Peachy Keane

Just got back from seeing Keane in Central Park. It could not have been a more beautiful night. About 75, clear, and slightly breezy. It made up for the hellish traffic jam we endured coming in (95 in the Bronx caused a back up on the Deegan!). Keane was fantastic as I expected. When we were walking back to the car, a man asked us if we were at the concert. We were at Park and 67th street. He then told us he could hear it in his office! The concert was in the Park at about 70th street. It did not seem that loud to me, but I guess my earplugs do a lot of work for me!

By the way, that fly is still in the bathroom.

Funhouse

My bathroom is like a funhouse. For some reason, there is an excessive amount of mirrors in there. If you need to check yourself for moles, c'mon over! The trashcan, tissue boxes, and vent covers are also mirrored. It is really the room of truth. A big ole' fly was stuck in there for a long time this morning. I think it was confused.

Design That Solves Problems for the World’s Poor - New York Times

Design That Solves Problems for the World’s Poor - New York Times

Busy

I wanted to do laundry tonight, but I lacked the necessary energy after seeing 13 kids and jogging. We are going to Keane tommorrow, and then I am flying to Michigan on Thursday night for camp. Sooo, I may be relatively quiet for a while. :)

Beach, Birds, Bricks, Boats, and Polo?

I wanted my weekend to be described with B words, but I could not leave out the Polo since it was one of the events. So I am sorry that it ruined the flow :)
We cruised out to Newport for a couple of days. RI is not far away from us, but it really feels like you are getting away. It is definitely a more New Englandy crowd out there. This is the first time we were out there that we made a bigger effort to try out some touristy events. We did miss Pirate fest,so we did not partake in everything.

It was hot on Sat, so we hit the beach for a while. The water was less than 60, so nothing more than our feet made it in. They have nice beaches surrounded by rocky hills. We attended our first Polo match, but the price was reasonable since the Rotary club was using it as their fundraiser. It was pretty cool to see the horses, the venue, and the play. The atmosphere was fun, and people were tailgating and sitting on blankets. At half time, many of the spectators went on the field to fix divots. Then people were playing Frisbee, football, and soccer on the field. The players would haul ass on the horses, and they could change direction really fast. The ref was bucked off his horse at one point.

Yesterday, we got up early and went birdwatching at a preserve with a bunch of bird geeks. They were friendly, unlike the super bird expert at our local preserve (we were asking about a bird we saw, and he gruffly asked us if we were birders). Anywhoo, my favorite viewings for the day were a Green Heron and the Bobolink
The Bobolink had a call like, "I'm heeeere!" followed by a bunch of R2D2 chirping. Then we did a brick workout, took showers at the Y (we were checked out of our hotel), and took a sail on a schooner to finish the trip. The boat was really cool, and you can not go to Newport without sailing at least once. The people on the boat were really slamming the Champagne, so we may have been the most sedate couple there. There were a bunch of women hitting heavily on one particular crew member.

Cereal bar or feminine product?

Take your best guess.

Hey you scaredy cats! I did not realize that this game would frighten everyone so much.

Employee's Multitasking Doesn't Include Work

My friend Jimmy

I can not believe I found this one.

P-sy-kick

I swear I am developing a 6th sense when I am going to have a last minute cancellation or a child will be absent from school. I had a feeling my 8:00 was going to cancel, and my phone rang while I was in the driveway (thank God I was not running early this AM). Of course, the suprises I do not appreciate. Yesterday (when half way into my session), the nanny came up and felt the child's forehead. Then she said he did not go to school and was running a fever of 102 yesterday. Thanks a hell of a lot! I would not have even seen him. I really can not catch that, especially since camp is next week. I need to work on my sick child sense.

Random updates

I recently spotted Hiro's hair salon. Maybe my power to write backwards or my flexible joints have a special power to save the world! I think I may find the answer at Hiro's. Speaking of Heroes, I am glad that they did not make it an annoying cliff hanger for next season. I was really sick of hearing about the bomb!

Joe Pat rules!

Taking out the trash - NCAA Football - Yahoo! Sports

Hawaii Travel advice

I hope you can avoid this peril while you are in Hawaii P+M

New Dance Show Commercials, VOL 1

I am scared of Joy Ride

WGPR ads

Including Club Mozambique!

Detroit Legend

I miss crazy Billy!

KABAAM!

I was driving down the Hutch this morning, minding my own business, when my rear hatch window just exploded. That was exciting! I am sure it will cost a lot to fix!

This is the job for.....

SAC - CAS: Willkommen beim Schweizer Alpen-Club SAC
Euromike!!

Summer's around the corner

I planted this weekend, and I have to get some Rosemary to be all set. Mike's trees are doing well, and they are downright soft and furry. I planted tomatoes, and Mike being such a Jersey boy chose the Rutgers variety. During the fall, all they tend to show out here is Big East football (after all, it is one of the nearest conferences). I was so annoyed that I could not catch any big ten action easily, and they were really hyping Rutgers (who I still think are over-rated). I sure hope the tomatoes are not over-rated as well.

Meet you in the mitten

I am going to be in Michigan soon. Let me know if you will be around everyone! I am gettting in May 31rst, and only really available through June 2 in the evening. I want to catch up with some of you folks!

Wishy washy

I am so wishy washy. Decision making has never been a strength of mine. I suppose it is because I am not opinionated about most things. That is not to say I do not have any opinions. I do not have enough energy to worry or have strong feelings about a lot of things. I think I would have been happy at all of my top picks for colleges. I like the city and the country. I like cats and dogs (although I can not be around cats anymore).
The wishy washiness is compounded by Mr. W. He is wishy washy too. For example, we are considering buying a house. We both know that jobs are not for a lifetime anymore, and there is a strong possibility that he will need a new one in the next few years. So it makes sense that we get a place that is also a reasonable commute to NYC. The market is so damn expensive, that we want to find something that we will want to stay in for a long time. Since the houses are obscenely expensive, it is depressing to see the pieces of crap that we will have to work a lifetime to finance. We can not decide if we want to live in one of the cool little towns here (with a tiny lot, but walking distance to the town and train)or live in a beautiful wooded lot 10 minutes north where we get a lot more for the money. Part of buying in my opinion is becoming part of a community which we have not been able to do yet.
I am not just wishy washy about this. I also want to plan a trip and tris this summer, and I just can not seem to figure it out. There are so many places I would like to go. I do not have a particular dream trip, so figuring it out is difficult! I know these are great problems to have, I am just annoyed that nothing is planned or figured out yet!

This is not a misprint!

Houlihan Lawrence #2713084
I guess you may be able to see why we drag our feet on looking for a house. It is scary when we think 800k is a good deal.

Drain

There was this guy in line at Target tonight with a tattoo down his forearm that said "Drain" in old english letters. I wonder what the hell it means. Is is his band? Or perhaps his last name? I can not imagine feeling so strongly about the word drain that you would want it permanently on your arm.

Keep em comin'

I wonder if my toughskins are going to be in a landfill forever!

Nostalgia Battles

I have heard of rap battles, battlin' robots, and warriors going into battle. I did not imagine that now my inocent posting of a Hong Kong Phouey clip has begun a Nostalgia battle. I have been scouring the internet for distant memories of childhood (Detroit clips are the most desired). I should be doing work, but it is fun to dig for information. I think P+M got a good one today. I could recite it verbatum after all of these years. If only I could remember important things! I can not find any Tyler construction ads or old footage of Sonny Elliot.

On another note, being home is like being on a hut trip a little. We have a boil water order since Saturday, so hopefully it will be lifted soon.

Aqualung-Cinderella

This song is getting stuck in my mind a lot lately. I am a sucker for nearsighted boys.

This one's for George and Eunice

Top that one beotch!

Kimba

Why wouldnt anyone ever let me watch this :(

Happy mother's day

Also, I wish a happy mother's day to these 3 great moms!

Happy Mother's day

This one's to a mom who cries in National Parks and places that inspire her, but can enjoy a good toilet joke always. I am lucky I have a cool mom!

Grody to the max!

I was gathering clothes for the gym, and a nightmare happened. My room was dark, and I saw something hanging on my knee sleeve. Without thinking or assessing what it was, I picked it up. When it began to move, I then realized it was a friggin' huge CENTIPEDE!!!!!!!!!! I may be having some bad dreams about it in the days to come.

I take your Underdog and raise it to......

Take that P! Ultraman could kick Underdog's arse!

Rainy start

I sense a productive day. I woke up to some rain, but the birds are singing wildly. It is so pleasant when you can take your time and listen to the morning. Spring has arrrived, and I really feel safe putting away my heavy coats now. I can smell it in the air and the leaves are open.
Time to get into shape!
My knee has been recovering nicely. Dare I say it is recovered fully. I guess recovery to me is not what most people settle for since my knees are screwed up in general. I am tolerating running on it well, and will begin to build distance. I have been building really slowly and cautiously, and it seems to agree with me. Of course, now my hip hurts in a strange place (my innominate bone along the iliac crest for those in the know). I guess I should ice the hell out of it. I am sure it is not my back causing the hip pain, because it feels really sore when I push on it. At any rate, it is a new one!
I swear I am feeling squeezed for time. I wanted to plan a weekend for Memorial day, but have not had any luck. Mike and I want to do a big trip for 7/7/07, but we need to get our act together sooner rather than later. I will feel better once I finish a plan rather than just an idea.

hong kong phooey

For no reason. Just wanted to feed some nostalgia!

The value of health

When I started PT school about 13 years ago (has it really been that long?), I loved the idea of learning how to guide people in their own recovery. I wanted to develop some magical hands that I could lay on people and make them feel better and possibly improve their lives. I wanted to find something that I would love to do, and luckily I can not imagine doing anything else. I never wanted to think about money, insurance, and other third party payers. I guess I was naive or more idealistic.

As much as we like to have the best in health care, nobody wants to pay anything for it. I realize that the costs of healthcare are really outrageous and a problem of our system. Perhaps that is why I get a lot of fights on my hands when I recommend discharging school based services. It took a while for me to get a feel for when to keep a child on in the schools, and this often conflicts with my medical background. There are kids that I must discharge from the school setting that could still benefit from PT. Needless to say, this is very confusing to many parents. My job in schools is to make the environment accessible to learning and the goals are related to participating in school. Believe me, this is tough for me too, and it puts me between being an advocate for the kids I see. When the area is grey though, I will fight!

Recently one of my clients ran into some family trouble (which will be unnamed to protect privacy). It troubles me so much that I can not see this client. I have developed a close relationship with the child and the family, so it is more difficult. I am tempted to see the child pro bono if things do not work out. The child is too young to understand why I am not there, and I really hate that she may feel abandoned by me. I guess that is what bothers me the most. I also decided recently to drop a school district, and some of the older kids are asking if I am coming back next year. That is bumming me out too, and I do not have the balls to tell them I am not! I really suck at confrontation, so I tell them I am planning on it (I recently decided not to do it, and they have not been asking anymore lately). Although I know I am making the right decision to leave the district, I still feel bad about it.

A Sweet So Sour: Kool-Aid Dills - New York Times

A Sweet So Sour: Kool-Aid Dills - New York Times

Pickles...Oh Yeah!!!

Glorious

Today is the kind of day where all of the kids I see will play outside whether they want to or not.

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Glamorous Goodnight

My hair has never looked this good at 11:30! I got my haircut from 8-10:30, just to smash it on my pillow. I would go out, but I have to work a lot tommorow, get up early, and go solo (Mike is working hard in the Cape today!)

Here are some recent questions that we have pondered lately:

What do you wear to a clambake? My answer was flip flops, khakis, and some preppy button down shirt (as if your name was Chip).

Do you want me to color your eyebrows? Answer was a quick no. I barely recognize myself as it is, and that would freak me out.

Leap of Faith

Ed visited this weekend on his way to Africa (He is moving out there, and if you want to visit, he will love to have company!). Unfortunately his visit co-incided with a continuing ed course I really wanted to take. So off went the guys to have fun in the city on Sat while I learned. It was worth it though. I am considering taking my career in a new direction now!

In the line of duty

Yesterday I got beaned in the eye with a whiffle ball. I was playing with one of my patients, and I was pitching from about 3 feet away. Normally this is not a problem when you are working with 4 year-olds. Suddenly he blossomed into a major leaguer at the expense of my looks. Thank god I was wearing my sunglasses. As it is, I have a cut on my nose, and it is swollen under my eye. I did not let the child know the extent of my injuries, and I did not even know I was bleeding until we finished. Now when I look down, I can see my cheek on the left side. It is kinda distracting.

Today I am heading to a water therapy class. I am excited about, especially since they told me about a job that needed to be filled up the street from me. I have been thinking about practicing in the water for a while. I think it would contribute to career longevity. After all, my joints are not getting any younger!

George Bush uses

See if you think that man on the street reminds you of anyone we know.

Sugar Cut Up In Lines

Oh yeah, but they cut out the guard and some other goodies!

Left-handed women may have a shorter life-span - Yahoo! News

Left-handed women may have a shorter life-span - Yahoo! News

I bet some right-handed a-hole wrote this!! It has been nice knowing you all! Maybe there are less old lefties since there are less lefties to begin with.