Third Culture Kid(s)

With my dissertation, that is.
This YouTube trailer is pretty much my whole dissertation in a nutshell (no, I’m not writing on this movie, specifically; spot the incongruity here, and you’ll have my topic):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btsJHsuqF24

(They were showing Days of Being Wild on TV the other night, and it’s been on my mind ever since…)
ETA: Actually, watching the […]

Minutes after I typed that, I had a call from the genetic counselor (a good sign, since she said bad news might come from the doctor, instead) saying that we passed our chromosome test - so we do not have to make that decision.
But, as always, our good result makes me think of all the […]

Not too much to say - still waiting to hear.  I hate this.

Got some dissertation writing done.  It’s crap, but some crap is better than no crap.  I keep trying to think of it like a marble sculpture; you have to start chipping away somewhere, and it never starts out looking like the finished product.  And if you spend all your time refining, say, a nose, the […]

Actually, in my usual slacker way, I only took three pictures at the zoo, and one of them didn’t come out very well. These are the two that did - while we were waiting for the wagon ride to see the ostriches and camels and zebras.

and one with Daddy

And, in other news, MM and […]

The second night we tried the toddler bed, MM had quite the meltdown. She came to the door three times, sobbing, and only got into bed after I reassured her that she was a good girl for giving it a try. In the morning she woke up, discovered she was in the bed, […]

Okay, so, I made nice with M., heard from an old friend (who actually wasn’t who I was talking about in the earlier post, but it’s always very nice to hear from old friends!), and generally brought myself (and probably my problematic blood pressure) back down to a reasonable level.  Oh, and the mail from […]

But only after he became the impetus for a spousal argument.  Sigh.
And he reminded me that the contract says we pay the first $75 of any repairs - so, you know, a classic d’oh! moment, since I knew this already (but had forgotten).  Of course, my husband, who also read the contract (and better than […]

I’m at odds with my email - or, rather, the people on the other end of my email - lately.  I’ve had at least three emails from people in my past over the last few weeks - all people I’ve liked very much - and each one has asked me to do something.  And I’ve […]

So to speak.
We just got back from my second CVS in as many years.  As opposed to the one I had with MM, which was done cervically, this one was done with a needle in the abdomen.  The verdict: I’d do the needle in the abdomen over the cervical catheter any day.  Without going into […]