My Neighbor is Fine
I read in the paper that my next door neighbor, who is named Karen, is fine. She went into the hospital on Wednesday night and was released the next day. The dude in the pickup, a 14 year old kid, and the driver of the burgundy Buick that I thought was a Dodge Intrepid, were all taken to the hospital and then told, "Shoo shoo! You're fine. Go home." The 79 year old lady in the Buick, however, was still in critical condition at the time the reporter wrote the story.

And they said that Karen's Grand Vitara, a smallish Suzuki SUV, was a van. But, to be honest, who could tell after the wreck.

I Learned It From The Sims
If you've ever played The Sims, and I only have on the PS2, when you have a baby, the best thing to do is to put one adult sleeping in the room with the baby. This persons life will start deteriorating. They'll eat when they can. Read some. But mostly get woken up by the baby. This, however, allows the rest of the house, preferably the Sim that you are sending out to make money at work, to not turn into a total zombie and miss the bus (the way all sims get to work).

Since Monday night, I've been sleeping on the floor in Nina's room. Now, before you think I'm the selfless sim here that's sacrificing their life for the other person, Nina sleeps in a porta-crib in our bedroom. So, Alison and Nina sleep in the same room, and I sleep elsewhere.

This all started because I was taking Ambein every night to get to sleep. However, after two weeks of no REM sleep, I was really, totally, losing it. So, no more Ambien and no more middle of the night events. See, if Nina whimpered in her sleep, I'd wake up. Alison does the same thing. But Alison is a zombie now, an undead, and as long as she gets "more brains" she's fine.



And the reason that Alison is a zombie is that Nina has three teeth coming in right now. Two bottom teeth and a molar up top. Her teeth hurt. We put oragel on her gums, but that only lasts about 15 minutes. But in those 15 minutes, she laughs at the sheer joy of not having pain. We dose her with motrin too. I need to start buying it in the gallon jugs. But, Nina is a trooper, she really tries to put on a good face, but the pain gives her nightmares and she wakes up crying or screaming.

Also, it really hurts for her to take a bottle, so she's trying not to eat. Which is really irritating since if she could just get to 20 lbs and be able to ride a forward facing kiddie seat, then she'd be able to ride in my car.

Other News
Alison's mom's house's walkthrough is scheduled to be on the 20th of Sept and closing would be the 24th. That's also the week that she might have surgery to remove the screws from her leg. Her leg is feeling good, but with those screws in there if she tried walking, she could shatter that bone again since both lower leg bones are pinned together. Her appointment with the doctor is on the 13th. Ooh, and Survivor Vanatu* starts the 16th and Sky Captain comes out in theaters the 17th.

*Yeah, It's, like, Vanuatu or something. Whatever.
- posted by Nick Postagulous @ 6:58 AM