That poor bear. What identity crises it must suffer. I'd say having a new snorer fitted is the least of its worries.

Hmm Jen. We've only got your word for that. We've never seen a pic of Pio.

To be quite honest, I have been hoping that the bear was "only going through a phase". Unfortunately it has lasted more than a year. I have nightmares of the day that the bear is going to come out of the closet and announce that he really wants to be the Easter Bunny. Every parent's worst fear.

DD2's little rat/bear is in far worse condition. That bear never leaves her side. So far we have not had to do any prosthetic surgery but we have had to do corneal implants (black paint) and are dangerously close to retinal detachment. What the DDs don't know is that I have a specially kitted ER in a corner of the garage for just such emergencies. I give the bears physical exams at least once a month and generally catch any maladies before they come to the attention of the DDs. Even so, rat/bear really tests my skills.

On a different subject, apparently WW has scheduled her departure from Villahermosa for the 27th. She said she would be here on the 30th. Now you lose a day crossing the water going east. You also cannot get from Villahermosa to Mexico DF to Houston to Miami all in one day. So she must be spending a night in Mexico City or even possibly Houston. So I am still missing one day. Even so, her boarding passes and passport won't lie. I guess she just plans to "show up".

ToddAC,

You keep going around in circles on this larousse/regreted thing. Larousse is NOT regreted and I am sure she would regret it if she were. Remember that larousse is highly intelligent and much smarter than the two of us combined. Regreted does not exhibit that same behavior - if you know what I mean. AFAIK larousse has never been married / in an infidelity situation. She is here because she see MB principles as being key to a successful relationship in her future. See? I told you she was smart. Regreted haunts porn chat sites trying to pick up strangers while lying to her husband about it. All she needs is "pay pal" and she can go pro.

Nah, too easy......

Have you discussed WWs plans with WW or are you receiving all this information second hand. Why is she coming home?

For the past two weeks, I get the DDs tucked in somewhere between 7:30 and 8:00 and I go to my room and pop in a DVD. I think I remember roughly 10 minutes of said DVD and then "wake up" about 10:30 to turn off the annoying noise of that menu song that repeats over and over and over. Go back to sleep having set my alarm for 3:30Am but waking up at 2:00AM worrying that I had forgotten to set my alarm (which has never happened yet). And I watch reality TV for an hour unless Cheaters happens to be on in which case I turn over to National Geographic.

Now, before you criticize me too much, remember what Benjamin Franklin is credited with saying "early to rise, early to bed, makes a man really wish he were dead". Or something along those lines.

As far as the no remarriage, I don't put too much into that. Someone recently off a breakup still feels a lot of pain. Men especially want to hole themselves up in a corner, lick their wounds, pretend they are strong and protect themselves from future hurt.

The reality is that dating the rest of your life is pretty hollow. I agree with ToddAC that the right woman will certainly change a man's mind. But timing is important too. If he is someone you want to spend more time with, go ahead and do it. I would not pressure him on the marriage thing though. Give it a few months and see how it goes.

I have not heard one word from WW. Since I arranged for the Mexico trip after-the-fact through a local travel agent in Arkansas, they are sending my sister the itinerary. I can't remember how that happened but it did. So my sister can see when she is departing Mexico to Houston but, beyond that, I am a little in the dark.

I have no clue why she is coming back other than I am sure she misses the DDs. In terms of the M, I do not know her intentions. I am fully prepared for any eventuality. If she walks in and says she wants to D, that will not drop my world out from under me. If she says she wants to try R, I will come here and vent, get whacked a few times with 2x4's and suck it up. If she comes here and pretends all is well with the world, then I will go for D.

So I see three options and I have a game plan for all of them. I was thinking about this last night and I was wondering if I was secretly hoping she would came back and say she wanted to R. I realized that I am apathetic. it just doesn't matter to me right now. I am totally disconnected from G. I felt tense the last few days so I did nothing but focus on the DDs last night. I even tolerated DD1 cheating at marbles. Even so, I almost took her. Darn it! I lost by one lousy marble!

I can't think about G much right now because I am golfing (if you know what I mean).

Y'all need some help. I don't know what kind, though. Perhaps my D15 could figure that out.

She got some test results back from state mandated tests she took last year. She flipped through three pages of results, saw that her results were all exceeded the necessary proficiency range, and announced, "I'm completely advanced."

Since she is such a smartypants and knows so blasted much about the following:

Interactions: Between Organisms and Behavior
Interactions: Population Dynamics and Energy Flow
Diversity: Body Systems and life Cycles
Meaning
Word Choice
Equations and Inequalities
Real World Problems

And sense the state's Dept of Education says she is Advanced in all these areas, maybe this should be her first big real-life challenge......figuring out what sort of help y'all need. Then, she can make the needed psychiatrist and psychologist appts for you.


<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

Cinderella,

Her first taks is to explain in layman's terms what you said. It is way beyond me. Do you speak English, by any chance? Don't forget I'm just a poor old country boy from Arkansas. Even so, we were the most progressive family in our town. We were the first family to have carpeting in our bathroom. We liked it SO much that we decided to carpet from the bathroom all the way up to the house.

Iff'n you ah some ol' country boy from Ahkansaw, you should unnerstan' that all y'all need sum kin' a hep.

Agree 100%.

An' my girl chile is one smart girlie. She might could hep ya iff'n ya'll let her.

Cinderella,

Get her to post. I think it is obvious ToddAC and I have no clue.

On the other hand, don't be talkin bout my kin. In Arkansas, we don't have ancestors - we have incestors.

My sister was 20 years old and about to get married. All was going great and we were at the rehearsal dinner having a good time and somehow the groom's father learned that my sister was a virgin. He stood up at the dinner and angrily announced that the wedding was off. The groom was dumbstruck and my sister was in tears. The groom pleaded with his father and asked why he had called off the wedding. He loved my sister and couldn't live without her. The father replied "son, your bride-to-be is a 20 years old virgin. If she ain't good enough for her own family, she ain't good enough for ours!".

In Arkansas, when they draw a family tree, it is a straight line.

Jen,

Helen Clark was on David Letterman tonight. It suprised me how young she is. Also, she is very beautiful. Apparently, she is in NY to hear the nuke-head speak to the UN.

Bwhahahahah Todd hahahahaha. Are you sure it was the NZ Helen Clark?

**wipes tears off eyes**

Yes, she was introduced as the NZ PM by Letterman. Very tall, leggy blond. She really held Letterman close and kissed him for a long time. Probably 28-30.

Actually more like spaghetti.

ToddAC,

I know you are getting your 45 minutes requisite sleep. I am heading out for Bahrain and will be back in about 36 hours from the time stamp on this post. I am on a three day long weekend (will be spending it at the house with the DDs) so if you need to email me, please use the hotmail. Our exchange server does not seem to update on weekends so I cannot check the other mail reliably from the house.

Now I am headed off to check teddy in for open-bear surgery.

Very funny BigK. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Like Honest John's an oil painting.

I also have 5 days leave.

I am going to spend it:

1. gardening in the lovely spring weather
2. scrapbooking
3. sleeping
4. reading

oh,

5. catching up on some housework

It will be heavenly bliss. I'm so freaking tired after the long, cold winter and all the dramas at work.