Mature Rated Video Games, The Sequel

This post is much more humorous. Check out this news report on gamespot.com. This is just what any good mature-rated, voilent game needs. A chainsaw-shaped gamecube controller.

Wow, What a Week! Part 2

Well, by Monday afternoon, Yvonne is convinced that she has a kidney stone. She has gotten them after the other two pregnancies and, while early, this one came 14 months after pregnancy number three. I rush home from work, get the kids all packed up to go to their Dad's house, and load everyone in the car to head off to the acute care center down the street. The kids dad meets us in the parking lot and picks up the kids. I take David and Yvonne into the center and get checked in.

The acute care center is a wonderful thing to have just down the street. It never seems to be too busy and can handle most of the emergency room stuff without the headaches that an ER visit can cause. Very friendly, they seem to get the job done. Unfortunately, while they were able to get her pain to go away with yummy narcotic drugs, they can't scan for the stone because they don't have that kind of equipment. So, I pile the 3 of us back into the car and head down to the hospital ER to do the rest.

We get to the regular ER around 8:30pm and get checked in there. We wait maybe 15 minutes before we're taken back to ER for more pain meds and to prep for the catscan. Yvonne gets the scan around 11:30 and then there is more waiting, this time for the results. The doctor finds 3 stones. One is on it's way out, two are still in the kidneys. The traveling stone is 6mm in diameter. OUCH! I know I wouldn't want to pass that thing. One of the ones in her kidney is 9mm. ACK! After that, there isn't much they can do. We ended up leaving the hospital at 1:30am, but had to go back at 4am because the pain killers made Yvonne nauseous and it wouldn't go away. Finally, at 7am, the three of us got home and all crashed to catch some shuteye.

The 6mm stone that is on it's way out will only be passed by drinking a lot of water and walking a lot. And, if it's not out by Tuesday, they are going to go in with a laser and zap it. Since Yvonne is not to anxious to have that done we're doing lots of walking and drinking lots of water. And crossing our fingers.

Now we just have to cross our fingers with next week. Lots of Dr appointments and a possibility of 2 surgical procedures. Ugh!

Wow, What a Week!

Man, when I said I have a hectic life, I wasn't kidding. Last Saturday, my wife and I took all of the kids (with a friend and her daughter) down to Navy Pier to check out the Chicago Children's Museum.

The museum was great. The kids had a fun time playing with the different exhibits. Alek had a blast creating flying machines that didn't always fly very well. Michael loved the dinosaur dig. Isabel had loads of fun playing in the little super-market and kitchen in the play-maze. Even David had a ball. They all got to create designs on their faces with water-crayons. And at the end we hit the Waterways spot. The kids went crazy shooting water, creating fountains, and playing with waterflows, locks, etc. It was a lot of fun and everyone was exhausted afterwards.

Since our van can't hold 8 people and we didn't want to pay for parking twice, our friend rented a Ford Excursion. Man, what a car. 8 passenger, DVD player. Very big. Doesn't get more than 18 Mpg, but it has a 44 gallon tank! Definitely not for small car kinda people. But, my wife wants one now. Thankfully we're not ready to buy a new vehicle yet, not for a few years at least. So for now, she gets to dream and plan.

Of course, since I was on call for work all week last week, I get the most calls while I'm at the museum. Murphy's law, it had to happen. No big deal, we got through it all.

Sunday went alright. Our friend Tiffany and her daughter stayed over Friday and Saturday night and left Sunday afternoon. We went out and bought new shoes for Alek. That kid is almost as big as his 2 1/2 year older brother. Then we dropped the 3 kids off at their dad's house and took David to miniatures like we do every Sunday night.

Monday morning was rough since Yvonne had a backache and the kids are never fun to deal with Monday morning before school. It's got to be hard on a 3 year old to get up every day to go to school. They catch the bus at 7:20am. Heck, I'm 36 and I don't like waking up every day to get them on the bus, much less get myself to work. I was never a morning person.

To be continued in part 2.

Since When Are Boxers Illegal?

Check out this article on Yahoo News.

My big questions: How are they going to enforce this? Are the police going to comb the streets looking for underpants? Are they going to carry belts to put on people? I can just see a cop writing up a ticket for a guy wearing his pants low enough to see his boxers. Is this what they have to spend taxpayers money on? Thank god I don't live in Virginia!

A nice post for a change

Hi everyone. All two of you. I figured I would post something up today since Thursday seems to be my favorite day to post. Now that the holidays are over, my life can try to get back to normal. School is in full swing for the kids, David is starting to walk, and the Super Bowl is coming up this Sunday.

This will be the second year that we go down to my in-laws to watch the Super Bowl. It makes for a nice little get together with Yvonne, David, and Yvonne's family there. Sue (Y's mom) makes something delicious for the party. This year I'm making chocolate tapioca pudding while I'm there. David will get to play a lot. I'll bring the Xbox down for some games on the big screen before the Big Game. It was fun last year and I'm sure it will be a blast this year.

I find that I never go out to bars to go watch the Super Bowl. I guess I'm just more comfortable at home or a friend's/relative's house. More laid back.