s information technology division. In fact, I just found out that the project I was assigned to, which was called something like NIS (National Insurance [...]
December 5, 2009
Posted in: Belfast, Ex-Pat, Thoughts, daily 4 Comments
Just A Quick Post
to say Happy December! Its been a very busy week and Simon was out of town in England for overnight so I was alone with Adam for about 36 hours and how the hell do single parents do that all.the.time?! So I’m exhausted and looking forward to the weekend. But coming up in the next [...]
December 3, 2009
Posted in: Nibble One Comment