Referring to tomorrow night’s seder at Steph and Andrew’s house, and the group sleepover that will follow…
Tag Archives: family
Great Lermans Think Alike
(loosely related to A Tired, Dehydrated People )
The sisters Lerman know how to spend a bright, sunny Saturday.
A Simple “Read This Book” Will Suffice
(Related to A Simple “The Answer is 3” Will Suffice )
This is what happens when a PhD student gives you a book recommendation. It comes with a lecture.
Absolutely Invaluable
People have already started asking me if I will have another kid after this one (aggressive, as I haven’t even fully made this one yet, but that’s fine). The answer is yes, god willing, OF COURSE I want more than one. If I’ve learned nothing else from being in a large family, it’s that siblings are absolutely invaluable.
Let The Cousin Rivalry Commence
She’ll be tough, but he’ll always have the tum tum.
It’s Amazing How Quickly the Maternal Instincts Kick In
A friend read my post about being a Factor 11 Deficiency carrier. Turns out she is also a carrier, and so reached out to reassure me:
I Failed the Intake Process
When you meet with a hematologist re: a blood disorder, the first thing they do is take your medical history to determine if you’ve ever had bleeding problems in the past.
Hematologist: “Ok, this is probably the most important question that will help me determine your blood clotting status– have you ever had any surgeries?”
Me: “No.”
Hematologist: “Lucky you! Have you ever broken a bone?”
Me: “I broke my foot about 9 years ago. Fractured my wrist when I was a kid. And, well, my nose was broken when I had a nose job, obviously, if that counts.”
Hematologist: “You had a nose job? But you just said you never had surgery!”
Me: “Oh, well, that’s like, not really a surgery.”
Hematologist: “A rhinoplasty is definitely a surgery.”
Me: “Ok, well, you say surgery, I say birthday present. Or family rite of passage. Or my mother’s suggestion. Or–”
Hematologist: “Ok just tell me if you had a bleeding problem during or after surgery.”
Me: “No.”
Hematologist: “Ok, any other surgeries I should know about?
Me: “No.”
Hematologist: “Have you ever had problems with your gums, or had gum grafting?”
Me: “No. But when I had my chin done they did cut through my gums in order to–”
Hematologist: “You had a genioplasty?! That’s ALSO surgery.”
Me: “Ok, well, that’s a very fancy word for it. And again, it wasn’t so much a surgery as just an add-on or a necessary complement to the nose–”
Hematologist: 
I need a Jewish doctor.
The Sibling Reveal
From late December.
4 hours later:
I Heard That
“She put me on hold. Whatever, I guess I should consider myself lucky she even picked up the phone for once.”
— My mom, to my dad, thinking I put her on hold but really she was just on mute while I peed.
Thank God
Discussing the (later proven to be false) Emergency Missile Alert experience my parents had during their trip to Hawaii…
Dad: “So they corralled our whole hotel into the ballroom, about 500 people.”
Eric: “Was everyone panicked?”
Dad: “Oh, yeah. People were on their phones, everyone was calling their children.”
Me: “Funny, I don’t remember getting a call.”
Dad: “Oh, please.”
Me: “I’m just saying…”
Dad: “I’ll tell you what I was worried about…”
Me: “Dying?”
Dad: “Our tee time. Kept checking my watch to make sure we weren’t going to miss it. Thank god we didn’t.”
Yes. Thank god.
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