Nick Postagulous
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
This Weeks Trauma
Oh, before you get all worked up, it’s no big deal. Well, I say that, but to Nina it was a big deal. She had to go for a hearing test. And, really, that part was no big deal. (And just because I’ve typed it so much; no big deal, no big deal, no big deal.)
The way they test a kiddo’s hearing is by having a moderately entertaining person moderately entertaining Nina and Alison. Then, off to the side, a speaker with a monitor on top of it makes a little peep of some frequency. If Nina looks over at it, a cartoon of a panda bear eating an ice cream cone accompanied by crazy music and flashing lights happens. Ah, such joy and novelty. And then back to the moderately entertaining lady. And they do different tones and different directions, etc.
[Edited to add: Alison just called me to let me know the panda et al were anamatronic. So, even more novelty.]
Well, Neener missed some of the low tones. And was punished by getting a bunch of junk cleaned out of her ears. When I got home, she was in a puny mood.
Birthdayness Part III
We dressed puny feeling Nina in her floral Gap shirt, her new black ribbed flares, and her new boots and headed over to Nanny & Papa’s house. That would be Nina’s grandparents on my side. And I have to say, the Nannyness of it all is starting to break down. Mom (aka Nanny) called Nina Nanny a few times last night. She caught herself, but still. Just face it, Mom, you’re a grandmother.
And I shouldn’t speak so lightly to my mother, especially not after they gave me cashola-rock-n’-rolla for my birthday. I’ll report to my loyal (and non-loyal) readers what I end up buying with it.
After we’d gotten home, and had already gone to bed, Alison remembered that the gift from Leeann had showed up. So, we went out into the garage and she got it. It was Metal Arms: Glitch In The System. Alison told me that it showed up as Metal Arms: GITS, which Leeann who lives in England now found humorous. Then we went back to bed.
This morning, it’s storming.
