from Paco

Hello all,



So Elena has been under the weather lately; Last night marked the 3rd night which Elena fell pray to "the weep" - an unstoppable urge to cry about most anything (eg. pant legs being too short, hair drying, a peanut found on the floor, etc.). Some of these incidents have been a major trial of human patience, others a great opportunity for a hug, and others yet lead you to understand that God has one hell of a sense of humor...



Last night after her bath Elena was standing in the bathroom wrapped in a towel and began weeping because she was taken out of the bath. Araceli, in an attempt to raise Elena's spirits suggested they sing a song together.



The following link is a dramatic reenactment of the events (the first thing that came to my head when I heard it from the other room.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH2nQHPs4aA

So everyone knows that Elena calls her vagina VJJ. Anyway, after my annual, Grandma asks me what is VJJ. I proceed to explain the whole thing to her. So when someone asked what I went to the doctors for, she told them " she did something to her vjj.

Issy loves to watch the discovery channel. She apparently learned all about skunks. So now when she doesn't appreciate what you are telling her or she wants you to leave her alone, she gets on all fours and pretends to spray you.

So everybody knows how Grandma loves to scream. Well, apparently one day Isabel was going to touch something that she shouldn't. Grandma proceeded to scream at her to leave it alone. Issy then tells her "chihuahua Grandma, you make me so nervous.

What I want to avoid at all costs....

So this morning, I was chilling out with some of the radiology guys, reading CT scans and listening to music. Then the attending walked in, and asked the standard questions that I routinely have to answer:
"What's your name?" Clarissa
"Where are you from?" Here.
"What are you going into" OB.
"When do you find out where you're going?" March.
So then he decided to share a relevant story from his intern year, long long ago.
So his buddy was delivering a baby, and it seemed like the woman needed several more pushes before the baby was going to come. Since this was before there was a limit on work hours, this dude had apparently been awake for over 30 hours and was exhausted. So he sits on a stool, to just rest for a minute, and he falls asleep....he wakes up abruptly when he realizes that in his stupor, he has flopped forward, and his head landed on this woman's vagina. Yup. That is most definitely to be avoided.

Stories

Elena (telling story) - One time, when I was a big girl, they wouldn't let me on the bus. 

Mark - Oh, because you were black?

Elena - Oh, no. I was white. 

Elena (waking up and not wanting to go to school) - Today is not today. I'll go to school tomorrow. 

Alvaro's Stats

Length - 25.5 inches - 75th percentile

Head - 43 cm - 75th percentile

Weight - 17 lbs. 11 oz. - 93rd percentile

The end of an era

It took school precisely 4 days to cut "ka-buzz" from Elena's vocabulary. She now says "bee-cuzzz" and sighed heavily at me when I said "Not, ka-buzz?"...(exasperated expression) "no Mama, it's not".

I'm awake, OK??

I picked up the ever-smiley Alvaro, tossing him into the air to make him giggle. And he vomited...on my face. at least i had my glasses on.  

the TRUST ME day...

well today started out with me climbing a 125 foot antenna tower with no harness and everyone saying.. TRUST ME you'll be alright.. well of course i know how to climb.. but at 125 feet trust goes out the window and the oh shit im about to die mentality kicks in.. this is about when the antenna begins to collaps on its self.. i scream like a 5 yo girl and jump for the roof that was thankfully covered with folded up camo nets.. broke my fall.. only about 25 feet or so..

about 2 hours later... were breaking a wall down when a wire falls down in the wall.. i said uhh im not getting that.. sgt osorio says come on man grab it.. i say no...... im not putting my hand in there.. (here it comes) oh come on guti.. TRUST ME you'll be alright.. so i did.. and im reaching... and streaching.. and black out.. apparently we cut a 220 wire and i grabbed the ends.. woke up about a min later and didnt know where i was at.

4 hours after this.. im carrying a desk across a bridge.. the railing doesnt start till about 4 feet over the water.. im carrying the ass end.. with one of my soldiers on the front. i cant see anything.. desk in my face i ask hey am i walking straight onto the bridge.. yeaaaah he said TRUST ME .... 2 seconds later im completely engulfed in what we call the AIDS water.. i hop out and run to the showers with my eyes mouth and any other orfice on my body closed as best as it could be.. keep in mind im squeezing my booty cheeks closed as well while running.. very difficult if i do say so myself.. and yeah

This is the TRUST ME day

thought you guys might get a kick outa this one