Free Range

Watching all of the coverage of the democratic convention this week has reminded me how much I miss Colorado.  Seeing all of the puff pieces on the local culture brings to mind a time in my life where I felt complete freedom.  As a kid, I could ride my bike just about anywhere in town.  [...]

I Strongly Believe

I had a friend my first year of college that prefaced almost every statement with, “I strongly believe.”  The older I get the less this sentiment resonates with me.  In my twenties, I was dogmatic about a lot of things.  Chief among my strong beliefs were my views on faith and politics.  On both points, [...]

47,414

47,414 sounds like a big number.  It is the number of feet from my old house to my new house.  It might as well be an infinite number.  It is sad really.  The town I used to live in was older, but it was very charming.  It used to be a community of small single [...]

Nurse, Check

So the meeting at Ethan’s school was just with the nurse.  His new teacher was in training (how to inflict pain on children without leaving a mark).  The meeting with the nurse, the backup nurse and other people whose roles I cannot even imagine was to go over E’s health plan.  It all went well [...]

Moment of Truth

Today Jenn and I are meeting with Ethan’s new teacher and the school nurse.  I call this entry the moment of truth because I have found that people in general have one of two reactions when they hear the word incontinent.  Either they do the “oh, ok…no big deal” or you get the deer in [...]

Paging Dr. Jellyfinger

This morning I had my annual (mmm…well…bi-decade) physical.  Since I am over 40, I had a visit from Dr. Jellyfinger.  My doctor and I are friends, so I sang “Getting to know you” during the deed.  Considering the awful things I have had to do to Ethan over the years.  I decided 30 seconds of [...]

…my favorite vacation pics

 

Relax

So the Roberts 2008 vacation is now in the books.  I was afraid for awhile that it might not happen at all.  The Thursday before we left, I got a kidney stone.  I had to go to the ER twice, once for pain management and once for dehydration.  I was flat [...]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

OK, here is the monster who has been vexing me all of vacation.  I finally passed the kidney stone…Saturday…3 hours before checkout.  Look at this beast!  It has a barb! 
 
 
 

 
 
I should not complain.  I had decent pain meds.  I was able to enjoy most of my vacation.  Although I did have moments of excruciating [...]

Everybody must get stoned

Well today is the day we head out on our official vacation.  Everything was running smoothly until the wee hours of Thursday morning when I got a kidney stone.  This is about the fifth time I have had one.  Yowza to they hurt.  I was pretty much crippled all Thursday.  Friday it moved to a [...]