You know the arechetypical stress dream where you discover that you have to take a final exam for a class you never went to all semester? It might have been because you could never find the room. Or perhaps you meant to drop the class and simply forgot. Whatever the case, there’s always an exam […]
Monthly Archive for February, 2007
There’s a Philip Larkin poem I remember well from college, not least in part because of a celebrated four-letter word in the opening line. It goes like this: “They mess* you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some […]
Life after the Reinforcements
Posted in Jessica on Feb 21st, 2007
About three weeks ago, I sensed my fatigue was getting the best of me and worried about burning out on the job. I assumed then that not clearing out for band practice, allowing my shoulder to heal, and getting cleaning support would go a long way towards making me feel better. Good call! I feel […]
Just heard back from the office at the Kaplan Barron Pediatric Group. Simon’s urine culture came back negative, so there is no need for further treatment or diagnosis. Yay!
Last Friday, Simon had a urine culture taken as part of his four-month check up. They found bacteria and white blood cells, meaning we either had a contaminated sample or Simon has a UTI. So yesterday we repeated the operation. Unfortunately, we got the same results. Some bacteria. Some white blood cells. Can we come […]
Mom and I went to see Venus yesterday afternoon, a rather crass movie in which an old stage actor Maurice (Peter O’Toole) has a discussion about beauty with the young object of his lust, Jessie. In trying to justify or at least soften his leachery, Maurice explains to Jessie that the site of the unclothed […]
Simon was four months old yesterday. We celebrated by going to the pediatrician, where we confirmed that he is 14 pounds, 10 ounces of rotten. And 25 inches long of rotten. And rotten with a head circumference of 17 1/8 inches. That puts him in the 50th percentile for weight, same as his two month […]
Tonight Matt and I dressed Simon in his “Be Mine” shirt and “My first Valentine” pants and loaded him up to the Whitworth’s for dinner. Here’s how I envisioned the evening: I was going to arrive at the house at around 5:00 or so, feed Simon, watch him melt down as by then he would […]
Simon is four months this Friday and we’ve hit a few milestones. Specifically: 1. On February 4, Simon briefly held a rattle in both hands. He’s spent the last few weeks perfecting his grabbing skills by raking his sharp little nails across my chest while he nurses. Fun! Two weeks ago I could put a […]
When Simon was about six weeks old, he went to the Whitworths for Thanksgiving. Friends of theirs, upon seeing Simon for the first time, looked at me and declared, “He’s all boy, you know.” I smiled in agreement, even though my baby was only six weeks old and had a wardrobe that was mostly gender […]