a day in the life....

i like my job, i really do....BUT there are certainly down sides of being an ob/gyn... we had big plans for the weekend....big plans. i had a 3 day weekend as a reward for the pain of being Dr. Death all week, and so Friday we were going to go on a big hike, Saturday we were going to rock climb at Garden of the Gods, and Sunday we were going to Denver for the Body Worlds exhibit. Well, we are 0 for 3 with our weekend plans. Friday i was supposed to be off, but i told a patient i would do her "quick" little surgery on Friday b/c that was the only day she could do it. Well, the quick little surgery turned into a bit bigger surgery (i'll spare you the gorey details), and so we were already off to a slow start. We had tons of running around to do, including the girls last set of shots for a while. Speaking of shots, you should've heard poor little nova when she figured out what we were doing..."No thank you, please, no thank you. i don't need one, please. no thank you!". so, friday ended up being a bit of waste. Then saturday i talked cris into doing a little garage sale-ing, and during that fabulous time juneau fell asleep at 10:00 and slept 3 hours, and before we knew it saturday was over. so, that leaves Sunday. I get a phone call this morning that my lovely and wonderful little patient, who i was supposed to deliver tomorrow, was in labor. So, we laid the girls down for nap, and i went into the hospital. i got her all tucked in to the hospital, then ran out to our FAVORITE colorado pseudo-fast food restaurant for dinner. We got our food, and Juneau then announced she had to go potty (for about the one billionth time). Cris took her to the bathroom, while i devoured my smashburger. he got back to the table, took one bite, and i was paged back to the hospital b/c my patient was about to deliver! we threw the burgers in boxes, threw the girls in carseats, then sped off to the hospital, when i got another page, that she delivered like 3 minutes after they paged me, and i missed the whole thing....oh the Drama!!!! fortunately everything went beautifully, and she has a lovely new baby, but i just could not believe i missed it!
sooooooooo.....long story short, as the late 1970's song goes "mamma don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys"....or in this case OB/GYN's, cuz they just might end up with a cold smashburger on a sunday afternoon.
Behold, the SmashBurger.... well, on to other things. do you want to see something gross?.......

that, my friends, is a bulk package of those disgusting little marshmellows that come in lucky charms. did you even know you could buy them like that? well, at a magical little place called Planktown Country Market, you can buy practically ANYTHING in bulk. It is a little amish store by my parents house in ohio, and when cris and the girls (who eat tons of lucky charms) discovered these magical little gifts (thanks a lot, gramma Saccenti!) they were in heaven. I am beyond embarrassed to admit that my girls eat Sugar Cereal, and on top of that we add extra sugar in the form of compressed/processed tiny marshmellows....but if you could see how happy this makes them you would understand!!! :)
"delicious" says little nova....

also, please ignore the fact that there are so many fingerprints on the windows you can barely see out of them....it is useless to clean those windows because they are dirty again in about 15 seconds.

Juneau spent some time on her water-water table. She prefers to actually sit on the table. Their new FAVORITE toy is this little snowball maker. The call it their "clapping hands", which i guess does make sense.

and so, we are back to another work week. i am REALLY looking forward to seeing some of my friends from med school this weekend. We are having a little tiny mini reunion in Denver, and it is going to be amazing.