The good news:  I submitted our doula fees to my flex spending, and delightfully, they were reimbursed.  I wasn’t sure that was going to happen, since the language in the documentation about what’s covered is kind of wishy-washy about it.  It was a pleasant surprise, and it was also nice that she let us pay in advance so it could be applied to this year’s credits.  Our insurance is changing next year so we’ll get fewer flex credits, so it was good to get it done before the end of the year.

The bad news:  Benazir Bhutto got assassinated.  Holy crap.  She was the first female elected official in the Muslim world, and bam.   How horrible.

I think the bad news outweighs the good news here.

That kind of reminds me of a conversation I had over the weekend.  We arrived at Denny’s aunt and uncle’s house, and they had gotten some snow so things were a little slick and sloppy.  Denny’s other aunt (there are a lot of aunts) greeted us, and I said, “Looks like you got some weather here.”

She said, “Yeah, it’s like our 9/11.”

I blinked a few times and said, “That sounds like a huge exaggeration.”

I hope she wasn’t offended—I don’t think she was; she’s a pretty jolly person—but seriously?