I constantly fight this struggle.  Many days I have to stay late at work adn end up missing something for my kids.  Just yesterday a surgery was running late and I had to stay two hours late. I had to scramble to have a friend pick up my kids from day care and bring them to their evening choir practice.  My husband…

plus many weddings (I'm thinking of Catholic ones, where the ceremonies pretty much are always in the late morning or early afternoon) have a lull in between the ceremony and reception. More time to drink before the official drinking begins.
(granted, i've been known to tailgate in a church parking lot after a…

plus many weddings (I'm thinking of Catholic ones, where the ceremonies pretty much are always in the late morning or early afternoon) have a lull in between the ceremony and reception. More time to drink before the official drinking begins.
(granted, i've been known to tailgate in a church parking lot after a…

man I miss that show.

man I miss that show.

Thank you for the Kids in the Hall link! I love the Girl Drink Drunk skit.

Thank you for the Kids in the Hall link! I love the Girl Drink Drunk skit.

I'm a PA in pathology, and technically, they need the biopsy to confirm cancer (even when obvious on a mammogram).  But also, at least as far as I know and in the states I've worked in, we don't stage the cancer on the biopsy, we wait for the lumpectomy or mastectomy.  (Unless it's an excisional biopsy—where a huge…

I'm a PA in pathology, and technically, they need the biopsy to confirm cancer (even when obvious on a mammogram).  But also, at least as far as I know and in the states I've worked in, we don't stage the cancer on the biopsy, we wait for the lumpectomy or mastectomy.  (Unless it's an excisional biopsy—where a huge…

yep, to have a diagnosis of cancer, it has to come from a biopsy.  There can be suspicious areas or presumed areas on a mammogram, but the confirmation comes from the actual biopsy.  Those results vary based on the pathology lab, but can take anywhere from 1-3 days typically. (yes, I do work in pathology and we treat…

yep, to have a diagnosis of cancer, it has to come from a biopsy.  There can be suspicious areas or presumed areas on a mammogram, but the confirmation comes from the actual biopsy.  Those results vary based on the pathology lab, but can take anywhere from 1-3 days typically. (yes, I do work in pathology and we treat…

if by "cheapen it" you mean, they have different beliefs than you maybe…
I thought this was very realistic. I'm married to a Catholic and I'm just secular.  We are raising our kids in the catholic faith, but I let them know my beliefs (and i stay out of it for the most part, just letting them know I'm a scientist and…

if by "cheapen it" you mean, they have different beliefs than you maybe…
I thought this was very realistic. I'm married to a Catholic and I'm just secular.  We are raising our kids in the catholic faith, but I let them know my beliefs (and i stay out of it for the most part, just letting them know I'm a scientist and…

I'm a middle child, so yeah, no emoting for or from me. For my older brother though, my parents dropped him off personally and had all kinds of hugs for him; and it was only 1.5 hour drive away…

I'm a middle child, so yeah, no emoting for or from me. For my older brother though, my parents dropped him off personally and had all kinds of hugs for him; and it was only 1.5 hour drive away…

My brother's (now ex-)fiance was in our family portraits from my wedding…we have been trying to get the photographer to photo shop her out, but alas, my wedding was pre-digital age…

My brother's (now ex-)fiance was in our family portraits from my wedding…we have been trying to get the photographer to photo shop her out, but alas, my wedding was pre-digital age…

yup

yup

yeah, when Will was still there, the four guys would be a in a picture and Will wasn't do the "C" like the other three were.