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Scheduling mayhem

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

Sorry for the inconvenience of rescheduling. My loyal and reliable lab tech got called in for jury duty and just our luck he was selected (with the current rate of unemployment, couldn’t they have picked someone else?). He didn’t take my advice and bring Guns and Ammo magazine with him-a tip I got from my late co-resident Bill Carey. Bill was quite a character. I still picture him leaning at 20 degrees forward (he was always on the go), short sleeve buttondown, tie and briefcase (who carries a briefcase in their 20’s?). Totally politically incorrect, only ate meat and “pah-tay-tas” and really funny. He annoyed and intimidated me a bit when I first met him, but he really was a good guy. He introduced me to the internet and email way back when and drove me all the way out to NJ from NYC to Best Buy to buy my computer. I hope he is proud of me now blogging away. Anyhoo, I digress. It is going to be a little busier than normal on certain days due to the overflow but hopefully we will make it look seamless (my jogging in between rooms seems to help).

Hope to see some of you out Xmas/Hanukkah shopping. I was pleasantly surprised to see one of my patients call out my name in the Century City parking lot yesterday. Just look for the frazzled Asian mom with two moppets in tow!

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The Big Easy

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

“Never shall I forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as I will always be yours.” Beethoven

“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

Had a great trip down to one of my favorite places, New Orleans. My good friend Jessica had a beautiful wedding and brought together my best friends from middle school and high school.

My old friends and I are basically sisters. They are loving, generous, intelligent, fun and fiercely loyal. The past is a big blur of happiness and without them I really don’t know how I would have turned out and how I’d cope today. We survived the awkward, geeky years (of course now being a geek is cool!) together with lots of laughter. We have seen one another through a myriad of boyfriends, school/career stress, health crises, etc. Not only did they take care of me, but I owe a lot to their parents who were always kind to me and treated me like family. My dad asked in junior high if I wanted to move to another school district to go to what was the pinnacle of HS’s in Chicago, New Trier. I made a fateful decision not to go and to stay at Stevenson. Thank god! I always know that no matter how bad things can get I have people I can count on, if only they lived here in LA! We are all over the country now which is really hard for me!

The weekend was full of music, dancing, eating and reminiscing. I also had the pleasure of catching up with some other old classmates and discussing funny things like who was on our bus route, who bullied me and the tribulations of being in junior high when preppiness was all the rage. Feathered hair, designer jeans, Papagallo bags, Fair Isle and Ralph Lauren-it was bad enough I was a new kid in town! It was really timely that I read “Prep” by Curtis Sittenfeld this week. It was one of the best books I’ve ever read and I could really relate to the character. It reminded me more of college than high school, but was all about teen angst and how to overcome insecurities.

I also survived my first trip away from my girls. I had never left them for more than a day in their entire lives. Nice to come home to hugs and “I love you, Mom!”

BFFs but missing the bride and godmother

This photobooth was genius

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Halloween 2011

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

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To cheer up those who don’t like Mondays…

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

Bubbles video

Thanks to my friend Jack who took this awesome photo and for being my date last Tuesday! This photo doesn’t do justice to the incredible concert we experienced. Journey and Foreigner-then confetti spraying at us and an amazing fireworks show above our heads. It was quite amusing to see grandmas walking with their canes to the show, I felt like a little kid who shouldn’t have been let in!

I also posted a video of my girls chasing bubbles. Although I look like I need a coffee, makeover and a shower, I could watch little giggling Lydia all day.

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Screening mammograms

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

It was sad to hear that TV presenter Giuliana Rancic contracted breast cancer, most likely with a contribution from hormones used during IVF. Although I don’t watch her show, I am familiar with her story of the struggle to get pregnant, IVF, miscarriages, etc. She reminds us all, even at a young age, to get a mammogram. I must say I am guilty myself even though one of my best friends is a survivor at 42. Made my appointment today. Reality TV is good for something!

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