Mountain Mama

Today, as I was leaving the grocery store with Ben, I passed a man in his 50s, wearing jeans and a flannel shirt.  You wouldn’t have thought just by looking at him that he is a very important person.  We made eye contact and he smiled a polite smile.  He didn’t remember me.  I smiled a great big smile and said, “Hi.  This is Ben.”  He stopped and said, “It’s nice to meet you, Ben.”  I said, “I’m sorry to stop you like this.  I’m sure you get stopped a lot when you’re out and about.  But I just wanted to introduce you and say ‘thank you.’  You helped us make Ben.”  He said, “yes, I do get stopped occasionally- but it’s ok.  Thank you for introducing me.” 

Thank YOU, Dr. McGinnis!

I GOT MY POWERBOOK TODAY!  I’m so happy!  I found out about a program called Senuti (“itunes” spelled backwards) that I can download to rip the songs off my ipod and put them onto my computer.  It costs $18 but you can have a 30-day free trial (and I should only have to use it once so that should be enough).

So when I first got the powerbook I HAD to have wifi at home.  There was something about sitting on the couch, surfing the internet and being able to print without having to do anything.  I was in tech heaven.  Then, I unhooked the wifi when my powerbook died in the fall.  When I hooked it back up recently, I noticed a marked slowdown in my internet speed on the PC.   The wifi isn’t worth it anymore.  I can’t relax on the couch with my powerbook anymore anyway because Ben would be all over it, trying to take it!  So now if I need to get online with it at home I’ll just switch some cables around.

To answer MK’s question, the plan is for 2 kids.  Tim and I don’t want to be outnumbered. 

Also, I’m working on my next installment of “That’s Not Going to Happen to MY Baby.”  Anyone who has ever seen their kid eat something off the floor will appreciate this one!

It’s been a busy couple of months so I haven’t posted in a while.  We’re still here!  Ben is sick this week (stomach bug- yuk)- I’ve had to pick him up from daycare 2 days in a row.  He’s down for a nap so I have time for a short update.

He’s doing well other than being sick this week.  I was just saying a few days ago that he’s had a relatively healthy streak.  He’s working hard on saying a bunch of words, but he’s still at the stage where usually only Tim and I can understand him (and even then it’s sometimes a guessing game).  He says “ball” pretty clearly, and can make the sound of the following animals: cow, dog, owl, monkey, elephant, snake, and lion.

Yesterday a strange thing happened that made my week (if not my month or my year).  My beloved powerbook’s hard drive failed back in October.  OK, so it’s not MY powerbook; it belongs to the county but after using it for 3 1/2 years I had grown extremely attached to it.  I sent it to our computer tech and figured I would never see it again.  He said he had sent it away and every time he saw me he asked if I had gotten it back yet (it was supposed to come straight to the school).  Yesterday there was a powerbook sitting on the counter of the office all day.  I glanced at it, and it looked more beat up than mine.  At the end of the day, I asked the secretary about it.  She said it had come in the county mail with no note or explanation and no one knew whose it was.  I asked around and nobody knew anything about it.  So I called the computer tech and he hadn’t sent it, but he would look into it.   Today he came to pick it up and said, “I’ll get this set up for you and have it back here tomorrow.”  I didn’t ask the details but it looks like I’ll be getting a powerbook again!  I hope it’s not too good to be true!  Unfortunately I have to wait until Friday since I’m at the other school tomorrow…

On a related note, does anyone know what happens when you plug an ipod loaded with thousands of songs into a “new” computer with only a few?  Do the old songs get erased?

I’m so excited to be getting a powerbook again.  I use it in so many ways.  It is so much more picture-friendly than my pc, so hopefully I’ll be posting some pictures soon!

The other big news is that we’re going to be doing in vitro again this summer!  My first appointment is May 27.  I plan to blog about it again so everyone can read the gory details.