Last night I had a dream that I had a gun that I was trying to conceal in my miniskirt (me in a miniskirt = nightmare). I woke up laughing because I know I dreamt that because of the conversation on here.

Claire~I agree with the others that you should do standup!

I got my camera taken away at a concert once. I was so mad. I managed to sneak it in (I did the in the purse, surrounded by pads thing) and thought I was safe. But stupid me, pulled it out right at the beginning and took a couple of pictures. A security person happened to be walking by right at that moment and took it. I got it back at the end, but still... The last concert I went to, I was pregnant and already showing, so I wasn't sure if they'd believe the purse full of pads, but I got it in then. And those security guards saw me taking pictures and they were ok with it.

Ashley~Good to "see" you. I had been worried about you. Glad to know everything's ok.

Bina~I like your response to Mel. I always think that if people are going to be rude enough to ask, I'm going to give a rude response right back. But then I usually chicken out or it's someone who I can't be rude to...And I understand about the pg coworker, especially since she's due at the same time you were. I had a student this year whose mom was due a week before me. It was so hard every time I saw her, it was always the reminder of what I had lost. I'd have to translate for her when she had conferences with other teachers. One teacher in particular, was going on and on to her about being pregnant, when she was due, about the baby, etc and I had to sit there translating everything back and forth, trying not to cry. At the end of the year, there was some parent thing at school and student came wheeling the baby into my room to show him off to me. That was hard too, but I couldn't let on, he was just a ten year old proud of his brother. But I just about broke down when the baby looked up at his mom and smiled, knowing my baby never got to smile at me.

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