Quickie

1) We cancelled Petra's out-patient but under general anesthesia procedure. We're getting a 2nd opinion. She's 8-years old and only weighs 50-lbs, all of which is sheer muscle (pics of 6-pack to come). There is no reason to do general anesthesia to remove a tooth, unless of course you are an oral surgeon and you really like power tools. Dr 2nd Opinion has loosely pledged to us that she will work with our dentist to try and get it out with just laughing gas. Otherwise they're sending her to another oral surgeon who said he would do it with IV sedation. Either way, her horrendously crooked front teeth are on their way to getting fixed up -- courtesy of our recently upgraded dental plan and less out of pocket expenses.
2) This is my last week of crrrrrrrazy working. After that it gets more manageable. We can start eating dinners at home again and maybe I'll vacum and put the dishes away. Then again, maybe not. . .
3) We are done mourning for Flippy the Fish. He is but a pleasant memory.
4) Did I ever tell you Petra got moved up another level in gymnastics? Yeah, she did. She's sooooo amazing.
5) The check engine light on one of our three cars mysteriously turned off. We're not pursuing it.
6) We have three cars because we basically have three adult family members, including Hope, our nanny. We're sooooooooo snooty.
7) We're getting rid of our cute little VW Golf before August 22 (when we would have to renew licensing and registration). It only fits 50% of our family and smells like barfed-up chocolate.
8) We're not replacing the Golf. We'll be your average, over-consuming American family with too many children for the Earth to sustain with two cars. But, both of them will have all the appropriate peace sign, U-M, and vegetarianism bumper stickers on it so that people on the road will have plenty of reason to believe that we're doing everything right.
9) Soren is in 3-soccer games this weekend. He debuts as goalie at approximately 2:30pm. Grandparents will be there to revel in the joy that is my little man.
10) Lars had a job interview on Tuesday. He wore a pinstripe suit, red tie, and he got his haircut and then spiked it (pics to follow). He looked very charming and handsome. I believe the interview was an excellent exercise in putting-oneself-out-there in a struggling economy. We shall have more news next week. In the meantime, Pfarma has our back . . . until a major acquistion goes though in the fall; then we'll be toast.

Love to you and yours!
Kelly the Viking Ship Captain

PS - Tovita and Annabeaner are well.