Thursday, July 8, 2010

Thanks For Nothing Thursday

Once again I am linking up over at the Daily Dribbles for Thank You Very Much letters.


Dear Lady From the Hospital-
Thank you very much for calling to see if I was ready for my scheduled c-section. And thank you so much for listening so closely as I explained that it would no longer be necessary since Ryder was born 8 weeks early. And I would especially like to thank you for not believing a word I said and telling me "I am going to call your doctor and tell her what you said". I am beginning to understand why your facility is losing their funding with wonderful and understanding staff like you.
Thanks-
The Amused Mama who Really Did have her baby

Dear June Gloom-
Sometimes you are a wonderful thing; after all you do keep the temperatures lower, but you see Lucas is in swim lessons at 10:00 A.M. and I am already having to use bribery positive reinforcement to get him to go; so when you make it all cloudy and only 65 degrees out, well heck I wouldn't even want to get in the pool. By the way, in case you didn't notice, it is July. Time to go away.
Thanks-
The mom who is tired of Making her Son Freeze

To Lucas-
Thank you very much for making me think of new ways to bribe motivate you to go to swim lessons every single day. Thank you for making our mornings so stressful and uncertain eventful. I know it is cold, I am trying to do something about that, see my above letter. I realize you are probably not going to be able to swim by the end of the lessons as that would require keeping your face in the water for more than one second; but sorry kid this stubborn mama is going to win. Now it is a matter or principle and helping you finish something you start even if it means rewarding you with that Lego Train you want.
Thanks-
The Tired of having to Bribe her son Mama

To the Earthquake Yesterday-
Thanks for the good little scare and reminder that I need to restock up on my TP. And thank you for not making the TV fall over, though you did shake it good. Let's just keep 'em small though, okay?
Thanks-
The new to this whole earthquake thing girl

17 comments:

  1. Poor Lucas - that's even too cold for me to want to swim. I hope it gets warmer. You should talk to Raelynn - Kate's first round of swim lessons weren't that great, but they kept getting better!

    And NO MORE EARTHQUAKES!

    xoxo

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  2. It doesn't get below 80 here even at night anymore! Let's trade for a while.

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  3. Here's yet another example of hospitals falsely believing that they are God.

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  4. That's scary with the earthquake! I'm hoping the swim lessons thing will get easier for you.

    Can NOT believe she questioned you on having had your baby already!

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  5. Seriously? The nurse didn't believe you? What a piece of work.

    I heard about the little earthquake yesterday and I'm so glad we weren't in Cali anymore!!

    Thanks for linking up!

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  6. I had the same thing happen with my last baby- they called me on the morning of my scheduled induction to tell me it was time to come in- um, I had the baby the previous week, thanks! LOL

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  7. Oh my goodness - I am still in shock over her disbelief that you could have possibly had a child off their schedule, LOL! That just blows me away!

    Sorry about your earthquake! But congrats on your baby!

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  8. An earthquake? Life in So. Cal is always so adventurous, isn't it? Glad it wasn't too severe. And what a gentle (but scary)reminder to always be prepared!

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  9. I think you're probably better off having the baby 8 weeks early than being at the mercy of some idiots like the nurse who wouldn't believe you'd already had the baby. I mean, wouldn't you know better than anyone?

    Stopping by from Kmama's TYVM meme and wanted to share come comment love. Now, I will be stalking you to read more because You. Are. Hilarious.

    Run on.

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  10. The hospital calling you and not believing you reminded me of a nurse once who didn't believe me when I was telling her about a certain surgery I claimed to have had. She wanted me to drop my clothes right then and there to show her my scar to prove I knew what I was talking about. Believe me! I knew if was cut open or not. She actually repeated her request three times...and I of course refused...again. Geesh...

    Poor Lucas...nothin' worse than feeling cold at swim lessons. Glad everything is alright after the quake!

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  11. Um, how about I send you some humidity...it's like 91 today! :-)

    Earthquake...Oh my goodness, was that your first? I've never experienced one...I can't imagine!

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  12. Hahahahaha!!!! Girl, I needed that!

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  13. I have to say ... I would complain about swimming in 65 degree weather too ... and I wouldn't do it even if you did get me the Lego train.

    Glad the EQ wasn't too terrible! YIKES!

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  14. It was 65 at the beach yesterday. The water was about the same as the air. Yeah it was cold. Poor Lucas. It would be so much easier if it was warmer.

    Every time I heard a sound last night I would freeze.

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  15. It was 65 at the beach yesterday. The water was about the same as the air. Yeah it was cold. Poor Lucas. It would be so much easier if it was warmer.

    Every time I heard a sound last night I would freeze.

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  16. Still think it is soo odd that the nurse didn't believe you. Glad the earthquake was only a minor one. I also hope it warms ups for a.m. swim lessons, yikes!

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  17. YIKES! I wouldn't want to swim in temperatures like that either! I've been learning new ways to bribe my kids too. Of course, mine is just to get them to clean up for now...
    Possibly swimming lessons once we get back from our vacation. A necessary evil, if you ask me.

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