Football, Puking Etiquette, NaNo, a Thanksgiving Horror Tale, and Contests
It's been a while since I posted anything here. Heck, it's been a while since I've posted anything anywhere. ^_^ So, what have I been doing?
Football! I had the best time watching my son play football this year! It's his freshman year, and he played on the Freshman team, the JV team, and even got in for a few plays in a few Varsity games. (So, yes, we were footballing it 3 nights a week!) All three teams SUCKED. LOL! The players have a lot of talent, but the coaches don't have a clue. I've never seen so many coaches who absolutely did not know where or when to play their guys. The star of the team is a junior who plays running back and cornerback. He's quick and he has some serious moves. His younger brother is a freshman. He played on the middle school teams with Briscoe. He has NO moves, and to quote one of his former coaches, "He's a pussy, and he has no business being on the field." Because his older brother is all that, the coaches put him on the Varsity team and even started him. Some of the best video I got all season was of this boy swatting at the air near the opponent he was supposed to take down. The sad thing is that there were at least 3 other players who could have really played that spot and they had to stand on the sidelines. Frustrating! But, I still had a ball sitting in the sweltering heat, and then the freezing cold, while cheering my head off.
Fantasy Football. Mason and I are in a league with my cousin this year, so all the trash-talking has been fun. It would be MORE fun if my team could back up my mouth.
Puking. We've had a lot of fun with that. Avalon came down with yucky virus first. Thankfully, it only lasted 24 hours. Exactly 6 days later, my youngest son, Chance, says he doesn't feel well. He throws up and I keep him home from school. Around noon, I get a call from the high school that my oldest son has thrown up. I drive over there to get him and guess what? It turns out to be a 2-for-1 deal. Briscoe, too. I get them home, and set everyone up with their own personal trashcan and Mason walks in the door. Since he should be in class, I didn't have to guess what was up. That was a fun 24 hours.
So, we're done with it, right? No. Flynn's best friend stayed over the next weekend and he started puking. *sigh* Now, I have never thought about puking etiquette before, but I discovered that not every family handles puke the same way. As for me and mine, from the time you're old enough to get yourself to the bathroom, we try to confine our puking to the toilet, if at all possible. For those times you can't make it, we keep a trashcan handy. Flynn's friend puked in the bathtub. And that's all I'm going to say about it because the thought of it still makes me gag.
NaNoWriMo. Yes, I gave it another try. This time, I actually started working on an original piece. I've had a romance/mystery trilogy in the back of my mind for a while now and decided to try getting some of it down in print even though I still don't feel "ready" to do it. I did learn one very important thing from this exercise--namely, that the story I have always thought of as the first one should be the second one. Needless to say, what I wrote (45,000+ words) will require some major re-working. It was good to be writing again, since I have done precious little this whole year. And I was going along at a good clip, too. However, I did manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in the last few days. ^_^ Unlike my previous two NaNo attempts, I refuse to take the blame for my failure. This time, it was An Act of God that kept me from crossing the finish line. (That's my story and I'm sticking to it.)
A Thanksgiving Horror Tale. This actually begins the weekend before Thanksgiving. Remember all the puking? Well, my daughter had another bout of it. Only this time, the day after the puking, her temperature climbed to 105 and stayed there. So, we took her in to the local Immediate Care where the doc told us she had the flu. He said to just alternate Motrin and Tylenol for the fever and that she'd have to ride it out. By Thursday, she seemed to be feeling better and her temperature was only 99.7. We were planning to go to Mason's folks' for the big turkey dinner and they said they weren't afraid of catching the flu because they had their shots, so to bring Avalon and come on. When we got to their house, she said her side hurt and she didn't want to get out of the van. I told Mason I'd just take her back home. After we were home for about 5 minutes, she started crying and kept saying her side hurt. Does anyone see where this is going?
I told Mason to leave the boys with his folks and we took Avalon to the ER. She wasn't crying anymore and said her side didn't hurt to the touch. But something about the look on her face caught the eye of the doc. He ordered a blood test and a ct scan. She started throwing up. The blood test came back normal, which turned out to be completely bizarre. The results of the ct scan were a roller-coaster ride into surgery. Her appendix had ruptured. The surgeon came out afterward and told us it had ruptured twice. Apparently, it had ruptured a few days earlier and an abscess formed around it which protected her from the spread of the toxins. Nice flu. When it ruptured the second time ... well, let's just say the surgeon told us she wanted to take pictures. They used 3 liters of saline solution to try to flush out the abdominal cavity and put in two drainage tubes. We spent the next week in the hospital.
We're back home now, but she won't be going back to school until next week. Unfortunately, she feels good enough now that I have to practically sit on her to keep her from doing too much. ^_^
Gee, I don't post anything for 7-8 months and then I don't shut up. ^_^ I'll wrap up this post with a mention of the Hiei/Kagome forum board site I co-admin. Even though I haven't been productive writing-wise, I have continued to encourage and support my fandom love by running several fanfic and fanart contests. We recently finished one where the themes were the "7 Deadly Sins." I got some GOOD reading out of that. ^_^ The authors get to choose from a variety of prizes, including 2 Sesshoumaru plushies. The "7 Deadly Sins" fanART contest ends January 2nd, and among the prizes for that are a Kagome kotobukiya figure and a Bleach t-shirt. Right now, we are running "keychain contests" for the holidays.
I hope everyone on my f-list is enjoying the holiday season!
Football! I had the best time watching my son play football this year! It's his freshman year, and he played on the Freshman team, the JV team, and even got in for a few plays in a few Varsity games. (So, yes, we were footballing it 3 nights a week!) All three teams SUCKED. LOL! The players have a lot of talent, but the coaches don't have a clue. I've never seen so many coaches who absolutely did not know where or when to play their guys. The star of the team is a junior who plays running back and cornerback. He's quick and he has some serious moves. His younger brother is a freshman. He played on the middle school teams with Briscoe. He has NO moves, and to quote one of his former coaches, "He's a pussy, and he has no business being on the field." Because his older brother is all that, the coaches put him on the Varsity team and even started him. Some of the best video I got all season was of this boy swatting at the air near the opponent he was supposed to take down. The sad thing is that there were at least 3 other players who could have really played that spot and they had to stand on the sidelines. Frustrating! But, I still had a ball sitting in the sweltering heat, and then the freezing cold, while cheering my head off.
Fantasy Football. Mason and I are in a league with my cousin this year, so all the trash-talking has been fun. It would be MORE fun if my team could back up my mouth.
Puking. We've had a lot of fun with that. Avalon came down with yucky virus first. Thankfully, it only lasted 24 hours. Exactly 6 days later, my youngest son, Chance, says he doesn't feel well. He throws up and I keep him home from school. Around noon, I get a call from the high school that my oldest son has thrown up. I drive over there to get him and guess what? It turns out to be a 2-for-1 deal. Briscoe, too. I get them home, and set everyone up with their own personal trashcan and Mason walks in the door. Since he should be in class, I didn't have to guess what was up. That was a fun 24 hours.
So, we're done with it, right? No. Flynn's best friend stayed over the next weekend and he started puking. *sigh* Now, I have never thought about puking etiquette before, but I discovered that not every family handles puke the same way. As for me and mine, from the time you're old enough to get yourself to the bathroom, we try to confine our puking to the toilet, if at all possible. For those times you can't make it, we keep a trashcan handy. Flynn's friend puked in the bathtub. And that's all I'm going to say about it because the thought of it still makes me gag.
NaNoWriMo. Yes, I gave it another try. This time, I actually started working on an original piece. I've had a romance/mystery trilogy in the back of my mind for a while now and decided to try getting some of it down in print even though I still don't feel "ready" to do it. I did learn one very important thing from this exercise--namely, that the story I have always thought of as the first one should be the second one. Needless to say, what I wrote (45,000+ words) will require some major re-working. It was good to be writing again, since I have done precious little this whole year. And I was going along at a good clip, too. However, I did manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in the last few days. ^_^ Unlike my previous two NaNo attempts, I refuse to take the blame for my failure. This time, it was An Act of God that kept me from crossing the finish line. (That's my story and I'm sticking to it.)
A Thanksgiving Horror Tale. This actually begins the weekend before Thanksgiving. Remember all the puking? Well, my daughter had another bout of it. Only this time, the day after the puking, her temperature climbed to 105 and stayed there. So, we took her in to the local Immediate Care where the doc told us she had the flu. He said to just alternate Motrin and Tylenol for the fever and that she'd have to ride it out. By Thursday, she seemed to be feeling better and her temperature was only 99.7. We were planning to go to Mason's folks' for the big turkey dinner and they said they weren't afraid of catching the flu because they had their shots, so to bring Avalon and come on. When we got to their house, she said her side hurt and she didn't want to get out of the van. I told Mason I'd just take her back home. After we were home for about 5 minutes, she started crying and kept saying her side hurt. Does anyone see where this is going?
I told Mason to leave the boys with his folks and we took Avalon to the ER. She wasn't crying anymore and said her side didn't hurt to the touch. But something about the look on her face caught the eye of the doc. He ordered a blood test and a ct scan. She started throwing up. The blood test came back normal, which turned out to be completely bizarre. The results of the ct scan were a roller-coaster ride into surgery. Her appendix had ruptured. The surgeon came out afterward and told us it had ruptured twice. Apparently, it had ruptured a few days earlier and an abscess formed around it which protected her from the spread of the toxins. Nice flu. When it ruptured the second time ... well, let's just say the surgeon told us she wanted to take pictures. They used 3 liters of saline solution to try to flush out the abdominal cavity and put in two drainage tubes. We spent the next week in the hospital.
We're back home now, but she won't be going back to school until next week. Unfortunately, she feels good enough now that I have to practically sit on her to keep her from doing too much. ^_^
Gee, I don't post anything for 7-8 months and then I don't shut up. ^_^ I'll wrap up this post with a mention of the Hiei/Kagome forum board site I co-admin. Even though I haven't been productive writing-wise, I have continued to encourage and support my fandom love by running several fanfic and fanart contests. We recently finished one where the themes were the "7 Deadly Sins." I got some GOOD reading out of that. ^_^ The authors get to choose from a variety of prizes, including 2 Sesshoumaru plushies. The "7 Deadly Sins" fanART contest ends January 2nd, and among the prizes for that are a Kagome kotobukiya figure and a Bleach t-shirt. Right now, we are running "keychain contests" for the holidays.
I hope everyone on my f-list is enjoying the holiday season!