some great books, and a few funny stories

The other day I took Mr. DH to his light therapy. We had gotten there early, and just sat down when I noticed he wasn't wearing any socks. We trooped back downstairs, and back to the van because he ALWAYS has socks in his back-pack. He did today as well, a pair of black and white striped ones that were quite dirty. I asked him, "Where are the purple ones that I gave you this morning". He replied, "under the couch"!!! He proceeded to share that story with everyone we came across that afternoon!!!!

The very next day, he had another appointment. A few of the highlights:

1. Leading me over to the exam bed, asking me to sit down, then pushing the foot pedal that made the bed go up.

2. Telling me I had a pretty face while patting my face.

3. Talking about how he took Joel a peanut butter sandwich, and that Joel was a smelly Old man.

All of these occurred when the Doctor was in the room. He was perfectly behaved when it was just us waiting there!!

Later that afternoon, after eating some soup with veggies we made Mr. Butcher informed me, after passing gas, that there was "too much gas in the soup".

I read some fantastic books lately:

Forever by Judy Blume. Judy Blume is an awesome lady!!!! I can see why some people want her books banned. It's because they talk about real emotions, and raw honest truth. This book focused on young (and all) love and sex. It spoke of birth control, promiscuity, and teenage pregnancy. It was excellent. One of my favorite lines was, "That's not a bad word (fucking). . . hate and war are bad words but not fucking". Isn't that so true!! Why do some people freak out about words when there is so much hate and war in the world. If 'fucking" is used in hate or anger, then it is not cool, but when it is used as a term for sex, then who the hell cares??

I also read her book Summer Sisters this book was excellent as well. Her characters are so REAL. It was about two best friends who spent each summer of their pre-teen and teen years together, and illustrates how they change and grow, and also the various emotions regarding friendship, love, sexuality, jealousy etc.

The Dry Grass of August byAnna Jean Mayhew dealt excellently with issues of race, and of domestic violence. It was very beautifully written and a delicious read. I read it straight through, and completely lost track of time, and nearly missed my bus, and then did miss my bus stop.

Wishin' and Hopin by Wally Lamb is a fantastic story about a little boy in a Catholic elementary school. It was funny, real and a super read! I loved it and read it straight through!

Wally Lamb is a brilliant writer. Check out his other books as well!