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I missed having Quick Takes last week. I didn’t necessarily need more writing to do (still continued my Lenten discipline) but I missed the community and being able to empty my brain this way.<\/p>\n
<\/a>— 1 —<\/strong><\/p>\n Daniel started preschool on Wednesday.<\/strong> The preschools in our elementary school district are housed at the school a block away from the parsonage and they have an ABA class which is where Daniel was put. (The IEP was 2 1\/2 weeks ago.) Putting it mildly, Daniel did not approve and spent most of the day crying. It wasn’t a crying jag about being separated from Jon and I — it was all about people not letting him do what he wanted to do. My words to his teacher: he can like it or lump it. She laughed and her aides laughed when she told them my response. Here’s hoping that next week goes better.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 2 —<\/strong><\/p>\n Things not to say to me: “What are you going to do with yourself now that Daniel is in preschool?<\/strong> Seriously, I now have 4 1\/2 hours free in my day. I have decluttering projects up the freaking wazoo on my plate as well as some posts I promised for people. Yeah… I think I have things to do. I will admit that Wednesday morning, I just sat in my recliner with my laptop and enjoyed the quiet. Today, I collapsed in the recliner and took a nap until UPS<\/a> and the home health care people pounded on the door to wake me up.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 3 —<\/strong><\/p>\n Daniel seems to have no ill effects from his seizure on Friday.<\/strong> This confirms the ER doctors and residents’ suspicions that it was a simple febrile seizure. I also learned that he flips out less on the gurney in the ER bay if I lie down with him and hold him. He slept in my lap there for most of Friday evening after we got to the ER and I got some reading done during that time. Thank God (and the family friend who bought it for me) for Popadija (my NOOK<\/a>)!<\/p>\n <\/a>— 4 —<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes, I do name my electronic items.<\/strong> My current laptop is “Presbytera”, my former laptops were “Khouria” and “Pristina” (a spelling error for “Prifteresha” so I might use that name again), my NOOK<\/a> is “Popadija”, and my iPod is “Panimatushka”. What are these names, you ask? They are Orthodox Christian titles for the priest’s wife<\/a>. While I’m not Orthodox, I am a pastor’s wife and I decided that I needed a title which is why “khouria” figures into my Twitter<\/a> ID because people usually have no idea how to refer to me. (My pat answer: “I go by Jen.”)<\/p>\n <\/a>— 5 —<\/strong><\/p>\n I finished my latest murder mystery (Burried in Buttercream<\/u> by G.A. McKevett — go read it) and am now reading Sex, Style, and Substance<\/u>.<\/strong> I got through the introduction and am about to read Jennifer Fulwiler’s chapter. Even having read as little of the book as I have, I can honestly say that it is seriously made of win. I might be reading it on Friday morning while Daniel is in preschool. (I’d read it sooner but I have some writing projects to plan out if not finish.)<\/p>\n <\/a>— 6 —<\/strong><\/p>\n My “rescue panther” would like me to post this video.<\/strong> She has vowed to sit on my lap and block my access to the keyboard of my laptop unless I post the Geico<\/a> video involving the couple who adopted a “rescue panther” to take care of their home security needs.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 7 —<\/strong><\/p>\n There is a study out on the effects of preeclampsia on the brain<\/a>.<\/strong> Wow… so I’m not just at a loss for words because I’m so sleep-deprived? Huh. In all seriousness, it’s something that frustrates me because I write so much and it’s maddening to have a word or idea in my brain but not to be able to express it. Let’s fund some more studies on preeclampsia and its long term effects. Sponsor me in the Promise Walk<\/a> to help fund studies like this.<\/p>\n For more Quick Takes, visit Jen at ConversionDiary.Com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I missed having Quick Takes last week. I didn’t necessarily need more writing to do (still continued my Lenten discipline) but I missed the community and being able to empty my brain this way. — 1 — Daniel started preschool … Continue reading http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8O1SX4x7uUE<\/a><\/div>\n