Well, we had sun in St. Louis, but now we’re getting some gray, rumbling clouds in Texas. Either way, to me it is hot, except for EVERYWHERE inside! Then you need a mittens, hat, etc…… We’ll be back next week for a full report on weather, food, clothing, all that important stuff. 
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noun:
1. Harsh criticism or disapproval.
2. Remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure — often used with ‘on’.
“This is neither a compliment nor an animadversion — just a conclusion.”
– Robert Schwarz, “Passion: Ein Gestandnis”, World Literature Today, January 1, 1995Animadversion is from Latin animadversio, animadversion-, from animadversus, past participle of animadvertere, “to turn the mind toward,” from animus, “mind, spirit” + advertere, “to turn toward,” from ad, “toward” + vertere, “to turn.”
Is this really a word? I have never heard of it before and its Latin source doesn’t even make sense. Is Word-of-the-day having fun with us?? I mean, if it WERE a real word, it would have been used at least ONCE in my 40 years to describe what comes out of my mouth….. Just ask my DH.
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I’ll be traveling this week with my Kid to visit relatives she either has not met or not seen in awhile (you’ll just have to amuse yourselves unless I figure out remote blogging). Our sojourn takes us to St. Louis, for ice cream, pizza and steak, and then Dallas, Texas, for Tex-Mex, more Tex-Mex, and possibly BBQ. OK, for me, it’s a food tour.
Even though there are only two of us, I feel out numbered somehow and have had anxiety for the past week. We’ll be on a plane for at least four hours for the long portions of the trip, and I am dreading it. Before having a kid, I had already begun to look forward to flying about as much as having extractions during a facial without that great elixir, Herradura. What does this mean for me? A white knuckler, I like one, or twelve, drinks on a plane, just to smooth things out. Flying with a minor complicates things like drinking. I just imagine that someone would call the FAA’s version of CPS if I staggered down the aisle with her while I waved my scarf like a pom pom and sang Velvet Underground songs. You just can’t have fun on a plane like you used to….
Here are my top five worries:
5. Resorting to bribery to prevent any scenes, I will have given Kid so much juice while waiting at the airport, that her bladder will explode in her seat on our full flight, drenching her, me and the bag with extra clothes, too. Being sober, I will not be laughing.
4. Screaming. Screaming for freedom, screaming for treats, screaming for doing anything Mommy does not want or will be embarrassed by (“Mooommmmmmmyyyy, my butt itches!! I want to take off my pants and underweaaaarrrrr!). They can take you OFF planes these days for screaming, I heard.
3. Spilling. Spilling every drink the childless stewardess offers in cups with no lids so that when Mommy takes it away or drinks from it to lower the potential damage, we get #4.
2. No real Time Out space. Where can you leave your kid on a plane for Time Out?? Galley? Cockpit? The loo?
1. Bad weather, delays and circling, all prolonging the opportunities for #2-5 (as well as freaking me out since I am, sadly, sober).
I have to go find my Rescue Remedy now. Just proofreading this post raises my blood pressure……
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Is anyone else annoyed about this chicken pox vaccine thing?! Turns out, that shot you thought was good for your child, protecting them from suffering through chicken pox and possibly shingles, doesn’t work! Read this. Or, at least on 20% of kids who got it. Now, your kid needs a BOOSTER shot, too. And, no one knows how long that is good for. Meanwhile, you get to worry about your kid getting chicken pox anyway when they are older and having a more severe case than if we had just left it all alone in the first place! WTF?! Oh, but hey, Merck and probably all the others have got a new vaccine for you……
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noun:
The well educated class; the intelligentsia.
Clerisy is from German Klerisei, “clergy,” from Medieval Latin clericia, from Late Latin clericus, “priest,” from Late Greek klerikos, “belonging to the clergy,” from Greek kleros, “inheritance, lot,” in allusion to Deuteronomy 18:2 (“Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them”).
I must not be part of this group since I did not even know what it meant! Thank you word-of-the-day for making that clear! Perhaps I should go back to bartending 101….
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Earlier this month the Wall Street Journal had an article about the cost of having a kid. It disputed the original estimate of $279,000 as the no-frills, bare bones model. The estimates skyrocketed over $1.5million when adding in extravagant parties, private school, extra classes, toys and trips that many parents offer their kids these days. I am sure there are a lot of extras received around here on Bainbridge Island, possibly even in my own house. The author claimed that older parents having one child often lavished such benefits on that child due to the parents’ guilt about the state of the world today. Guilt?! I don’t think I have guilt about the world. Gift-giving here is more likely due to being TIRED! Be “AMA” on your doctor’s chart — advanced maternal age (35+) — when you have a kid, and when you can’t sleep at night, you wonder if it is due to the kid bothering you or to the early stages of menopause! If my kid would be mesmerized by an iPod or a Playstation for a couple of hours, I’d give it to her, too! Just let me rest for a minute!
The article also examined costs relating to parents taking exotic trips with their kids to “round out” their child’s life experience. Now, whoooooo really wants to take that trip to Costa Rica or Belize? I’ll tell you who, the parents, or in our case, my spouse (ever since we got married in Belize). And me, too, I admit. I USED TO travel, before having a child. Then packing became the equivalent of a Rolling Stones’ tour, only without the roadies, groupies and drugs (rats!). Do you think a kid reads Traveler or Conde Nast? Ha! I know! It must be that Postcards from Buster show. The only trip my kid really wants to take is to the park. She’d want to know if Costa Rica has a slide.
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OK, now that my discussion of peeing in the park shifted into the territory of government bureaucracy and waste (no pun intended), we now move it into the spirit of individualism and invention. To solve the need for new restrooms at Waterfront Park here on Bainbridge Island, how about a contest? Americans love a good contest.
Here’s our idea: the challenge is to design new park restrooms in the most economical and eco-friendly form possible. Green potties! Maybe our bright high school students could take it on as a project, too. The contest would be open to all, but Bainbridge Island property tax payers should seriously consider competing since the alternative is we pay upwards of a million bucks for actual potties to be made (i.e., the “pot of gold”). Full disclosure: we have not discussed it with city representatives, but are sure they’d enjoy the public interest!
Submit ideas to:
City of Bainbridge Island
Dept. of Public Works
Director Randy Witt
280 Madison Avenue N.
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
[This post can also be found at Bainbridge Breezes in the Seattle P.I.]
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