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(Written in) Teenage Blood (test)

This mornings rant comes to you written in blood. The 15yr old was due to have a blood test this morning, before a dermatologist appointment. He forgot. I forgot. He remembered when he (finally) got up, so I said we could still go if he would get a move on. He proceeded to sit down at the kitchen table, with a bowl, spoon, milk and weetbix, until I reminded him it was a fasting blood test. He showered. We left the house, and drove to the blood collection place. I turned the engine off, then turned to him (already knowing the answer, and sighing internally) and asked - "Did you bring the blood test paperwork?" As expected, the response became defensive, and the insinuation was that I had the paperwork, he 'always' gives me the paperwork when we leave the dermatologists! I decided to give it a shot, went in and asked whether, given it was a regular visit, would they be able to do the test if they could see what he normally has? Receptionist said that they could just loo...

Welcome to my ranting ground.

In keeping with my intentions of simplicity, which will hopefully help me be more regular - with my posts - although other sorts of regularity would be good too...., I won't be spending precious minutes looking for just the right image to post in this blog.  I swear I spend more time editing my blogs, changing pictures, placements, headings, and fonts than I do actually writing them.  So setting my intention. Simplicity. Honesty. Humour. I already have a few blogs, but I often find myself wanting to blog about something, and then not being sure which of my current blogs it 'fits' into. So I decided to create a new one, for this exact purpose - random, regular rants.   Welcome!