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[jule1122]

Program note for those of you who have LOGO. Tonight is Erasure night!!!! I can't tell you how excited I am. At 8pm eastern time Andy and Vince will introduce vidoes that are special to them, theirs and others. AT 9 they are showing The Tank, The Swan, and The Balloon. This is an old concert of theirs that was designed to be like a Broadway show. It is very campy and very, very gay. It was done in 1992 so the music is obviously older Erasure. If you can, please watch. This is really an amazing show. Of course there are no words for how much I adore Erasure. Andy Bell was the first gay man I ever fell in love with, and I still love him madly. In April, I went to Chicago and saw them live two nights in a row. They absolutely own me. For boring reasons behind the cut, I'll probably miss most of it, but I really hope some of you will give it a chance.



Tonight I am most likely going to fail a test for the first time outside my driver's test. My husband's family owns an ambulance company. Rick has been an EMT since he was 18. He's been a fire chief for 6 years as well. Four years ago, he talked me into going to EMT school. I went to see if I would like it. I discovered I like the theory of it (class was fairly easy for me), but I hated the actual practical aspect. I have no desire to actually treat people. Between lack of interest and the boys, I let my card expire. Well, Rick signed me up for a test that will allow me to renew my card. I've been cramming the past few days, but it doesn't look good. I don't really want my card back, but I hate the idea of failing.

One weird thing I learned reviewing the book, by definition my sons were miscarried. The technical definition of a miscarriage or spontaneous abortion is "fetus and placenta delivered before 28 weeks gestation." My sons were born at 27 weeks. It does say the baby may survive at 24 weeks or beyond. That just struck me as so odd. Sometimes things will just remind me of just how miraculous it is that the boys even survived let alone are healthy now.

Comments

[shadownyc.livejournal.com]

I wish I could get LOGO--stupid Comcast doesn't have it yet! I know how you feel about the card renewal. I just let my teaching certification lapse recently cause I knew I'd never teach in a full-time school situation again. Love the story about your sons. My son was born 6 weeks early and is special needs--but he's my little miracle. :)

[jule1122.livejournal.com]

I was surprised Directv carries LOGO. I am rapidly becoming addicted. I let my teaching certification go several years ago. I was teaching in a non-school setting at the time and getting ready to start more aggresive inferitlity treatments. There was no way I could commit to taking classes. Once the boys are older I'd like to go back to school and maybe get it back.

How old is your son? My boys just turned two so it's too early to know all the effects of their prematurity. Their speech is delayed and they will probably start speech therapy in the fall. But they are amazingly healthy. More importantly, they are very happy, extremely affectionate, and extraodinarly well loved. jule

[shadownyc.livejournal.com]

Happy and healthy is what's most important. My son had his ups and downs--but he also had some congenital birth defects (unnoticeable by the eye). He is 14 and at sleepaway camp for 8 weeks--loving it! If you ever have any questions you can always ask me--I had a subspecialty in teaching--special education.

[jule1122.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! Wow 8 weeks is a long camp, but I imagine by the time the boys are 14 I'll happily send them a way for a bit. jule