I've taken off the password protection, but will not be posting here anymore. I'm keeping it up for archival purposes, but don't look for anything new.
Ta ta...
[...]I've taken off the password protection, but will not be posting here anymore. I'm keeping it up for archival purposes, but don't look for anything new.
Ta ta...
[...]Tugboat and I are so grateful for all the kind wishes in response to us finally finishing up our case. We are only just beginning to exhale.
Of course we can’t completely fix Tugboat’s physical problems, but at least the medical care he gets is within our control. I’m actually giddy [...]
I can't believe I just wrote that.
There are so many things I want to write about the last four years, the last two weeks and the last forty minutes, but my brain isn't quite up to snuff right now.
We settled our case this afternoon.
This whole thing is over. Over. [...]
Today was the third time I showed up to court expecting to testify and got sent home.
Since I don't have balls, per se, I can't say I know what Blue Balls might feel like. But, I imagine it's like being brought to the edge of a cliff with every [...]
Settlement talks have come to a stalemate at a number that is below what we can accept. So, we are moving ahead with the trial.
Today was the urologist and psychiatrist. I attended. Not a thrilling day.
Tomorrow is Tugboat in the morning, then the Nurse Case Manager (and author of The [...]
When we called Tugboat's grandmother to tell her we'd gotten engaged, she congratulated us profusely, but she also said, "It's not always rosy, baby." Those sage words have gotten us through some very rough times.
By all accounts, she and her husband, Tugboat's grandfather, were a true love match. I [...]
No court today. The lawyers and judge all sport highly suspicious tans, leading me to believe that Friday is always optional in the summer.
Presumably, the 20 or so lawyers for the insurance companies are hammering out the settlement today. But, you know, maybe not (see above).
I find this supremely irritating, [...]
I'm tapping my fingers on everything, so why not type, right?
Today is the Expert Orthopedic Surgeon and Tugboat's actual Orthopedic Surgeon. Experts always come under a lot of scrutiny since they are paid for their time and they see the patient relatively infrequently.
However, Tugboat's ACTUAL doctor is a genius [...]
Tugboat was supposed to testify today. I stayed back with the kids. I don't know about your lawyer, but mine has two nannies for his kids. So, they took The Bird and The Boy yesterday when we both had to be in court. Not wanting to avail myself of their [...]
Word of the day: Surreal.
Surreal to see the names of the Judges who messed with us all these years on the doors of courtrooms, surreal to see the faces of the people deciding our fate, and most of all, surreal to hear what sounded like an episode of Law & [...]
I wasn't expecting The Boy to demand food, grow out of all his jammies and have a personality explosion all in the space of little more than a week.
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On a completely different note:
Jury Selection is tomorrow. We are expecting Opening Statements to be Tuesday. Our lawyer wants both of us [...]
I was fully prepared to be miserable in New York. Which, I am, but not as miserable as I would have thought. In fact, most of the misery is directly attributable to traveling with children or preparing for a trial.
Brooklyn actually logged some serious points in the Move Back category [...]
The typical ironworker carries a tool belt weighing 25 pounds. On this belt he carries a bolt bag, a beater, a connecting rod, and various other tools. The most important tool to a structural ironworker is his spud wrench. The spud wrench is a two-sided tool with a long spike [...]
I don't know if this happens to everyone, but it's happened to me both times. Yup, just to add malicious insult to grievous injury, I'm balding.
When pregnant, I don't loose any hair. I'm talking not one strand. No hair on my hairbrush, no hair in the drain. Nothing. Zilch. Nada. [...]
Here is what three-and-three-quarters years of medication to treat the pain resulting from a spinal fusion, a stab wound, a broken pelvis, sacrum, and vertebrae looks like:
"Military tactics are the tricks used on the battlefield, while conducting a war, to gain success."
Lately my daughter has exhibited some expertly honed skills that would, I believe, serve her well should she choose a career in the military.
As a new-ish three-year-old, she has embraced those traits that [...]
Since we are supposed to get a more appropriate offer next Thursday, we met with a financial adviser today to discuss minimums. He will assess all our goals and formulate a number under which we cannot go and still accomplish everything we want to.
He offered us coffee at the beginning [...]
