My 2 Lads and Me

21 June 2007

Yippee!!! My exams and essays are over, at least. Never has anyone crammed so much info into such a small skull in so little time!!!

Never has anyone used so much of their pre-existing general knowledge to make such intelligent guesses on multiple choice questions, when they didnt know the real answer!!!

The good news is…I can take your pulse, your temp., your BP, I can listen to your chest, assess your breathing, do mouth to mouth if youve stopped breathing entirely (enough with the cheeky comments, you boys), I can hook you up for an ECG and read it and know if you’re having a cardiac arrest, I can give you a nebuliser if youre having an asthma attack, AND I’ll know what drugs you should be getting during any or all of these events, just in case the Dr is having a spaz and has forgotten what to do.

And while Im busy saving your life, will you be wondering what marks I got on my exams?

Jeez, I bloody hope not!

Do I look like a terrorist to you?

Do these look like terrorists to you?

Devils, yes, perhaps…

Boys Like Their Toys

It’s pretty widely agreed that all little boys like to play with guns.

Some people try to stop kids from playing with toy guns in the fear it might make ‘em violent. Nah! It stops them whacking each other with sticks!

Since I like to encourage the kids to take an active interest in things, my guys have quite a few plastic guns. They got laser guns. Then they graduated on to cap guns. They have computer games like Medal of Honour in which you can take part in real-life battles from various wars in history. And to make sure they know that real-life war is NOT a game, I let them watch really gory war movies like Saving Private Ryan.

Was I taking it a little bit too far when I ordered, off the Net, some BB guns for my little darlings?

Sydney Airport Customs authority thought so.

And I think NSW Police might think so as well (cousin Chris, you didnt hear that!)

I have just today received a registered slap on the wrist from Customs telling me that my illegal firearms have been seized. If I want my guns, I have to go get a license and a permit to import and THEN go pick’em up.

In their mercy, they are going to let me off this time, but I have been added to a List of illegal importers and if I do it again, I shall feel the full weight of the Law upon my puny self.

My reaction to this is………

Jerome says:

“We went to Kuringai National Park. We walked down to the Basin. I loved it because we found crabs in the sand and there was ochre everywhere. The Aboriginal carvings were my favorite. They were fantastic. I saw an upside-down kangaroo, and a man holding a fish and a banana, and I saw people.”

Mummy says:”We walked almost 6km (4 miles). Gran and I saw quite a few amazing birds, such as parrots, honey eaters and wattle birds. We had a picnic. Then we walked back up the hill. After that, we were hot.”