Giggle juice / Translation guide

I expected after the sedated abr ordeal that AKA would be reflecting and exclaiming, "I don't YIKE that doctor. Let's not go there again!" Such as after her 4yr check and shots. She raised the roof on that place with the screaming. But quite the contrary this time. She seemed to quite like the 'giggle juice,' as they call it. It's a medication to make her pretty relaxed, and well, drunk off her ass. For real. She was wasted. It was unsettling to see a 4yr old that way. Especially mine. But it helped in the separation part, since they had to remove her from her barnacle grip on me to take her for the procedure. This way there was no scene, and no grudge since she doesn't remember. But she does remember the giggle juice and when I mention how it made her feel silly, she says, "yeah, we can go there again next time. I yike giggle juice!"

And speaking of next time. Here are the key phrases someone dropped unexpectedly into our house would have to know to survive here.

1. Next time : this is the mother of all soothing phrases for AKA. When in doubt, just say, "next time" and 99% of the time the disaster can be averted. She uses it to calm herself as well. Like on the first day of dev. preschool this week and the school bus DID NOT go to outer space like she thought it would (because of The Magic School Bus) and she walked off the bus proclaiming confidently, "The bus will go to outer space NEXT TIME!"

2. Look where we are going : this is actually a question. It means, "Where are we going today?" "What are we doing today?" "What are our plans today?" This will be asked at least 50 times before 9am. Best to have an answer prepared in advance. If not, may the lord help you.

3. Look who's on : this is also a question. It means, "The show I like is over. What is on next?" 99% of the time AKA knows exactly what show is on next, but she still believes I have control over the programming. She doesn't understand the difference between the dvd player and the broadcast tv.