As If On Cue

So, we're on vacation this week (which may mean more blogging, but it also may mean less). As if the director of our lives had said, "Roll illness," Caetlin woke with a cold Friday morning. It was a nasty one, too, where Friday she was a little stuffy, and Friday night she hardly slept because she could barely breathe. She slept a lot yesterday and has so far had a pretty decent night's sleep tonight, so I'm hoping she'll move through it quickly.

I am also taking Airborne, Zicam, vitamin C, sacrificing chickens, doing a wellness dance, and just generally praying that I won't get sick while on vacation. Caetlin can handle her illness with aplomb; she's still happy and has a great time walking around and playing, despite her runny nose. Me, not so much.

So, tomorrow we relocate with our dearest friends in the world, who brought their adorable daughter Saturday afternoon all the way from Los Angeles, to the mountain house that we have rented for the week. Blogging (if any) to resume on location in the mountains of north Georgia for the next week.

And if you have any extra chickens lying around- feel free to offer them up for my health, would you?

Mark Richt Is My Hero

Following up on that last post, I just have to say...

42 - 30, baby!!!

I was trying so hard not to care if we lost this game. But I have to say, I am ecstatic. Despite some refereeing that could have cost Georgia the game- what the heck was with the procedural call near the end of the first half that wiped out a big gain for a first down and made the Dawgs ultimately have to punt? It turned out to be inconsequential, but jeez, that was such a bogus call, among others- my beloved Bulldogs managed to demonstrate that without Tim Tebow at 100%, the Florida Gators are mere mortals.

I think the importance of the bye week can clearly not be overstated here. Everyone has made a big deal about Florida winning the last 15 out of 18, but it's worth mentioning that each time Florida has won, it has had a bye week the week prior. Each time Georgia has won, I believe we have had the bye a week prior. It almost makes me wish the scheduling could be arranged so that neither team (or both) could have byes before, since it clearly makes such a difference. I would like to see how the two teams might match up on more or less equal footing for awhile.

Still, I'll take it. GO DAWGS! SIC EM! WOOF WOOF WOOF!!

Go Dawgs!

So, in anticipation of this weekend's Georgia-Florida football game (also known as the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party), I present:

AN ODE TO GEORGIA GIRLS

Georgia girls have attitude.

Georgia girls are on the move.

Georgia girls are book smart.

Georgia girls are intellectually curious.

And finally, Georgia girls are just cute!

So, despite that we may get killed if Joe Stafford can't nut up and actually perform like he's capable of doing (shades of Quincy Carter, who was the original choke artist at Georgia), I still just have one thing to say about the game this weekend:


GO DAWGS!

Happy Birthday to My Dad

One of the kind of cool things about having a blog is being able to give a shout out to important people in my life. So, happy birthday, Dad!

In Which I Attempt Humor, And Decide That Pictures Will Have to Suffice, Since Clearly The Humor Ain't Working

I like to call this picture "C-Dawg Wuz Here."

Although I think a better gang name for her might be "C-Note." Because of the hundred dollar bill connection? And her name starts with C? Get it? Huh? Huh? Get it?

(Yeah, I just exposed myself as the whitest, non-gang-iest person on earth with that little vignette, right there.)

Anyway, this was playtime while her bath was running. For nothing other than your amusement (since the humor probably isn't rating high on the amusement scale), I give you a couple more pictures.

UPDATE: Bruce says he can't decide between C-Dawg and C-Note. He says he sees the appeal of C-Note, but C-Dawg might be more appropriate because "Dog!" is one of her words.

Him: "Yo yo yo what's up C-Dawg?? How's my homegirl doin' tonight?"
Her: "Dog!"

Either way, her gang colors are pink and, well, pink, and the members of her gang all wear Pampers Cruisers. We don't want none of that Huggies trash up in here.

(Yeah, still white and non-gang-ish. That's not changing.)

The Playground: A Photo Essay

Last weekend we went to the playground on Sunday afternoon. She was tired, having not taken her afternoon nap, but she enjoyed herself anyway. I brought the camera along and took a few pictures.

We started on the swings, which are her favorites.

Then we walked around a bit.



We stopped for a juice break. All that walking makes a girl thirsty!


Then time for the slide, her other favorite. She likes going down on her belly the best, since she goes faster that way.



We walked around some more, and played near the sandbox.

She was starting to get really tired by then, so we finished on the swings again.

In all, a great day at the playground.

People Can Be So Dumb

So, I've already stated my view of vaccines here. Now I read this story and I wonder what is wrong with people. Can they seriously claim that they think the vaccines are worse than the diseases they are intended to prevent? Really? Would they like to travel to third world countries and see people- mostly kids- suffering from and maybe dying of measles, or whooping cough? Do they want to go to the places where polio is still a problem and see children die and be crippled? Sorry for the hysterical tone of this, but the selfishness of these parents makes me so angry. I think something people may not understand is that vaccination only works when enough people do it. These selfish, idiot parents who choose not to vaccinate are free riders on the backs of me and so many other parents who are, you know, concerned about our children's health. If we all stopped vaccinating, guess what? These diseases come back. For everyone. So by failing to vaccinate, they are putting my kid at risk, not just their own. (Which, I mean, really, why again would you not want to keep your child safe from these potentially deadly diseases? Autism? Based on completely disproven research which has been disavowed by its authors?? Idiots.)

The thing that boggled my mind, though, was the very end of the article, when a pediatrician is on record as encouraging the parents of her charges to take a philosophical objection to vaccines. Wow, that seems to be almost complaint-worthy to the Massachusetts medical board to me. At the very least, it violates "First, do no harm." I guess I'm just flabbergasted that there is a pediatrician willing to go on record as encouraging failure to vaccinate. Like I said, it's irresponsible at best, and malpractice at worst. Also crazy. Really insane.

I think I'm not really cut out to be a typical Yuppie, since not vaccinating is the trendy thing right now. I think I just care about the health of my daughter too much. I'm really concerned about sending her to preschool; I bet there is no way to know how many of her classmates aren't vaccinated.