Sep. 9: A quickie

Once again, things are just too crazy-busy around here for a real post.

• School started yesterday. Katie and Jack both had good days; they enjoy their teachers, like their classmates and came home with a shockingly low number of new swears.
• I, on the other hand, learned lots of new naughtiness because I spent the first day of school volunteering. My job was to collect bunches of forms and do stuff with them. That about sums it up. Oh, I also shoved Cassie for making my blood pressure go up about eleventy-thousand points for a minute. The real treat of the day was lunch at New Seasons with a very fab group of gals: Dawn, Sunshine, Jenn K, and Dina.
• I’m headed out to the doctor in a few minutes and hoping he’ll have the magic touch to fix whatever’s wrong with my back. I’m still sleeping sitting up on the couch every night and dealing with a lot of pain when I do strenuous activities like stand, sit, roll over and fetch. Even my beloved Vicodin isn’t helping anymore. I hate my back. Hate it, hate it, hate it! Wish me luck.
• My friend formerly known as “Lovely Lori H” is now to be called “Fancy Lori,” as she is an art gallery-visiting woman of refinement. Please make a note of it.
• The “Obama indoctrination” hubbub kinda cracked me up last week. It was hard to get very upset about it; I certainly wasn’t interested in anything GWB had to say once he showed us what a lying jackass idiot he was, and I wouldn’t have wanted my kids to be forced to listen to him. But then I read Obama’s speech and OHMYBUDDHA, I was suddenly furious. What was wrong with it? Even if a lying jackass idiot president gave that speech—and George Sr. pretty much did, back in the day—I’d agree there were some very good points. My bloggy friend Jen E wrote a good reaction post yesterday. All I can really say is that people need to calm the hell down.
• And while I’m fired up, I’ll share this news item I found on Emerald City Guy’s blog: Third Nationally-Recognized Pastor Declares Anti-Obama Death-Prayer. This is scary stuff, folks. It’s also exactly why I’m no longer a Christian. If church leaders can get away with such hateful behavior, how can we ever expect their sheeple to be any better?
• In order to calm down a little, here’s a picture of a cute little teddy bear.
  
  It helped me. I hope it helps you too.
• My seester got a new job. Yay, Kath! It’s better than the one she’s had because it’s a different one.
• My dear friend Kim F’n turned the big four-oh the other day. You might have seen her mention it on Facebook—she was pretty much insisting everyone on Facebook acknowledge her day, and also that as many status updates as possible were dedicated to her. Our friend Gary even declared that September now be known as “Sepkimber.” I think that’s awesome, but since Kim and I share a birthday month, I suggested “Jenkimber.” Kim would not go for that because EVEN THOUGH SHE’S YOUNGER AND “KIM” COMES AFTER “JEN” IN THE ALPHABET, she wants her name first. So now September is “KimJenber.” I agree, it’s totally clumsy, right? But I’m alright with it because I’m too old and worn out to argue with Kim’s logic EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NONE. My point? You don’t have to call September “KimJenber” IF—please note the uppercase IF—you buy us sapphires. Many sapphires. Sapphires are good.
• We both also enjoy a great deal of rum.

I need to get my hair did and then leave for the doctor’s office. “Spineless,” my arse, Fancy Lori!  :)