This morning Brother called to tell me that he proposed to Joy on Sunday night at Disneyland!!!! Woohoo!! It sounds like it was a total surprise to her and she couldn’t stop laughing. Hm…sounds a lot like how I reacted when I was proposed to…
Anyway, she said “yes” and I’m getting a little sister! Congratulations, you two!!
My Monday started out kinda slow. I had a hard time getting up and then had to wait a really long time for my train. When I arrived at work, I realized that I didn’t have my lunch bag. On one of the rare occasions that I actually pack a lunch, I manage to leave my bag on the train. Boo…. So someone in SF had an awesome chicken and rice lunch along with half a PB&J sammich, 3 Balance Bars, and a yogurt. *grr* He or she also scored an awesome neoprene lunch bag and StainSaver container.
As if my day couldn’t get any worse, my 11:15 patient came in and was quite a handful. He’s a 9-year-old who was exposed to drugs in utero, which has resulted in erratic behaviors and short bursts of calmness and aggression. Well, during one of his moments of calmness, he decided to explode in aggression while I wasn’t looking. He clawed me in the neck and dug his nails into my right arm. I shrugged it off for the remainder of the session but when it was over, I looked in the mirror to find my neck covered in red lines along with a bleeding mark where he broke the skin. I also had a large bruise on my upper right arm with 2 more bleeding marks.
Wow, I got a real beating today. I was ready to just clean up the wounds and put some bandaids on but I had to go to Employee Health to fill out some forms and get checked out. So, now I have a large bandage on my arm, a new bottle of ibuprofen, and an ice pack for the bruise. I must have unconsciously known something was going to happen today because for some random reason I decided to take some band-aids to work to keep in my desk this morning.  My Hello Kitty band-aids sure did come in handy today! AND it’s time for me to buy a new lunch bag.
This spring/summer, I’ve been mentoring my third graduate student and she has been so fun to have as my shadow. She’s very smart, intuitive, calm, and eager to learn. She also grew up in Sonoma County where her family still resides and grows fresh fruits and veggies. On Monday morning, I found this jar of preserves on my desk at work and it turns out that she made it with her mom over the weekend. And I got one!! The presentation is so simple and yet it’s so pretty too. I finally opened it today to have a little taste and WOW. It was so yummy and I can’t wait to make a PB&J sammich tomorrow morning.
I was sorting through my photos and totally forgot that I took this video of Katie. It was taken at Ishya and Billy’s a few weeks ago. So cute.
Happy Summer!! Last night we went to the ballpark for an evening of opera and a picnic on the outfield. Luckily it was a warm evening and we live just across the street. Unfortunately for us, it was poorly organized and we were herded into the stadium like cattle. Everyone was hot and grumpy by the time we got through the gates. We had to find our way down to the field by wandering around in different directions and even climbing over a b*tchy old lady that didn’t want to get up for us to get through her row. Once we got inside, we found a nice spot on the field and got crackin’ on our picnic.
It ended up being quite pleasant on the field and the evening stayed pretty warm and comfortable. We watched a live simulcast of Lucia di Lammermore that was playing at the SF Opera House and it was pretty good.
The jumbotron was really clear and we got an upclose view of the performers along with subtitles. The only annoying part of the whole experience was a couple who thought it would be a good idea to have the most retarded conversation that was totally unrelated to the opera throughout the entire show. As Jesse was saying as we left the stadium, it may be worth it for us to pay for tickets to the actual show next time just to avoid the crowds and annoying conversation. All in all, it was still fun…and FREE!
I took the dog to the park today and there was an unusually large number of people and dogs there. I thought he was totally going to fall apart but he managed to hang out off-leash with all his buddies for almost 40 minutes without any outbursts. He had one little growly thing with a pup but it was nothing. I got a video of him this afternoon and it’s posted on MakaKoa today. Nice work, Dog!
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