How did November happen? It was like 75 degrees yesterday. The frolicking squirrels nibbled on bits of Jack-o’-lantern and made my boys cry. I never knew squirrels liked pumpkin.
I’ve had the worst cold of my life for the past couple of days. Which means I haven’t been running in nearly a week, what with the move, the other sick individuals in my household, and the inability to find all or part of my running ensemble. Which is maybe a little more elaborate than the average runner’s choice of outerwear, but what can I say? I have no choice. I cannot run if I’m not comfortable.
We do not have a single window covering in our entire house. No, not the bedrooms, nor the 1 1/2 bathrooms. It gets tricky. I have to sneak into the shower, and change surreptitiously in the closet. But I CAN change in the closet. I can walk right in there, turn the light on, and have almost enough room to fully dress without bumping into any walls or knocking any frilly pink dresses off their hangers.
My two boys keep begging me to wear frilly pink dresses. Pictures? You want pictures? OK, but not today. I still don’t have the real computer in use.
How do you find a good Pediatrician? Our pediatrician in Provo was awesome. He was pretty new, he was nice, he always spoke directly to the kids, even if they weren’t the one being seen, he didn’t make me feel like crap for bringing all 3, he had books and toys in his rooms, his office wasn’t ghetto, the nurses were nice, like they’d actually dealt with real-live children before. And they had one of those gargantuan aquariums with all the fish from “Finding Nemo.”
I’m afraid to turn the thermostat above 68, and I even think that might be too high. I have no idea how much the electricity and gas bills will be. I’m thinking about putting tapestries on the windows to keep the heat in. Anyone know how to make a tapestry?
If Derek rides the bus to work, like if I need the car to go to the ghetto pediatrician’s, he has to be at the bus stop 4 blocks away at 6:30am. There’s only one bus per day that goes onto the base. And apparently the only people who ride it are very much morning people.
I’ve lost my phone. I don’t know what to do. It’s dead somewhere, so I can’t even call it. How ridiculous is it that losing my phone makes me feel so utterly helpless? I can’t even call my mom to complain. And since she doesn’t read my blog, how will she ever know?
November 2, 2007 at 8:58 am
I’ll call mom and tell her that you’re miserable if you think it will make you feel better
It looks like this week is “rant” week… you say ShaoPung’s post from last night, right? She’s had a cold too, and it’s no fun.
We found a really stellar pediatrician by asking friends and neighbors about their experiences. Some people say nice things about their doctor, but you can still tell if there are things you wouldn’t like about them. The best approach, I think would be to make a list of recommended doctors, and then go interview them. It doesn’t matter if they don’t want to do it, and if they don’t, you don’t want them as your doctor anyway. We interviewed our doctor and she was really nice, really supportive, she’s worked at the same practice for 30+ years and travels around the world regularly to work in places that desperately need pediatricians. She’s also a big Red Sox fan, so that’s important too.
Our thermostat last year was programmed to run at 64 degrees during the day and 61 at night… that’s a little cold for BuiBui, but now I always feel too hot in the house with it set at 67 or 68!
November 2, 2007 at 10:49 am
Awww, moving sucks! I am sending you virtual hugs. Do you like tea? Echinacea tea cures all ills.
I dunno about the tapestries. I think they take years to make. How long do you plan to be cold?
I am trying to keep the thermostat at 68 but it is feeling really cold to me. I know it’s unreasonable to think I can walk around in flannel boxers all year round but I want to anyway. Brrr. In the Chicagoland area, we pay about $150 a month for gas and about $80 for electricity. Most of our appliances run on gas, including the furnace. I’m just hoping we don’t get another price increase.
Stay warm!
November 2, 2007 at 11:28 am
OK, here’s what you need to do for coverings.
First of all, you need them, desperately. You know that our place is almost 40 years old. It has those horrible single pane windows and if they don’t have coverings the energy loss is massive–and our bill is astronomical. It’s well worth investing in window coverings as soon as you can. I make most of mine. We have a home fabrics store–the one near Michaels, that always has thick fabrics for great prices.
You can choose a fabric, any fabric, and add a blackout liner. Simply cut them both to the same rectangular size and fold over the nice fabric around the liner and pin to make a nice edge, and sew. My bedroom curtains actually have a blackout lining on the back of the fabric, so you can skip that step if you can find that fabric.
Sometimes you can find curtains on sale at Target, K-Mart, or online for better prices than you can make. I like West Elm, and Z-Gallerie.
I hope you can get over the 1918 Flu and get some coverings. Buuurrrr.
November 2, 2007 at 1:04 pm
BTW, Jensen? Was Jensen your old Ped? We too went to the one with the nice new offices and the Nemo aquarium.
November 2, 2007 at 11:43 pm
Until you get your window coverings, throw up a few layers of tissue paper on each window. You get the nice diffused light, and you also get privacy. When we were waiting the approximately 179 weeks it took for our shutters to get here, that’s how we dealt. Dealed. Whatever, you know what I mean.
I think all good pediatricians have fish tanks. It’s in the Good Pediatrician handbook or something.
Hope things are getting better…