I think I honestly spent about 2 hours this morning/afternoon just filling out medical release and patient information forms... Even though I have been saying I would do it for a couple of years now, I have just finally gotten around to switching our general practitioner to a well-recommended doctor in the town where we now live... As much as I liked the former doctor on a personal level, I am so happy to be done with her snotty/stupid staff, the 25 minute drive to get to her office, and the unreasonably-long wait times (even when I arrive 15 minutes early for an appointment, it's not uncommon to be in the waiting room for at least an hour and then to wait another 15-20 minutes in the room before being seen)... This doctor's office has a great reputation -- according to some neighbors and our former physician's assistant -- and is only a 1-2 minute drive from our house... I suppose we could walk if we really wanted/needed to, but we'd have to go down a busy main road on a winding hill... Boogie and I have our first appointment there in the morning, and I can't wait to meet the new doctors... I also filled out paperwork so that I could switch over to the home-birth midwife! Clark told me, Friday morning, that he was ok with the switch, so we are going to start meeting with the new midwife and planning for a home-birth... Yay! I felt kinda bad switching from the midwives at the OB/GYN office I have been going to for almost 6 years, since they are still awesome... But, I am much happier with my choice for this baby's birth... I will just go back to that office next fall when I need my "well care" visit... So, yeah... After filling out forms, I called to schedule and cancel necessary prenatal appointments and then ran around delivering the paperwork to all of the offices that needed them... I could have waited until tomorrow's appointments to drop off forms with the new doctor, but they were super happy to see that they could get our charts ready ahead of time, and I was happy to make a nice first impression! And since the old doctor's office has such incompetent staff, I figured I would hand-deliver the release forms and give them no excuse but to get started... Let's hope they don't eff it up... Later days...
Some people -- my husband included -- do not understand why I am ok with the idea of having this baby at home... And I can't necessarily explain it well enough for anyone to understand if they don't already "get" it... But, the idea of a home-birth first entered my consciousness quite a while ago... It was when I saw a movie called The Business of being Born... Since I had already given birth with the assistance of a midwife, I understood how wonderful it is to work with a midwife who fully supports my educated decisions instead of a doctor who thinks I couldn't possibly know enough to make choices for myself... After all, I had already put up with quite a prick of an OB/GYN in order to get the necessary fertility treatments in order to become pregnant in the first place... There was NO FREAKIN' WAY I wanted that man anywhere near me when it came time to deliver the baby [Boogie], so I was thrilled to have access to a wonderful staff of midwives in that same practice... I was even more happy when my labor and delivery were able to progress without medical intervention, which is near impossible if you're dealing with an OB/GYN... I am technically still with the same practice [midwives] right now, but I am seriously contemplating moving to a private midwifery practice which supports home-birthing... To be completely honest, I did not start off with a desire to do things so completely differently than the first time around... I fully intended to give birth to Gummy Bear at the same childbirth center and with the assistance of the same midwives... "Status quo" was fine by me... But, then came the swine flu... Now, I get so depressed every time I think about the fact that a hospital would not give Boogie the chance to be there when his baby brother or sister is born... Because of some stupid virus -- and the resulting hospital protocols -- my child could be robbed of this miracle which he still believes he will be witnessing?!? We have been planning on him being there from the moment we first discussed this baby with him... It was just a given that he would be there, and now there is next to no chance of that happening if we stick with the childbirth center at the hospital... I don't have the heart to tell him that he can't be there unless I am absolutely positive there is no way it can happen... I just can't... And to think that he would not even be allowed to come and visit me or the baby, either, just breaks my heart... When I spoke with one of the midwives at my appointment yesterday, she said that she fully supports home-birthing and that I am a perfect candidate, but that they do not attend home-births in that practice... I asked if she had any recommendations, and was nervous that she would not want to help me find her "replacement"... On the contrary! She was happy to help me, even if it meant that I would have to jump ship for a while... She recommended a specific local midwife, and it just so happened to be a midwife I already know -- since she used to be work for the practice to which I belong! I called that midwife and everything sounded perfect... She even remembered me, for goodness sake! Well, she said my "formal" name didn't sound too familiar but that she recalled someone with a nickname variant... When I explained that that was my nickname, she said, "Oh! It is you!" Man, that felt awesome... So, yeah... Now I have a reasonable plan that supports my birthing ideals/goals, a midwife who is willing and able to work with me to that end, and the knowledge that my insurance company already has an established relationship with her practice... All I NEED is to get my husband on board so that I don't have to sacrifice my ideal birth or my marriage in the coming months... ::sigh:: Later days...
Obviously, not my favorite person... And now, I am so pissed I can't stand it... At the end of the summer, Princess had requested some books from the library... They showed up after school had started, so I was no longer bringing her to the library on a weekly basis... But, I said we could use my mom's house as a place to transfer the books between us... The problem I am facing now, though, is that my mom lost one of the damn library books -- and denies that I ever even left it there... I am going to get ready soon so I can head over there and tear the place apart looking for it... Love that we will probably be fighting with exactly one week to go until Thanksgiving... Ugh... Not like it's anything too new, but I still hate dealing with this crap... Later days...
First, we're happy to announce that the team has identified and fixed the issue with the YouTube conduit; you can now find and add videos from YouTube to your library and posts. As always, thanks for your patience!
The other news we have today is about a new addition to the Six Apart family: TypePad Micro, a new free level of TypePad that is streamlined for microblogging. We see a new form of blogging emerging that lives between the quick status updates of Twitter and Facebook and the long-form posts of "classic" blogging; TypePad Micro is designed to meet that need. You can read more about TypePad Micro in Chris Alden's post on the Everything TypePad blog.
A lot of the new capabilities we've added to TypePad this year were actually inspired by some of the best things about Vox: favoriting, member profiles, a dashboard to follow other bloggers, and easy ways to post content from other social media sites. But the things that make Vox different from TypePad are still there: Vox has always been -- and still is -- the best place for "friends and family" blogging, where you're in control over who sees what. TypePad, on the other hand, is built for the blogger who wants, no, craves, attention.
Do you have a passion or interest you want to share with people beyond your Vox neighborhood? If so, we'd love it if you tried out TypePad Micro. Maybe you've always wanted to start that obsessive blog that's just about waffle restaurants. Or want a place to share videos of your favorite band (Jonas Brothers, anyone? Anyone? ...). TypePad Micro's great for those topic-specific blogs. Take it for a spin and let us know what you think.
On the Vox front, our designers are working on some cool new themes (coming soon!). We'd also love to hear your thoughts about where we should take Vox in the coming year. What are the key things you'd like to see for Vox? If you've had a chance to use TypePad this year, what are the features there that we should bring over to Vox? And, if you're thinking big thoughts, how could we connect the Vox and TypePad communities in order to bring together bloggers and their shared passions? Your feedback is really important to us, so please leave a comment here, or shoot me a message.
And again, thanks for your patience as we found and fixed the YouTube bug!
~ daisy
As many of you have noticed, the YouTube Conduit is not working. I am so sorry about this; I know how frustrating it is.
The team is looking into how to get this fixed and I will update you as soon as I hear something. In the meantime, not all is lost... There is a work-around for posting videos.
When you're in the Compose Screen, just click on "embed." Ignore the fact that it says "Widget" before everything because you can definitely use this to embed videos as well. You'll just need to input the embed code from the video, enter a title (if you want) and hit OK.
It might not show up perfectly in your compose screen, but when you hit "Save," your video should appear just the way you wanted it to.
Hopefully this will allow you to keep posting videos while we figure out what's happening on our end.
As always, thanks for your patience.
I'm thankful that the hospitals are trying to work in the best interests of all the newborn babies out there, but I pray that they lift these crazy limitations before I go into labor or I may just have to "accidentally" give birth at home so Boogie can see his baby brother or sister come into the world... http://www.setonhealth.org/news_events/news_detail.cfm?ID=14 ... At the very least, I'm glad Flower told me about this so it would not be a surprise when I got close to delivering... Ugh... Later days...
I am sooooo done messing around with Flickr today... I uploaded a shit-ton of old pictures... They are at http://www.flickr.com/photos/jewjewbee/sets/ if you want to check them out... You have to scroll down to the bottom of the sets to see most of what I uploaded today, though, since I am trying to keep things in chronological order... Or, I suppose you could just check out the photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/jewjewbee/... Whatever works! Later days...
Boogie often says funny things, and I do my best to repeat them so I can (1) remember for my own amusement and (2) give other people a reason to laugh... So, without further ado, here are three of the best recent funnies:
Me: You have to eat all of your dinner or you won't get any Halloween candy. You know that!
Boogie: Yeah, I know. I'm not having candy tonight. But, I at least I know I can get candy on Thursdays!
Me: Why's that? (wondering if he thinks he'll get away with stuff when I am at work)
Boogie: Because I pound my mac 'n cheese!
[after hearing Clark make fun of me for the billionth time for having lost my wallet in both NYC and Las Vegas] "But, you're supposed to lost things there... It's called Lost Vegas!"
Boogie: [talking to my belly] "Goodnight baby! I love you! I hope you're a boy or a girl... And I hope you come out."
Me: Well, You're in luck! The baby will either be a boy or a girl AND the baby will come out some day!
Boogie: Good!
Yeah... I think my heart will probably explode the first time I see Boogie and the baby together... Don't know how I will be able to handle any more cuteness than I already do... Later days...
Go forth and fill your libraries with media.
Seriously, thanks to everyone for being so amazing and patient. You are the reason I love Vox.
Is taunting me... I'm tired, but not sleepy... And I will be doing a lock-in tonight... The official "lights out" will be at 4am... Gawd help me! Later days...
