Of Mice and Men

I am still trying to catch up on all of the fun things that have been going on around here - however, I need to interrupt chronological order for a medical update and a funny story about a rodent and my friend, Robyn.

Miles had his ENT appointment yesterday and he is scheduled for getting tubes on Thursday, May 17th. (Coincidently, this is also the day Bunco is at my house, so that should be fun.) I am really excited to have this done for him - it's been a long four months and even though he has gone two weeks without an infection, the fluid in his ear is just sitting there stagnant and the slightest cold will start the antibiotic cycle all over again. Dr. M said that right now he's experiencing a 25% hearing loss from the fluid and this could be causing speech delays, not to mention his sideways walking. I am very thankful that this simple procedure will do so much good for my son.

Kate got to visit the dentist last week and even though she was nervous, she was very brave. Her favorite part was when the nurse "painted" her teeth - just like her toes (which are painted blue now, because I started an obsession.)

Finally, I must tell you that Robyn and I went out on a date last night and we had such a good time. We ate dumplings at PF Changs and drank coffee and then decided to see Lucky You. It was absolutely terrible! If only I had read my beloved Entertainment Weekly before we went - they rated it a D+. We made it through about half of the movie before we began hearing a strange stratching noise on the floor near us. The theater was almost empty, so it wasn't a fellow moviegoier trying to open his Reece's Pieces in the dark... The sound kept getting louder and closer to us and I truly don't know if it was cockroaches or a small rat, but we screamed like 10 year olds and busted out of there. The teenager running customer service gave us two free tickets:

Robyn: "Um, we just saw a lousy movie and while we were watching said lousy movie, we heard small rodents eating the remainder of someone's M&M's right by our feet." (paraphrase)

Mikele: "Have you had any complaints about roaches?"

Teenager: "Yes."

Mikele: "Really?"

Teenager: (backtracking) "Ummm, No."

Robyn: "I just HEARD you! You just got busted."

I'm still itching just thinking about it.