Blogging for 28 years

While I was cleaning out my office, I found my old journal from third grade. That was 1983. I had to scan in a few entries, just for fun.

December 14, 1983

Today, we went on a field trip around B.R. [Baton Rouge] We went to the Governers Mansion, Pentagon Barracks, (We saw everything but the G.M.) Mrs. Ellis was the tour guide. Actually we had a school bus tour. My partner was Aimee. She’s so sweet.

Tristen’s crying because Jonathon hit him. He hit Jonathon in the jaw. Jonathon hit him in the stomach. I do feel sorry for Tristen because you can kill someone by punching people in the stomach, and you can’t kill anyone by punching in the jaw.

Huh. I don’t know where I got that bit of information from. Poor Tristen gets quite a beating in my journal. I was not a fan. Fortunately, I don’t remember his last name, so I can’t look him up on Facebook. I think it’s best that I don’t try to apologize for writing mean things about him 30 years ago.

 

February 14, 1984

Hi! Today for valentines day, I got a cat book from Mommy & Daddy and a box of chocklates. They’re good. My secret valentine is Christian. Rather I got one from Christian. I gave Tristen one. I had no choice to whom we gave one to. Christains was so sweet that I almost cryed. There was two very sweet ryimes. Then, he explained how he liked me. I don’t think he does. But I hope so. I like Christain. He’s so creative. I love creativity. Christain has the most I’ve ever knew you could.

I think Christain has so much creativity because he made two (I’m sure) award winning poems. I mean they were really really good.

Aimee got braces yesterday. They aren’t the kind I expected. They have goold caps on her last two molars on the top of her mouth – and then a wire is connected to it and it goes all of the way from the back and goes between her 2nd & 4th teeth. It is really weird. In three months, she will… [and I go on and on about her orthodontic plans.]

Oh my, third grade drama. Can you believe I had to give Tristen (or was it Tristem? Can’t remember or tell from my spelling) a secret valentine? From my defensive explanation, you can tell I wasn’t thrilled. And wouldn’t you know, Christian and I because good friends in college? We still stay in touch. Love this! Hope he doesn’t feel too awkward about my crush way back when.

 

 

07/12/12

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Yet another exciting photo of my new office. I just moved down the hall, but the view is so much better. Hello Superdome! Now I just need to get that annoying film off the windows so I can have a clear view.

07/11/12

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I have to apologize for the lameness of this picture. I just moved offices at work, and um, here is my new office. Exciting, yes?

07/07/12

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A friend built a TARDIS for the owner of the pub. George was so excited to get a picture of the boys inside of it. (But it had no roof, and it was raining, so they weren’t quite as thrilled.)

Yeah, so you step inside…and there’s a pub! Bigger on the inside, see?

07/06/12

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Pretty much the cutest thing on Earth. A bunch of four year olds performing in too-big costumes. Mama was a big ol’ pile of mush.

And oh yeah, there’s a video.

multiples monday with capri +3

07/05/12

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The boys had their last swimming lesson, and I’m so happy with how much more comfortable they are in the water now. Funny, though…until these lessons, Oliver was a little fish and Miles and Linus would barely put their toes in. Now it’s the opposite.

Stuff and things

It’s been a busy week, and I should probably save this post until tomorrow once swimming lessons are over and the camp play has been performed, but that’ll just have to be in another post.

The biggest thing for me was my dental procedure. It was pretty bad in an entertaining way. Let me show you some of the photos I took…

Here’s the “tooth” (on the left) I had work done to. I say “tooth” because there’s really not a tooth there. Just a bridge and a root canal. But all that had to go because of a stupid abscess on my gums. Argh!

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And here’s an x-ray that was done after my dentist dug around in my jaw to remove the root. There’s a tiny little piece at the bottom of the right root that just didn’t want to come out. All I can say is “ouch”. Times a million. There isn’t enough novocaine in the world for that little bit of evil.

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The instruments of torture:
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Earlier I posted the cadaver bone they filled the resulting hole with, and this is my pathetic face after:
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I spent the rest of the evening on the sofa, watching “21 Jump Street” (you can see my office in part of it, during the high speed chase) and comforting myself with Kraft Mac & Cheese. (I will not apologize for this Dukan indiscretion.)

Happily, I woke up the next morning with no major pain or swelling, only the taste of death and dirty socks in my mouth (thanks to the antibiotic they mix into the bone) which was fairly easily remedied. And later, George and I saw Spiderman before picking up the boys from Granny & Grandpa’s.

I wanted to take the boys to see the fireworks for the first time, and fortunately, we live only a few blocks from the levee. The fireworks are shot over the river, so it’s pretty nice. Our friends with the quads who share the boys’ birthday came and watched with us, and it was really fun to see the kids interact. I think this was one of the first times it was just the girls and the boys together. Too bad it was so dark, I couldn’t get any great pictures.

Walking on the levee:
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Our vantage point (before it got dark)
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Not a fan of the volume of firecrackers:
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All the kids born on December 4, 2007:
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I think the boys were pretty impressed by the fireworks, but it was way past their bedtime by the time they ended, so they were exhausted. Next year will be even better!

07/03/12

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07/03/12, a photo by pyjammy on Flickr.

That vial right there is filled with ground up cadaver bone, which was mixed with an antibiotic and packed into the giant gaping hole that was painfully made into my jaw. Good times. I kind of feel like a science project now.