Friday, May 16, 2003
Weekly Update
Two weeks later and the projects keep chugging. Here - here!
It's a good thing given that the cars still refuse to be broken in. I think we've fainally tamed the LHS, and the Honda is still chugging, but they took a beating. And the honest mechanics I found - they might have tried to gyp us for several hundred, so I'll have to keep an eye on the LHS to see if the problem they described rears its head again like a many headed hydra that eats savings accounts.
I finally threw off my yoke of slavery to the eBay client from Hell. He has an excuse for every shady thing he does (like use one name on one email to ask questions, then reference those emails in his own emails, changing identities on e-Bay at the drop of the hat, getting kicked off of e-Bay frequently). Eventually our communications broke down to calling each other 'nonprofessional', with I threatening to not hono the project as he violated e-Bay policy and he countering with possible damages under Massachusetts law. Let's hope that THAT issue is settled.
Parker has seen the dentist, who has identified cavities in his four fron teeth. He believes that breat milk through the night is the culprit, a belief which I, Kristin, La Leche, and dozens of books refuse to believe. I believe it is a combination of things: weak enamel, the month that Parker would eat nothing but raisins, and that we weren't diligent when his teeth first appeared to brush, and often we just brushed them clean with water and no type of paste. Rather than let him go for several years without teeth, we are going to get them filled, but he will need to be sedated, and the nearest open date is several months away. And, of course, our insurance won't cover the specialized care. I am beginnon whether the plan was worth it.
When Parker gets new teeth, however, he'll have one less menance to face: a lawyer is seeking to ban the sale of Oreo cookies. Shock of shocks - he claims they are not good for you!
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