Lately.....

Lately, I've been in a funk. Don't really know how else to explain it, but life has just been on some sort of cruise control and I feel like I've just been along for the ride. But here are some things I've managed to squeeze out along the way....

-I have a patient named Tarantula. Like the spider. Sigh. C'mon people! That's almost as bad as Knipple. Almost, but not really.

-Bathing suit shopping. **Sigh**. I'd rather listen to Lou Holtz read the "S" section of the phone book. Twice. But I did it today. And it was everything I thought it would be. Terrifying. Horrible. Depressing. And....unsuccessful. I left the store with a weight watchers cookbook, a beach cover up, and a diet coke. And a complex. Awesome. Who invented the three way mirror in the dressing rooms anyway? I did, however, discover online swimsuit shopping. This, my friends, is God's gift to women. You graze through beautiful swimsuits on beautiful women and pick one imagining yourself the way you want to look in it...sans cellulite and fluorescent bulbs. And suddenly shopping for bathing suits isn't nearly as scary. I bought two suits.

-Dear iPhone users: I like you. I want to talk to you. I actually like to look at you more than the tops of your eyelids. And guess what? I really do notice that you're looking down at your email while pretending to talk to me. HONESTLY! YOU'RE DRIVING ME BATTY! If I'm ever choking on some food at dinner with you, I'll email you to perform the heimlech. My message will reach you with lightning speed....certainly before you make eye contact long enough to realize my international choking sign. Maybe I'm just jealous. My phone still has a keypad. And yes, it is totally distracting when you text, check espn, and websurf in church. Is being totally connected at all times really that fun? Does that make me old and bitter? For real, I like you. Please be social.

-I'm broadening Shane's culinary experience lately. I may have mentioned that Shane's taste is likened to any kindergartener's lunchroom staples...gummy fruits, mac and cheese, milk, hotdogs, chicken nuggets....the usual culprits. I used to ask before I made meals with anything other than the above noted ingredients. I was met with fake gags and eye rolls followed by an "EWWWW....no way!" But now I just make them. So far, he has (albeit unknowingly) eaten Sushi, Kale linguine, chicken, artichoke, and sundried tomato pasta, and spinach and tomato penne, orange glazed Mahi and kale chips. And, to my knowledge, he didn't think they were half bad. He's buying into my mantra that everything is better when surrounded by carbs....so who knows what ingredient will make it into the pasta next.

-February 20th is National Hockey Day. I don't care. My husband is stoked.


-Confession. I'm good at science. I didn't make a B in college. Ever. I'm a doctor for goodness sakes. But I'm really, REALLY bad at history and geography. Embarrassingly bad. So bad, in point of fact, that when my daughter came home singing this, I was reminded that I didn't know that there were 7 continents, let alone what they were.
I'm NOT smarter than a three year old. Shane's embarrassed


-Riley would, however, fail in bible songs....


-I don't care who you are, Gwenyth Paltrow rocked on the Grammys. Dare you to listen to that song once and not get it stuck in your head. And while we're on music, I am totally digging Zac Brown Band right now. These guys are the JAM! I think I'm the only one left on earth who likes country music, but this stuff takes me back to riding in my Dad's truck and listening to GREAT country music as a little girl. Even Shane sings along to a few songs(a small triumph for this anti-country boy).