I went to my doctor once because I couldn’t sleep. She told me that I need to establish sleeping patterns; I need to follow simple sleep etiquette rules (who even knew those existed?). -Establish a general time of going to bed. Usually, it’s between 10 and 11 for me. -Establish a general wake up time. […]

Working in a doctor’s office has it’s perks. I could go on for days about my hatred of scrubs, but somedays, it’s worth it just to hear crazy things. (see previous post regarding poop) Gardasil is a shot vaccine to guard against HPV (human papillomavirus). A 17 year old girl came in today for her […]

[ring, ring]“Child Care, this is Emily.”“Hi, hi, [frantic] my child ate poop! Do I take him to the emergency room?”“Excuse me, ma’am. Just a moment. [push hold button] Guys, I think this mom just told me that her child ate poop!!” Turns out, I heard her right. Her little 1 year old chose to have […]

I have long been an established fan of the Big Purse Phase. I don’t exactly know what it means to be an “established” member, but, as you will soon see, I think my purse qualifies me for the membership. I have been going to the chiropractor for over a month now. I think along with […]

Carla and I are off to a new adventure. We are applying to be on the show, The Amazing Race. Since we are not in shape [yet], we are starting our preparations for when we are selected to be on the show. First order of business: rock climbing. We went last night. I knew I […]

As you know, it’s my absolute favorite time of year. Well, almost. I’m not so keen on the winter weather, but the air is fresh with Christmas right now and it makes me so excited. I just proclaimed a week ago to Carla that I wish Christmas was five times a year. She scoffed at […]