Day 16 - I Wish It Was Dr. J We Were Seeing...

I've come to the conclusion that there are only two things a med student really has to knock out before becoming a doctor:

1) The Hippocratic Oath

2) Learning how to rudely keep their patients waiting

Once they get that down, everything else can be found on Web MD...It's a pretty sweet trade-off for luxury automobiles, vacation homes and trophy wives if you ask me.

[Note: This only applies to physicians...not surgeons]

As you may have deduced from the title of this post or the first little bit, we had another doctors appointment today.

After spending more time than I anticipated dressing the kids (Summer was insisting on a dress that, when on, showed the bottom half of her, well, bottom...and that wasn't kosher in my book)...we departed for the doctors appointment already knowing we'd be late.

I call this "Paying It Forward."

Luckily, the kids other grandmother - CFO's mom - "Meemaw" has joined the party to assist me (re: alleviate me of any serious responsibilities such as talking to intelligent people)...

Now, for whatever reason, I've been looking at everything today through "Good News/Bad News" colored lenses so that's how I'm going to run down the experience from start to finish.

Good News: Ethan and Owen look ridiculously cool/funny in their Batman/Spiderman (respectively) sunglasses.

Bad News: Summer's glasses have a pink tint so when I look at her I can clearly see her looking back and for some reason this is messing with my head.

Good News: The office is FILLED with women. Jackpot.

Bad News: They're either all married or unattractive. Or both. "How could you be so..."

Good News: Thanks for that 5 month old VIBE magazine Doc...I read it cover to cover...

Bad News: Because this was, oddly enough, one of the only magazines available outside of "Seniors Weekly" Owen enjoyed it with me...which resulted in a few questions about why everyone in VIBE had brown skin. I told him brown is beautiful. Sufficient answer!

Good News: Hey! Awesome! Thanks for putting Charlotte's Web on guys!!

Bad News: On MUTE! Really people? This is supposed to be cool? What's next? Ripping all the pages out of the kids books?

Good News: Lady at the front desk - thanks for the pen you gave Owen so he could draw all over the ONE "Highlights" magazine in the whole office...that was really nice of you.

Bad News: Hope you don't need it now that it's in my glove compartment...

Good News: The kids told "Meemaw" how I'm nice, how I never spank them, and how they love me.

Bad News: They also said that I didn't give them lunch today (even though I did)...

Lesson? Kids are not always credible witnesses...

So yeah, after spending 2 hours at a doctors office, staring at other people & reading VIBE...I had a friggin blast...

The kids spent the ride home with their shades on, windows down, listening to Gare-Wet (I do want to mention that Ethan had a favorite...but its full blown to the point that he can now hum along to the song he likes...which KILLS me)...

All in all - Good day so far...They might get ice cream if we have it...