Happy Pumpkin Day!

Well the big day is nearly upon us....the day we dress our children up in crazy outfits and send them out around the neighborhood (with us trailing behind hauling ALL the accessories they just had to have to make their costumes complete) and throughout this entire process we allow them to gorge on candy, candy and more candy. Of course this leads to tummy aches, irritability and the inability to sleep. I guess this makes Halloween the childhood equivalent to the adult’s New Year’s Eve, different addictions same hangover!!

Once Halloween comes and goes you know Thanksgiving is right around the corner and then BANG its Christmas. Just when I thought life was stressful enough somebody went and threw in a few major holidays to really drive me over the edge. The next two months are generally our most hectic not only because of the typical events these months bring but because it’s also the time of year we bring Max back to Baltimore for his yearly check-ups with the cardiac surgeon, cardiac geneticist and gastroenterologist. Each year during the second week in December we pack up and bring the Marangella show on the road. Our week at Johns Hopkins is long and each day is packed with appointments, testing and lab work. Our usual remark about a day at JHH is, “You know when you’re going into the hospital you just don’t know when you’re coming out.” Add the cold winter weather (we Phoenicians generally do not own winter coats) and hospital food and you have all the ingredients of a Caribbean resort and spa vacation. Please don’t envy us for our glamorous lifestyle, jet-setting like this isn’t for everyone.

And on that note I wish you all a happy Friday, go out there and get way more treats than tricks!