Monday Madness

(A BUNCH OF RANDOMNESS AND MAX'S 9 mo 3 weeks STATS from his checkup)

If you leave square gum in the car in 100 degree's - it melts.  But, it stays square.  If you eat it, it FEELS very, very, wierd. 

I have known people who truly fell in love with the first wedding dress they tried on, and they were happily ever after in love with their choice.  It took me 8 months, several states, a million boutiques, and I narrowed it down to 2.  I wish I picked the other one.  I know that if I picked the other one I would wish that I hadn't.  Most of all I wish that I could just have my wedding now, in 2011.  If I did I would add black feathers and rhinestone gems to my bouquet of red roses

- CLASSY, with an EDGE.  I know LOTS of little girls who could wear black tutu's with big satin ribbons and a satin flower and a little feather.  I would wear the simple rhinestone tiara that originated in British Bridal Boutiques that NO ONE in the US in 1996 had ever heard of... because they didn't read British Bridal Magazines I guess - LOSERS!  I would not let anyone wear Antonio Fermin because he is a FAKE! and I would wear something straight and tight and sexy and strapless

 because YES, I would still have that body.  And I would still have the fabulous pearl edged cathedral length veil that I would rip off when it was time to dance.

But really, what I am wondering is, can I, me, Becca, us, we, Matt and Me, can we fall in love with the first house we look at and be ok with it?  Is that real?  Cuz I don't think we have 8 months here....

SO the stats....
Doc had 2 measure him TWICE because it seemed unlikely that a baby would have GROWN SO MUCH TALLER in just 3 months!!! But NO! It was correct.  I could have told her that one day he could stand under the table, and the next day, he could NOT!

Height 30 1/2 inches = +95%
Weight 19 lbs 10.5 oz = 30%


conclusion = BEAN POLE!!!


I have been worried about his fine motor - because he doesn't pincher grasp, feed himself or pick up little things, he puts VERY VERY LITTLE in his mouth, EVER!   


Doc said we can watch him and do OT at a year if he needs it, then we talked about the CLIMBING.... climbing the stairs, the sofa, the people, the STAND UP BALL BLAST so he can get better access to the piano.... and Doc laughed and said.... oh, he is just focusing all of his efforts on gross motor, he is too busy to be bothered with the little stuff. 

LAST WEEK I was headed down the highway with the crew, preparing to exit.  To my left was a big truck pulling a trailer of lawn equipment.  I randomly thought to myself  if that guy just decided at the last second that he had to get off too, he would run into me.  Suddenly, he got over, at the VERY last second.  I don't know if I had already slowed down, probably since it was an exit, but whatever the case I realized it wasn't just a random thought.

I am good at listening to other people.  I am good at taking care of other people.  I am not always good at listening to GOD and to the things that are meant FOR ME.

Tonight my Wireless card stopped working.  So we thought.  A tedious hour of cables and cords and screws lead to the conclusion that my virtual on/ off switch had been flipped.  Why do I have a "virtual" on/off switch when I also have a "real" on/off switch?  Why do they say "Power it down" when they shut it off. SILLY, SILLY, SILLY, SILLY, SILLY

Most Brilliant of absolutely all of it - the little tiny fruit juice balls at ORANGE LEAF.   A-MA-ZING!!!!
They burst in your mouth with a little fruity explosion.  Someone should write a commercial and a jingle about the bursting in your mouth - they are that FABULOUS!

So I'm giving the stray cat who has been coming around some cool water and a treat, when the Mamma racoon shows up.  I immediately start to fret because we don't have a lot of table scraps tonight.... Then Matt pipes up and says - Sonic Drive In - pull on up to the glass door and we'll give you whatever we can find!
So I guess feeding 1 Mamma raccoon, her 3 babies, 1 other raccoon, 3 squirrels, all the birds, and 1 stray cat is maybe a little much!

Finally.....

When I had cancer I had stage 2 malignant melanoma.  They gave me 16 hours to find a surgeon and get to the O.R.  I was naive and completely bewildered.  They removed a 2 inch square section of my breast and did a sentinel node biopsy under my left arm.  The results were that the piece they removed had clean margins and nothing had spread to the lymph nodes.  I had a final P.E.T. scan and orders to have a complete mole maping every 6 months for 5 years and it was over.  I didn't learn terms like metastasized, metastatic, IL2, chemo or melanocytes. 

Melanoma is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the skin cells called melanocytes (cells that color the skin) 


So why did I get cancer in a NON SUN SEEING place - when I have skin that generally has no color, my cells don't color my skin, I just sit here and glow. 


I've been hearing about Melanoma and realizing as scary as it was - I really didn't have a clue how bad it could have been. 

Well I started out fun.  
I try to be fun - but I always come out serious -
that's just what my brain does.

THE END :)