Paper - The New Ear Plug

I called home on Friday and my mom answers the phone oh so sweetly, "I am so glad that you called". Now, when she answers the phone like that, I know to take a breath and ask Why?

She then starts to tell me that K came home from school crying that her ear hurt. When she digs and pries into K, she discovers that K thought the bus was too loud so she shoved some tissue paper in her ear to cut out the noise.

The tissue paper was stuck in her ear so I called Chester Peds and the Nurse Practitioner says to put water in her ear to get the paper to swell to see if we can get it out with tweezers. If we can't call them in the morning and they would see her. When I called an hour later, the paper was out and K was in a good mood.

Saturday is Soccer Day in our household until 11/10. K has a 10am game and she says she is fine. Plays soccer and after the game says her ear is starting to hurt. She continues to play throughout the day and stops and says it hurts. We call Chester Peds again.

The Nurse On call asks if there is more paper in the ear and we said no. She calls in numbing drops. My mom gets a flashlight and looks in K's ears and wouldn't you know there is more paper. We call back the On-Call Nurse and she says we can go to CJW. I want to go to St. Francis. She insists on CJW.

We get to CJW at 6pm and we see the Nurse Practitioner at 8pm. They dig in her ear for 15 minutes with a tool too big for her ear and she can't hold the light in the ear to see where to get it out. K starts screaming and bellowing in pain. Chris has a hard time handling this and the nurse wants us out of the room. Chris said no way.

The nurse brings back Dr. POMPOUS. (Not a real name but a real attitude). He asks K how old she is and she says 6. He asks her why does she cry like a 3 year old. He then pulls out a tiny pair of tweezers and the nurses exclaim that they didn't know they made them that small. He is able to hold the light and use the tweezers at the same time and pulls out not a piece of tissue paper but a piece of plastic paper. Similar to a candy wrapper. K is happy and we are relieved until the doctor comes back with a little sign and tapes it on K saying that "I am 3 years old".

I am not happy about Dr. POMPOUS. I want to complain to the administrator but Chris feels its best to let it go as he did calm K down and get the paper out.

So since K has done the scientific testing for paper as the new ear plug, the results are paper is definitely not the way to go as ear plugs.

Hope your weekend was great.

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Time Touches More Gently Here - Boston

The Swan Boats in Boston Common

On my second day in Boston, I realize its 9/11. I didn't realize, however, that 2 of the planes that crashed came from Logan Airport and therefore a lot of the tourist attractions were closed in remembrance of this tragedy. It then decided to rain at 11am for the rest of the day. I stayed inside of the hotel and slept and dried off as I didn't bring any fall clothing or rain gear. Next time, I will. On Wednesday, Chris and I went to Boston Commons and there, we found the memorial garden commemorating the victims of 9/11. These are the two pictures that I took of the memorial garden. My husband thought that it was disrespectful of me to take the pictures but I wanted to take them so I will not forget that Boston was as deeply affected by this tragedy as New York.

The inscription in the circle in the second picture and seen in the third picture reads as follows:

"Time touches all more gently here,

here is where man has said, "No:

trees, grass and flowers will remain;

where the first-born sometimes sees

his father's father's eyes

reflected in the shallow pool;

feels an ancient heart beat

in the palm of his hand

pressed against a willow;

and seeking comfort and seeking shade

lies beneath the golden leaf elm

watching swan boats glide in season.

From the Boston & Sea Poems by

Lawrence Homer

Poet Laureate - Faneuil Hall

Chris and I did take a ride on the Swan Boats in Boston Common and it was such a peaceful ride. Boston and I will always remember as will the rest of the Nation.

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New England Aquarium - Boston

Jelly Fist Exhibit.
70 year old Turtle
Penguins

The New England Aquarium is run by volunteers. The first thing the volunteers learn is how to feed the penguins and then as they become accustomed to the habitat, the volunteers can move up in position to host information seminars on the exhibits and work in the sick ward of the aquarium.

The aquarium recycles the water from the Boston Harbor and pumps back out the water. This is environmentally sound and is more healthier for the animals. The cost to get into the aquarium is $18 and the gift shop is reasonable and is pretty awesome. I picked up my souvenir (a magnet) and the girls got bracelets.

If you are ever in Boston, you should go to the New England Aquarium as it has a lot to offer and you will be amazed at how many exhibits are there.

I went to Boston and got a FREE HUG!!!

We had to catch a flight that left at 6:40am in the morning to Boston. I broke the cardinal rule of flying as I had placed a medium size bottle of my favorite perfume in my purse. Its not allowed unless its in a zip lock bag. My husband spent a whole quarter at the airport so I could keep my perfume. Thank you Al Queda for allowing zip lock to stay in business.

Chris had to spend the day in the hotel, the Fairmont Copley doing business. I went to see the area. First stop, Boston Harbor. I wanted to catch a ferry to go see Fort Warren out on St. Georges island but due to an impending storm, all ferries were cancelled. Since I was at the harbor, I ate at Joes. A wonderful American restaurant that served great food. I had the steak sandwich that would feed 2 people. I was treated nicely and was pleasantly surprised to find out that all restaurants serve ice tea unsweetened. I was in heaven. I love unsweetened ice tea. Could Boston be the Nirvanna for unsweet tea drinkers??

The New England Aquarium was at the harbor so I visited it. It was awesome. They had the first multi level tank on the East Coast. Picture a soup can that is 3 stories in height. It houses several native sea creatures including a sea turtle reaching the age of 70. He was huge. I will post some pictures from the aquarium in another blog. I spent the whole day at the aquarium.

I took the T back to the hotel. The T is the local subway. Boston had the first subway station and it is in the process of being rehabbed. Who knew that Boston was the first. Anyway, on the way walking back to the hotel, I saw these 2 girls holding a "FREE HUGS" sign. People were looking and smiling and taking pictures. I asked why they were giving free hugs away. It was national hug day. WOO HOO. I told them I could always use a hug so I took their picture and in return, I received 2 strong hugs. They were excited as I was the first hug.

Boston may have been the first to get the subway, but I was the first to get a free hug on National Hug Day in Boston.

Hug someone in honor of National Hug Day.

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I AM ALIVE

Contrary to popular belief, I didn't fall off the face of the earth. I, did however, get to go to Boston and fell in love with my SIMS 2 game which I have been playing into the wee hours of the night and therefore not blogging.

I have decided to break my obsession of playing SIMS 2 and get back into the real world of blogging. I will follow up with my Boston trip and confirm to the VIEW Watchers that the world is indeed round.


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