Pervert Busted

So, once in awhile when I get a call from Cop Dad while on duty, I HAVE to laugh. Well the other day, he told me the call he was heading to. The way he said it made me laugh. Then once he explained the call a little better, I wasn't laughing anymore.

Apparently, they got a call about a guy that was 'masturbating out of his window.' Naturally this just brought a humorous visual to my mind and I, being a cops wife have learned to laugh at things that I never used to be able to (guess I've officially been corrupted). I asked him, "How on earth do you do that?" "Was he driving and holding it out the car window?" Cop Dad briefly found the humor and then explained that the guy was, "smoking himself," as Cop Dad put it, IN his apartment behind the window screen but curtains opened . . . . . . . . WHILE WATCHING YOUNG TWEEN BOYS AND EARLY TEEN BOYS PLAY BASKETBALL!!!!!

Blagh! Then there was no longer any funny. But still it astounds me that this guy was soooooo dumb that he would want to risk not even peeping to do it through blinds or something. He would risk getting caught and getting in big trouble and was he delusional in thinking that these boys would see and want to come and get some action? Puh-leaze!!! Then Cop Dad went on to tell me later that he was in his 60's and was a Vietnam vet. EWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!! Old enough to be these boys' grandfather.

Anyway, I try not to just post all the doom and gloom of the day cause it just gets very disgusting and depressing and makes me feel really bad about the humans I share this earth with. I feel it necessary though to post about things that Cop Dad has to deal with. I'm sure that most of the LEOW's who read this blog have plenty of similar tragedies and shockers to share. BUT for the rest of my readers who really have very little connection to the weirdo's of typical towns, I think it would be interesting and necessary to know about what cops have to deal with regularly.

Girls Night!

Setting out tonight for yet another girls night. They are pretty tame being that I'm 33 weeks pregnant and a non-drinker besides the fact, which is fine with me, a fan of very simple pleasures. Tonight, I am heading out with my SMIL (step-mother-in-law) for a bite and to see Julie and Julia. I really love my SMIL, I can talk to her about marriage and kids and dysfunction and she gets it and is very patient and understanding. Yep, she rocks. Tonight though, just hanging out. She is married to my FIL and it is humorous to exchange very similar stories about our men. They are wired so much the same, at times we just have to roll our eyes and laugh. Anyway, I told her that I would love to get a bite to eat but have a small food budget so many a burger somewhere. Of course, she insists on treating me to whatever I want, "After all, you are pregnant, you should eat what you really want!" Like I said, she's awesome.

Not sure about the movie, but I like Merryl Streep a lot and love to learn about people who aren't around anymore like Julia Childs. Hope the storyline isn't too hokey. Little Buddy will be hanging with Papa (grandpa) in cop town so maybe daddy will be able to stop by on duty and say hello.

Lovin' The Leaves

I love this time of year and actually left Cop Dad and Little Buddy nappin' today and took the dog for a walk. OY! Not much energy to haul this belly around these days but it felt really good. I am by nature a very independent person and fell quite not so lately with all the suffocating, er I mean, 'taking it easy' that I have been trying to do. We headed to the arboretum today and I was just mesmerized by all the beautiful leaves throughout and all the gorgeous mums and gourds, etc. I managed to bend down and grab a few beauties while walking with our pooch.

Alice In Wonderland

This looks way too cool! I love Johnny Depp and Tim Burton films. I am actually happy that it won't be out for another year. By then, we will be able to go to a movie without worries of the boobs needed elsewhere :)

Keeping It R-E-A-L!

So, I am always on the quest for other cops wives I can relate to. I find that often times I am struggling being one. I'm not sure if it's just cause I'm who I am or maybe the typical woman that ends up being a cops wife is a "special" kind of woman, or what? BUT, it is not fun or fabulous or great for me (and often Little Buddy) really at all. I try to make the best of it and support Cop Dad because this was his dream but I do often find myself thinking, "I did NOT sign up for this!" Perhaps again, this is something I have to work harder on? I just remember who I married and miss the person who I feel that died when they entered the academy. Instead of a kind and down-to-earth guy who is happy to have days off and feels closer to me and family than anyone else, it seems that I now have the complete opposite. I tire daily of all the cynicism, the extremely critical nature, the detachment, the mind being elsewhere, the "tough" front, and ALL the negativity about life. I am sure to disappoint many of my readers with this post who are always very positive in many/most of their posts. I just am very honest and open and CANNOT hide what I really feel. This is me. I let my husband know when I feel hurt, jipped, disrespected, etc. I absolutely do not feel that he is more worthy or important because he works or for what he does. I work too, and I have made oodles of sacrifices for him, our family, or life and myself. It is beyond me when couples attempt to function any other way. Our marriage counselor says that can be very destructive to any relationship. Call it a character flaw, pregnancy hormones, or lack of meds (cause I do not believe in them).

OK, just as you think this is way to honest or bitchy or whatever, I will tell you that when I do sit and talk with other cops wives, it is near identical in what I have written here. I used to think it was just me, but not anymore. I have a friend that is also a cops wife who seems so happy and in love with her cop hubby. I did not at all feel like telling her what I feel but one day in desperation I called her to ask what their secret is and she laughed. She said it was an illusion and that it is a constant struggle and that he is very obsessed with the PD and drops her like a hot rock when any cop stuff comes up. She has nearly left him a few times for the very same stuff! She has even contemplated starting a family due to all the stress that is present in the house without them.

Not that I want to focus on the negative but I wonder if many LEO wives are often trying to keep it upbeat due to the opposite in their lives? Perhaps life as a LEOW is different if you live way out in the country and not near all the crime of the city? Dunno. I just know that it has been the hardest thing I have ever done and it has taken a huge toll on our family and our marriage.

This was written so that you can either feel relieved that you have something that is so much more fabulous and wonderful, or so that you can breathe a sigh of relief cause you can relate. That's all. Just "Keeping It R-E-A-L!"

Yucky Doctor

Just had a really yucky appointment today with the very last Dr. from this practice that I had yet to meet/see. He was rude, condescending, abrasive, and kept asking me why I was there and why the specialist was requesting the things he requested. It was yucky, yucky, yucky!!! Then to top it off when I felt just as icky and odd and offended as could be for being talked to like that I HAD to ask him to do a cervical check. He had the audacity to say he saw no reason to do that even though the specialist requested it and, "He would do it for me if I really wanted him to???" Too weird. Never opened the door and said, "Hello, nice to meet you, I am Dr. Dickhead," no nothing. Just kept drilling and questioning me like a complete snot with total disrespect and the most condescending tone I have EVER heard. Right when he checked my cervix (manually) he then said in a very exasperated tone, "It's just FINE like I knew it would be (deep breath of annoyance)."

I left there without even making another appointment which I needed to do, the awesome specialist that was with me through the first pregnancy requested I start going every week and getting a non-stress test every time I go as well as a cervical check. I got in the car and then called the specialist to make sure that they send the consult RIGHT AWAY, because the doctor I just saw seemed annoyed as to why the specialist wanted the things he wanted them to do. The woman at the specialist office asked me if I just had a visit and I said yes and then told her it was with Dr. Dickhead and she said, "Ohhhhhhh, yeah, nobody likes that guy." WOW!!! That is completely understandable and pathetic at the same time. Then I got off the phone with her and the surgery scheduler called me because I immediately called and left her a voicemail that under no circumstances did I want that Dr. delivering my child. I then told her the whole story in tears. This will be going to her manager. Then when the hubby who is in DT special training this week called to ask how the appointment went cause he always goes with me to all of them but could not today, he was red hot and on the horn to give the office a piece of his mind. OY! Then I had to pick up Little Buddy at my SMIL's house and broke down to her as well. It was just a bad, bad, day.

Now I am fearing going back to see anybody else at that office AND afraid I will get shotty care after that incident. What if they all hear about it and I am blacklisted? Ugh! What if I go into spontaneous labor when Dr. Dickhead is on call? I am tempted to request the hospital janitor in that case. This sucks! Oddly, when I called the receptionist to make an appointment for the next week everybody was full just about all days at the three different locations I am willing to go to, all accept, you guessed it, Dr. Dickhead had LOTS of openings. I told the receptionist, "No thanks, is ANYBODY else available?" She squeezed me in with the PA. Whatever, I have not had many happy times at this practice and miss my old practice horribly. Was a patient of Dr. Pleasantlady for almost 19 years before we had to switch to crappy and cheap HMO. Hopefully one day I can go back to Dr. Pleasantlady again one day. Unfortunately, with being done with babies after this one is out, I think, you really only visit the "Lady Doctor," once a year. Stinksville :(

Sheesh, now this office manager is supposed to be taking care of the whole situation and calling my husband back. What if they dropped me after all this? Oh God, what would I do then? Like I need more stress in my life AND with this pregnancy. OY! No wait, DOUBLE OY!!!

Anyone ever have any similar type of situations to compare it to? Any WOW (Words Of Wisdom)? I'm all ears. Oh, and baby :)

Pregnancy Cartoon

Look What I Found: Part One

As I made a stop at the local dry cleaner to be measured for hemming some maternity jeans, I saw something odd as I pulled into the strip mall's entrance. I thought for sure I saw a DVD case with the name Finding Nemo on it. I figured if it looked kind of clear and safe when we were done, I would go and investigate further when we were done. Once I was done being measured I pulled near the area and turned on my hazard lights and waddled on over to the DVD case. Sure enough it was the DVD case for Finding Nemo with both DVD's inside looking to be in decent condition accept the case which had been run over several times. I was overjoyed because we do not have that movie for Little Buddy. As a matter of fact, we had just returned that movie on DVD to our friends who had lent us their copy along with their car DVD player for our last two road trips. I tried them when we got home. They needed to be cleaned and then I discovered that the full screen version worked perfectly and the wide screen version worked if I went to scene selection and chose scene one. It would not work from the beginning the regular way though. So, I plan on purchasing some Brasso today at Ace to buff out any possible scratches on the DVD, oh and also to hopefully to buff out the scratches on my favorite pair of cheap sunglasses. Will let you know if I'm successful, it's supposed to work the best for both items. I LOVE FREE!!!

Forgive And Let Go - Stop Carrying Around Old Baggage ~ Loretta Laroche

Kindness & The Shaya Story

A Tiny Glimpse

At a big baby. I went to the specialist at the hospital yesterday and the fabulous tech was able to catch this glimpse of baby's face. I was amazed at how much of a real baby this looks like in ultrasound vision. The tech kept asking me if I was diabetic. Not sure why but as it turns out she told me that the baby is quite large for it's gestational age. I was quite shocked by this info because as much as it feels suddenly like I have something very huge in my stomach, it was perfect size last visit which was just 4 weeks ago. Then the specialist came in and said that my weight, pee, blood pressure, etc. was all perfect so he was not sure why this growth spurt took place. Apparently, the baby's abdominal circumference is quite large (yet still within the normal range) and the baby's femurs are on the shorter side (yet still within the normal range). So what, the baby with be short with a tubby belly just like mom . . . . . . . . awwwwwww!

But seriously, being that my uterus is bicornuate (heart shaped), and it is much smaller and located much higher up than the average woman's, this is NOT a good thing. I am now 31 weeks and 4 days today and he was not too optimistic that I would be able to make it til our next appointment which is 4 weeks from now. Oh brother. So this could mean an even earlier baby than Little Buddy? OY! Little Buddy had his little issues cause he was barely 3 weeks early and we were relieved that the next baby would more than likely have more time and room due to stretching, etc.

So he said that this little chunker who is supposed to be around 3 and a half pounds is actually about 4 and a half pounds. Probably a chunky little girl in there, that's my bet anyways. In the mean time we have decided to try to get our act together (diapers, new pail, etc.) much sooner than we had anticipated doing so. Also, I have agreed to give in and get off my very puffy dogs more often and try to rest and chill with Little Buddy whenever possible. Not my style but at this point, quite vital. Perhaps a very therapeutic mani/pedi & massage would be helpful at this juncture? Think so. Oh, and some new PJ's too for the hospital? A must. Not too much to ask for, do you think?

*FYI, this is the baby's face looking right at you. Then the placenta to the right and it's arm to the left. The chest got ultrasounded, so looks a bit odd, like a cross section or something.

Nature Deficit Disorder

I just found out about this the other day. I had never heard of it before then. I guess I have always been an outdoors kind of person and thought it sad that some people I came across in my life did not have the same appreciation for being outside, nature, gardening, walking, hiking, camping, etc. I believe this wholeheartedly. Do you get out as much as possible even if it's just for a little walk or eat snacks on the deck, etc.? I think it's vital for kids to be outside A LOT. Little Buddy is always in our backyard. Cop Dad feels it's detrimental for kids to be able to play with sand and picking up leaves, watching bugs and chipmunks and getting dirty too. Thankfully our backyard has a 6 foot fence and high gate latches, a fabulous hand-me-down play set and sandbox and lots of plants and trees and bugs. Oh, and our goofy dog too.

It is not beyond adults to have this disorder either. Have you ever met someone who literally hates being outside always? It makes me truly wonder. Though, there are times in my life and of the year that being outside is more or less desirable than others. This has NOT been my yard work and outdoorsy summer. Though I have loved to go out and hang with a curious Little Buddy and try to grab our meal and plunk down at the patio table with the family or by myself whenever possible.

So, are you the outdoorsy type? Even if you don't go camping and that kind of thing? Would you gladly eat outside if the weather permitted over eating inside? Do you camp or sit outside and read or try to get outside for your break at work? Do your kids get out?

I have yet to read this book, but I think this guy's onto something.

Become The Fun You're Seeking. ~ Loretta Laroche

I Don't Buy It: Volume One

Infant Potty Training

Orgasmic Labor

Teaching Babies To Read

Menstrual Cup

How about you? Any bizarre concepts or products that you have heard of lately that you "Don't Buy?" I'd love to hear about it or your feelings on the ones I've listed.

Little Buddy Brushes His Teeth And Other Miscellaneous Nonsense

Sounds kinda like a kids book title huh? I have been on an endless quest to teach LB to be able to do more for himself. Not everything but many things at this age and size children are truly able to do by themselves or with some help. I just seem to recall many people I knew in the past that did not do this and then when baby number two came it was a nightmare cause not only could their child not do basic things but they did not have any confidence that they could try to figure it out. What shocked me when I started doing this was how much so many other moms of two year old boys do exactly the opposite doing EVERYTHING for them still. Even cutting their food into tiny bits and one mom even stuffing food in her sons mouth saying that her child would eat virtually nothing if she didn't do that? Not Little Buddy. That's for sure he wins the good eater award in our family (just like mommy and daddy).

Here is a shot of him brushing his own teeth. Either of us still do the major brushing before or after he is done to ensure they are really clean. He also gets his own stool for the sink, can wash his own hands, puts his dirty clothes in the hamper, picks up EVERYTHING that he throws or shreds all over the floor. Now he has started sleeping in a big boy bed, clicking the buckle on his car seat, wiping his own nose (hopefully with kleenex) and has been feeding himself with a fork or spoon for almost a year already. I cannot fathom there are still kids the same age that do not use utensils yet. I'm not talking about developmentally delayed children just regular kids that we know. I am pretty bummed that he is still in diapers and probably still will be when the new baby comes. I am not pushing it, I don't believe that is very good. I am always asking him though. He can do it BUT the desire is not there yet.

Just starting to try to imagine holding a new baby again. Stressing about who will be coming which days to watch Little Buddy. Fearing ANOTHER c-section. Though I think, I have officially decided that I HATE and FEAR IV's more than being cut open. A plastic tube is just not meant to be shoved under anyone's skin. Oh and then there's the catheter. Good times for sure.

In the last month I have been in the hospital twice once for no movement for over 12 hours, then last week for horrible cramping which worsened with time and then the horrid lower back pain that I fondly remember from last time when I was in labor. That turned out to be an irritated uterus resulting from overdoing it, need of rest and MORE FRIGGIN' WATER. Sheesh, with the water already. I'm drowning here! THENNNNNNNNNNNN I had my glucose test and found out I was anemic. Good gravy, really? So all the yucky weird symptoms I have been having this pregnancy weren't in my head. As it turns out these are ALL symptoms of anemia: Vertigo, Exaggerated Swelling, Exhaustion, Depression & Anxiety, Restlessness or Inability To Sleep Well, Difficulty Swallowing, Lack Of Appetite. Oh and extreme PMS type emotions. Check, check, check, check, and check to all of them. Ain't pregnancy grand?

All I have to say is that is HASSSSSSSSSS to be a girl. I felt so fabulous with Little Buddy's pregnancy. It really feels that there is another force of female hormones from within. Now I must wrap it up cause it's time for Little Buddy's bath. Please do not forget to vote in my baby poll. Thanks for listening.