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Happy Halloween!

I spent this Halloween at the Oakland Museum of Art to check out the Pixar exhibit featuring artwork from the past 25 years.  It was so cool to see all the drawings and models that go into making a movie or short film.  Made me want to watch all the earlier films again like the first Toy Story and A Bug’s Life. Cameras and cell phones weren’t allowed in the exhibit so this is the only photo I got while I was in the gift shop.

On Friday, the Rehab therapists all dressed up like the Muppets.  I managed to put together a Beaker mask to wear on my head complete with buggy eyes, a big egg-shaped nose, and fluffy orange hair.  I borrowed one of the doctor’s lab coats and had to walk around wearing Jes’ work shirt and tie too. Teresa was Fozzie Bear.  I don’t have a group photo of everyone yet but I’ll post one as soon as I get a copy from my friend who took one.  We had Miss Piggy, Kermit, Animal, the Sweedish Chef, Gonzo, Fozzie Bear, and even Rizzo the Rat.

Here’s a photo of the mask close-up.  Too bad I didn’t have time to figure out how to make a draw bridge mouth.

Times like these…

…make me love my job.

Story #1:

On Tuesday, in the middle of one of my sessions, one of my 7-year-old kiddos yelled “I have to pee!”  So I hurried him to the bathroom, set him up in front of the toilet, and said, “OK! Go pee pee!!”  We waited a few seconds and nothing happened.  I asked, “Uh…I thought you had to go.”  He replied by saying “Yeah, I did.  Maybe it ran out of batteries.”  Heh.  I got a good laugh that morning.

Story #2:

This afternoon we had planned an outing to the McDonald’s down the street from the hospital.  Unfortunately due to the events of the morning, we had to change our plans and stay in the hospital for the afternoon and had to resort to a Plan 2.  My intern made the suggestion of going out to get McDonald’s for the kids and having them eat together.  We did just that AND set up a drive-thru with 2 windows for the kids to drive up to.  The first window was for ordering and paying while the second one was for picking up your order.  We happened to have a McDonald’s cash register and put one of the kids in charge of taking the orders.  The others got on tricycles and other little riding toys and paid with Monopoly money.  We all had a good time and the kids did too.  Heh heh.

McWino Birthday

Last Tuesday was my 35th birthday.  I had just gotten home from LA and Jes was still in NYC.  Luckily, I have some pretty good friends at work and they were happy to celebrate with me on a school night.  In February, we had a Happy Hour on my roof with wine and Chicken McNuggets.  We had such a good time that we decided to have Round Two for my birthday.

We ordered McNuggets and fries, packed Oreos for dessert, and had 4 bottles of wine to share.  Didn’t finish it all but it was fun trying.  It was also the last day of the heat wave in SF, which made it perfect for a rooftop HH.

The girls and I had a fun time snacking, drinking, and laughing and they all made it home safely.  I had a great birthday and went back to work the next day feeling happy to be a year older.

Here are the photos.

Birthday Fries

Tonight we went out for Stephanie’s birthday and she chose to go to Palomino for her favorite gorgonzola cheese fries.

It’s basically a big plate of criss-cut fries with cheesy seasoning and a big dollop of gorgonzola cheese sauce on top.  It’s pretty good and for Happy Hour it’s only 5 bucks!

We had a fun time celebrating, eating, drinking, and trying not to talk about work.  Happy Birthday, Steph!

Another Girls’ Night Out

Friday made the 5th night in a row that I was out this week!  Mai was in town so we arranged for a Happy Hour at Conga Lounge and it certainly was not lacking in laughter.  These girls crack me up and I’m so thankful that my co-workers are people I enjoy hanging out with after hours.

At the end of the night, we went to Ici, which is another ice cream shoppe that I’ve been dying to try.  I chose maple candied bacon and it was delicious.  It was a sweet vanilla ice cream with bits of salty goodness hidden inside.  Mmmm…

Ramona…

We have a coworker (the one on the very left) who was teasing one of the kids with a crutch during a group activity.  To show the consequence of “unfriendly behavior”, she was put on time out and given the nickname “Ramona the Pest”.  The name has stuck for the past year and she really is very Ramona-esque.  So, when the movie “Ramona and Beezus” came out, we were very excited to go together to see it.

So, tonight after work, we went to Emeryville to watch the movie and pretty much had the whole theater to ourselves.  The movie was so much fun and the girl who played Ramona was absolutely adorable.  By the way, the Emery Bay Theater has a Tuesday special of $5 tickets and $1 popcorn.  What a deal!