July 16, 2007

• Planning for Elves

  Well, the Strategic Plan Elves did not arrive.  But fortunately, or doggedly, I plodded on and the thing is pretty well done.  There are blank spots, but those are places that other people need to fill in the blanks for their department, so my part at least is finished.

  I sold my Christmas Tree this morning to a woman here at work, so that's another $25 I can add to the moving account.  It's all good. I won't have anywhere to store it in the new apartment, so it's best that I not try to drag it along.  I wish I could bring myself to part with more stuff, but dang it, I LIKE my stuff. 

  OH, and speaking of stuff, I splurged and got a set of those space bags.  You know, like the ones on the commercials where you put a couch inside and vacuum all the air out and it's the size of a tuna can?  Those things are FUN.  I put a dozen sweaters in one and then vacuumed and vacuumed and then I sat on it and vacuumed some more.  Maybe it's a Geekly thing to get excited about, but I really liked that. 

  It's not perfectly flat, but it's pretty darn close.

  I put half of Tucker's closet in another and vacuumed it down to the size of a board game. 

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  Tucker story:

  Tucker is in Arkansas.  (So is Michael) visiting my family there.  So the other day he was having a conversation with his cousins about who's mom is superior to who's.  You know, the mandatory conversation that kids have from time to time.  Well, Tucker thinks he's had the final word.  He said,

  "My Mom is older than your mom.  And my mom is smaller than your mom.  In fact, my mom is so small, she's officially a midget, just like on t.v."

  o_0 

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  Pink Ribbon Moment

  Lifetime TV is sponsoring a petition on their website in support of legislation that would stop insurance companies who would force a woman undergoing a mastectomy to be treated as an "outpatient".  The bill would put the decision in the hands of the patient and her doctor so that she would be able to have a 48 hour recovery in the hospital after this brutal surgery instead of being away with drainage tubes still in place, disoriented from anesthesia and regardless of whether there is anyone at home to assist her with the pain and the emotions that follow.  

  This bill mirrors the one passed about 11 years ago that stopped insurance companies from forcing women out of the hospital within hours of giving birth.  Do you remember that?  The mortality rate to both mothers and babies was climbing until the law was passed and they had the option to recover in a hospital if they desired.   I gave birth to Tucker just after that law was enacted and because I had family at home, I opted to leave the hospital when he was about 36 hours old.  Because of that law, a nurse was sent to my home two days later to check on us.  We were fine, but what a comfort to know that if we had needed something, there would have been someone on hand to help.   

  Please visit the website and sign this petition.  Because, by God if someone is going to whack off one of my ta-tas I want at least a couple days in the hospital where there are nurses, pain meds, and a little button I can press to call for help. 

  http://www.lifetimetv.com/breastcancer/petition/signpetition.php

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