Okay, I’ve been caught up in Comment Land here and here.  I really should be making bottles, going to bed, or catching up on all the fine blogs in my reader and blogroll.  But I.Can’t.Stop!  Really.  I can’t.  Not sure why the carseat one is occupying so much of my attention…probably because I am (1) crazy and a glutton for sleep deprivation, (2) love to see how many idiot are posting on Baby Center (ohmigosh…have you ever seen all the knuckleheads who ask stuff like “I’m 25 wks pg and bleeding from all bodily orifices…what should I do?”), and (3) as you may have picked-up, I am a bit of a know-it-all, even if I don’t actually know much at all. 

As for the St. Francis comments…I cannot stay away because that hospital that is closing is the hospital both my brother and I were born at.  Both of us and our parents have been treated there in the ER…my brother and I both had stints in the hospital (mine was 5 days; his was I think 2 week for acute appendicitis).  My grandparents were treated there several times, and my mom has worked there in their Medical ICU for over a decade.  The hospital has been servicing that community for over 100 years and now they can’t even give it away.  Such a sad state our health systems are in, especially since surrounding hospitals who will take the brunt of this closing aren’t faring so well themselves.

So, if you all don’t mind (and I can quit hiding in comments), would you please keep my mom in your prayers since she will be out of a job in 60 days or less, and will have to start all over again at a new place with new people.  I keep trying to get her to come out here since our local hospital has 37 RN positions listed, but uh, hard to move 700 miles in a bad economy and no guarantee for a job for my step-dad (although I’m lookin’ man!  would love to have you guys out here).

Or, if you run a top-notch-not-going-under-anytime-soon hospital in the south suburban Chicago-area (including northwest Indiana), and are in need of an excellent nurse with 20-odd years experience in MICU who has a fantastic work ethic and barely missed a day of work (seemed every time I was there she had a Perfect Attendance luncheon invite on her fridge), be sure to contact me and I’ll forward you to my mom.

I won’t get into the dirty details, but lets just say, I’m kinda glad to be back home.  I mean, I missed Justin, Gavin, and my pets, but um, I don’t think I will ever leave my house and job for more than 2 or 3 days again.  With how much I have to clean up at both places, I really don’t think I want to leave any time soon, either, so there goes my tentative trip in May to Ocean City.  In Justin’s defense, he was fighting tonsilitis or some other ailment that required antibiotics, but I’ve done housework and made dinner and other things while ailing or after newly birthing a human.  As for work?  Well, no need to get “Dooced”, but obviously that little tiny bit that I handle (and the even less I left behind) caused some problems that I’m going to be cleaning up for a while now. 

Thank goodness for writing challenges…I considered doing a Thursday 13, but haven’t decided if I wanted to commit myself to that quite yet (but probably will).

So if I was a Superhero, what would my superpowers be?  I know this probably isn’t terribly original, but I’d like to be able to read people’s minds.  I am so terribly tired of the following scenarios, and reading minds would really help alleviate some of the irritation:

• not using turn signals (probably my #1 pet peeve)
• getting the wrong food order (if I could read their mind, I could hear if they got my order right)
• understanding my 3-year old (he’s more than willing to speak everything that is on his mind, just can’t understand all of it yet)
• understanding my 3-month old (the colicky angry baby scenario is getting old…)
• understanding my husband.  You’d think by the time you are an adult that you could voice your thoughts, opinions, and desires better, but I guess not.  By me being able to read his thoughts I’d know what the hell he’s so mad about in the first place so that I don’t slink around thinking I did something.  Although, usually, I have done something, so maybe this superpower wouldn’t be as good with him.
• doing some work around the office.  I have been sitting here for close to a year not really doing much at all.  I feel like I’m missing something when it comes to assignments or projects or something.  A girl can only bug her boss so many times…but if I could read his mind, I’d start doing something before he doesn’t give it to me so that it’s done and it’s something to do to keep me busy and (can you hear the desperation in my voice?).
• I have a bad habit of saying the wrong thing because my mouth just doesn’t ever shut-up, so I’d like to at least know when to say the right thing, or when to tape my mouth shut.
• I’d get what everyone wants for Christmas, Birthdays, etc….not that I do too bad, but being able to give someone 1 thing they’d really like is very satisfying.

So folks…tag…you’re it!  What superpowers would you have????