dentist

10-7-09

Bobby appears to now have the cold. He was coughing this morning and has been rather sniffly. I just hope he gets it, and gets over it quickly since he only has about a week to be ok. I don’t know if they will do the procedure when he has a cold.

At the dentist yesterday Bobby had his first semi real visit. He sat on the chair, rode the chair (our hygienist rocks) and got to squirt water in his own mouth. Then she busted out the polisher and cleaned his teeth a bit. He didn’t let her do it for more than a minute or two, but it was progress. I think we will need to actually get him an appt so he can spend some real time in there.

Yesterday was hectic. Apparently our cell phone bill was not paid. This left us without cell phone service, which I was not aware of until I got the voice mail. We have our phone’s voicemail at home set up to send us an email to listen to it. Super cool. I don’t tend to listen to most of the messages since they are either solicitors or bill collectors. Anyone who really wants to talk to me calls my cell. But yesterday, I checked my mail and the voicemail notification called to me. I could say it was because the number was a local call. I could say it was fate. Realistically, I don’t know why I chose to listen to this one. But I did.

It was Carol, all freaked out, trying to get a hold of Ken. She said that his phone wasn’t accepting calls, which I assumed meant he had not answered her call and his voicemail was full. There had been an accident at the Jewish Community center, and one of his instructors had broken their arm. So I sent Ken two texts. For yet another reason, I didn’t want to wait to see if he got that, so I called. This is when I found out the phone service was no more.

Crap. So how do you get a hold of someone? Sure, there was a time in life where you just had to deal. We didn’t always have cell phones. But desperate times bring desperate measures. I knew which school he was supposed to be at a little later, but since it was 2, I thought perhaps he might be there early. I looked up the school online, found a number and called.

The first lady I talked to was an idiot. Granted, I asked for Ken, not Mr. B, so that might have thrown her, but the fact that I also said he was the instructor for the afterschool Lego program, you would think she would know. Luckily, she handed me to someone else, who I asked for Mr B. She told me there was no class there today, and that he just happened to be there right then talking to them about it. Yes! I told her that I needed to talk to him urgently and that it was his wife. I realized when I said that Ken was going to think someone had died, but I couldn’t really relay it was any less urgency. Ken got on the phone where I quickly said that the phones were not working, he needed to call Carol, and that someone broke their arm at the Jewish Community Center. He then left to go there.

The good news is Deb, the instructor, did not actually have a break. Woo hoo! It was dislocated, and they had to sedate her in order to put it back in place (this was done at the hospital) but she should be ok since that was the extent of the damage. Phew!

In a bitter sweet moment, we finished out last season’s HIMYM. It was super happy making, though. We even watched the season opener, which I think leaves us with only 2 new episodes. I told Ken that we may need to take a break, see some other shows for a while, you know, play the field a bit. I don’t know that I can, but I will try.

No boss day, which rocks. Only because he was driving me batty yesterday. He was emailing my large account without consulting me on the statement sent. Plus, he sent it to a different contact. Sigh. So they sent me back gobs of stuff that doesn’t help me. I am going to email my contact today.

After work I am going to my parent’s house. My mom is going into withdrawals. We are staying a little later than normal because this is the first day in which we will be there and Matt is getting there late. He now has to work till 5, so kind of as a favor to my mom, we will stay long enough for the boys to say hello to Matt. It will not be the norm, since doing that will get us home at 6. Ken is going to make them their sandwiches so when they walk in the door, they are ready for dinner. Plus, Ken and I will be doing FFY night (Fend for yourself). It should be fine today.

In a strange set of conversations, I have been inspired to branch out in my writing. I really don’t know that I can handle it. Basically, I am going to try my hand at erotica. Look, I have a lot of sex, and a lot of pretty spectacular sex. But even so, I am a little shy at describing all of that. I don’t know why. Shoot, it isn’t like I don’t get down and dirty, but I seem to turn into a 12 year old girl (ok, let me clarify that. A 12 year old Gena, not a 12 year old girl since let’s face it, 12 year olds today are way too knowledgeable) complete with giggling and turning red when you start to get graphic. I don’t even like using standard porn words for the body parts. I cringe a little at the word penis! Funny enough, there is a scene in Boys on the Side where Whoopi’s character tries to get Mary-Louise Parker’s character to say dirty words, specifically “cunt”. Look, I am telling you, I am Mary-Louise in this one. It is for some reason freaky to me. It took me a second to even type it! I assume it is from when I was a bit more repressed as a kid. I didn’t swear for a while until I think it was Brandy who bribed me to do it. That was Jr High! Of course, now I swear like crazy, so perhaps I just need to start using all the sex words just in general so that the freaky factor goes away. Either way, that is going to be the hardest part about writing anything sexy. Ken suggested that I come up with Genaisms for the parts. Shockingly, in all these years, I actually don’t have an original name for any of the parts. I have stolen other people’s terms, but for whatever reason, nothing has stuck. Well, I will need to start thinking of all of this. I think I will need to do some kind of a storyline and not just the sex part. Clearly, I am getting into this!

Bobby is now in charge of feeding the dog. We figure this is a good way for him to learn how to take responsibility for an animal. What is nice about this arrangement is that since Lycos is now sleeping in Bobby’s room, she will make it very well known when she has not gotten food. This means that I don’t have to worry about her missing a meal. Trust me, Lycos will complain. If Bobby can handle this, he will be able to get even more responsibilities. Every thing from getting his own breakfast to even some chores. He already helps me with putting away his own laundry now. I may even start them in on some dishes. They both love to help, and they love knowing that they are big boys and they can do their own thing. Might as well encourage that more.

I feel so crazy inspired all of the sudden!! So I am wiki reading this morning, reading up on Mark Twain. Get this:

Twain used different pen names (pseudonyms or "noms de plume") before deciding on "Mark Twain". He signed humorous and imaginative sketches "Josh" until 1863. Additionally, he used the pen name "Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass" for a series of humorous letters

SNODGRASS!!! DUDE!! I love the name Snodgrass (Muriel anyone?) and how wacky is it that one of the most celebrated authors of all time used Snodgrass? I didn’t even know this? Maybe it is some kind of fate. The spirit of Mark Twain has spoken to my soul and is talking to me through Snodgrass. Look, all jokes aside, you have no idea how cool this is. I mean, what a wacky coincidence?

LOL! Ken is on hold apparently with KROQ to win tickets to the Star Wars Concert. He can go again and take some of his Star Wars friends, which would be cool. For him to get out and not have to be with me. I know he likes to go out with me, but I think he needs to go out with friends on his own, too. Hell, it might be good for me, too, if he goes out. I can put the kids to bed and have some of my own alone time. I can watch a movie, or just play online. So I am crossing my fingers for my man!

Ken didn’t get to play. I am sad for him now.

I got the nicest compliment yesterday! I was working on some testing in the system with Vyerah, who is in IT. As I was writing up some of the stuff, she says to me, “we should have hired you!” I was confused and she proceeded to tell me about how they were hiring someone who would basically be the IT admin. It needed to be someone who was detail oriented and could work well with the IT folks. They would need to follow up on things to make sure solutions were figured out and was just basically the liaison between IT and the folks in the company. She said I would be perfect for it! Dude! How cool would that be? I told her to throw my hat in if another position came up. Who knows, perhaps I could be in IT. Can you imagine how great that would be??? I would be able to have on my resume not only collections, but IT??? I could work anywhere!!

Crap. I am at a bit of a road block with my new writing.