Notes on today

Note to pediatric ophthalmologists: Even if a child has nothing physically wrong with her eyes, don’t call her complaints of blurry vision a behavior problem and proceed to dispense parenting advice. You are an eye doctor, not a psychologist. You do not know my child. You did not listen to my description of when and where the incidents occurred. She is not lying about her vision in order to get glasses. Yes she wants glasses now that she is in your office with all the shiny displays, but last week she hadn’t even considered the possibility and she was complaining then. Also, pissing off the mother of a patient is a sure way to make sure that you never have that person for a patient again.

I cleaned out my van today. I removed two bags of garbage, one bag of clothing, one bag of toys, 6 books, 1 pair of shoes, two backpacks, and four pairs of head phones. Now I can actually see how gross the floor of the van is. Tomorrow I’ll take it to the car wash and vacuum it out.

Maple trees drop oodles of leaves. We had a pile big enough for four kids to play in simultaneously. They were happy.

I need to remember that yardwork, while still work, is happy work for me. I need to spend more time outdoors.