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Thanksgiving in Bitburg

December 04, 2017

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Charlotte Annelise Nielson: Finally Here

So our saga began this last Tuesday - Induction scheduled for 7 p.m.... or so we thought. We called the hospital at 5 p.m. as instructed to find out if we were still on for 7 p.m. The answer... "What's your name again?... We forgot you were coming; why don't you come at 7:30 p.m. and we'll try to get you in then." Huh - not exactly what we were expecting from "The President's Hospital" but whatever. Free is free right? We arrived at the hospital around 7:20 and all the frustration was made up for in this little sign. How can you not smile when there is a front-row parking spot waiting for you? We finally were taken back around 8:00 p.m. and they hooked Jari up to the external fetal heart/uterine contraction monitors. Surprisingly, she was showing several contractions at this point. Once she realized that the contractions were correlated with the tightness and back pain she had been having for about a day she smiled and said, "Oh, that is what...

Slow Learner

For those of you who have seen the movie "28 Days" with Sandra Bullock, you will remember a scene in the film where the group going through rehab is required to approach a horse and get it to lift its leg off the ground. One after another they make the attempt, failing each time. Finally, the owner of the horse says, "Folks, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result." (That might not be an exact quote but just go with it). While I laughed at the movie, I never was able to put myself in their shoes. After all, I'd like to think of myself as having at least average intelligence. As it turns out, I too learn at a little slower pace sometimes. To demonstrate this I shall call your attention to exhibit A: Go ahead and say it - I know you want to. "It's not delivery, it's DiGiorno ." Don't worry, I say it every time I see it at the store. Marvelous marketing on their part if they can get me t...

Happiness...

Day 2 - Amazing Home Cooked Meals from Scratch. The Young Women. The Beach and Sunshine. Ice Cream. Vacation. Mountains. The Moon. Books. Sweet Thoughts. And this man! "We all live with the objective of being happy, our lives are all different and yet the same." - Anne Frank What things make you happy?

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