THING #1

OH MY HELL.  I know that Miss T is totally different from AE.  I know this, yet it seems I am constantly reminded of just HOW different. 

This child is a serious climber.  Over the weekend I found her doing all of the following at one point or another if I dared turn my back for even a moment:                                                                     

• standing in the open dishwasher while attempting to use the top rack as a ladder in a quest to reach the kitchen counter
• using an overturned mixing bowl as a stepstool to reach a drawer containing batteries
• hanging on the kitchen table by her arms
• attempting to stand on the LeapFrog Fridge Phonic magnet reader thingy
• using the seat of her plastic ride-on truck as a booster to try and get on the top portion of the exersaucer

Somewhat unsurprisingly, she managed to fall and bite her tongue, resulting in an impressive amount of blood.  However, it also resulted in confirmation that she has a far higher tolerance for pain than her brother (not that it would take much).  She screamed for a minute but then we distracted her with a wet washcloth and she cheerfully let us survey the damage.  I guess it’s a good thing that she can be easily calmed because we’ll undoubtedly be visiting the ER many times.  I can’t even tell you how many beats my heart skipped over the last few days, as she dashed from one potentially baby-injuring act to the next.  GAH.

THING #2

Let’s study a hypothetical scenario, shall we?  Let’s say you work with this guy.  In theory, he’s an older fellow.  We’ll call him Old Man.  (OM for short, although OM sounds rather relaxing and zen and working with Old Man is probably anything but.  If he were real, that is.)  So anyway, OM can be a little slow.  He’s old, after all, and it happens.  But he’s got something you need.  Some forms that you need to complete and get signed before money can change hands.  Unfortunately for you, OM does not disclose this information.  In fact, he does just the opposite.  He keeps asking you for status updates, implying that he knows nothing about what the holdup is.  OM harasses you on an almost-daily basis, what’s going on, do you know what to do, these people want their money.  I know, you say, but I am waiting on an e-mail from the lab.  An e-mail that will contain the forms I need.  Some days later, you discover that not only did the lab e-mail the necessary forms to OM, but they did it two weeks prior.  In effect, OM has been the holdup he’s been wondering about!

You’re a nice person and don’t really want to get OM in trouble (too much) but COME ON!  Two weeks?  TWO WEEKS and he wasn’t planning on letting anyone know he had these e-mails?  Even if he didn’t know what to do with them shouldn’t he have bothered to ask someone else?  In a slightly different (hypothetical) scenario, this could have caused your employer to lose money if OM sat on required forms beyond the lab’s deadline and they were unwilling to be flexible.

So:  If this were to really happen, what would you do?  Would you rat him out to the boss?  Would you let it go?  Or would you settle for fussing at him yourself?  (Not that YOU would ever actually do that last one, of course.  Some people might.  Just in theory.)   Opinions?  GO.

THING #3

I heart my new iPhone.  The end.