Thursday, August 21, 2008

Freestyle 101

I like the fact that blogging is not Engish Composition. We don't have to have the opening paragraph with our three points, then our three paragraphs wrapped up with our concluding paragraph. I don't have any problem with that type of writing. It just doesn't seem to be what blogging is all about. And this post would definitely get an F in Eng. Comp.
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I was such a doofus on Wednesday. I had one of those crazy long Meals On Wheels days. Not only did I have a full sheet of people, I had a new person that was way off the route. And then there were little things along the way making everything take longer. I have this newish guy, about 4 weeks now, that the route sheet says to: "Knock on door, yell, MOW and then go in." Well that has never happened. The door was always locked. Then the man always shows up and says, "The door wasn't locked." It's been really getting on my nerves and Wednesday when he said it again, I said, "The door was locked." So he steps outside and pulls it closed and he can't open it. So now we're both on his front porch and he says. "Well the back door is open." And just as I'm saying, "I'll go around" he shoulders it open. He probably can't move his arm now. So after he got it open, I inspect it and the problem is the fancy push button handle outside door knob leaves about 1/8" of that springy thing that goes in and out but when I turned the inside knob it goes all the way in. Anyway I was glad he saw the problem because it was getting very tiresome. He said he'd have his son fix it.
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The new lady that was way out of the way had a really cute dog. I haven't had a dog in a while, and by "had" I mean, one of my MOW people. His name was Jake and he was a crazy speed dog going 90 MPH. I think it was a toy poodle, but I don't know anything about dogs, but I know it wasn't a great dane. Oh, so anyway everything was taking forever and when I finally finished my route I was on my way to my bar to get my post-MOW beers and hoping that annoying old man wasn't there. Seriously this guy is like 56 years old and plays Ozzie Osbourne. It's gross. And loud. And annoying. I was looking at the clock and thinking, "Man, I finished late. I'm glad this isn't one of the last two Wednesdays of the month when I have those two doctor appointments." Mmm Hmmm. yep.
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I bet you were thinking, "This IS one of the last two Wednesdays of the month." Well turn around and pat yourself on the back, because you would be right! Well, what happened was, I made these appointments so long ago that they were stored in my brain as "the last two Wednesdays of August." Just that and nothing else. Not which doctor was which Wednesday or what time or anything. I always write my regular doctor's number on the back of my insurance card with a Sharpie, so I had that number and called it first. I felt so "special" when I called and said, "Do I have an appointment today?" I was really hoping I did because it was a discussion appointment whereas my other appointment was the "other" doctor with the dreaded woman stirrupy thing and an hour and a half is not enough time to mentally prepare for that.
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I got lucky and it was the easy appointment but it was for 2:30 and it was almost 1:00. I had one quick beer and was lucky that it wasn't too hot because I had to drink it on the patio since that annoying man was there blasting his Ozzie Osbourne. Then I grabbed chips and salsa and queso at a Mexican restaurant near my doctor's office. I made it there in time and gave him my long story about my possibly having gall bladder problems. I was going to do a link to my post about that but after doing a blog search, I realize I never mentioned it before.
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Anyway since that would add way too many alphabet pieces to this post, I'll do that later. So he made an appointment for me to go to another place for a gall bladder sonogram on Monday. I either have gallstones or a bad gall bladder. My doctor was talking about fatty foods and "alkee-hall" being a factor and he pronounced it like that every time. Alkee-hall. I should have said, "Dude! Just say BEER!"
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I left there and went to THE HOUSE and the garage had been cleaned out by my parents' gardener and he did a great job. I didn't even realize there was a wall back there. That was a great relief seeing that done. I was still overwhelmed by all the work left to be done but I have made it a point to set tasks and focus on those. My tasks for Wednesday were to get all of the women's clothes and shoes into my truck to take to the women's shelter store for donation, to bring home my my mother-in-law's two rolling clothes racks I had borrowed for the estate sale, and to fill the garbage bin and set it out.
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The weird weather we've been having has given me sinus problems. Monday I told my husband it felt like I had a gummy worm lodged behind my left eyeball. So Wednesday I was getting that again AND being overwhelmed about the house and then my daughter called. So I'm out at the house working my butt off and she calls and her birthday is Saturday and the call is about her dad and the birthday and my head already hurt before she called, but then it was compounded. I very rarely get headaches (I just searched my blog for "headache" and got only two posts that just had the word "ache" in them) so I always get flummoxed by headaches. I think I had a double whammy on Wednesday and had a sinus headache and then topped it off with a stress headache. Anyway, I went to bed at 11:00 pm and if you knew me well, you would freak out because my normal bedtime is between 2:00 and 4:00 am. I woke up 12 hours later and I was fine.
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In conclusion, I really like that bunny in the picture

11 comments:

Jazz said...

Damn girl, I love your brain... That conclusion was brilliant.

Oh and it felt like I had a gummy worm lodged behind my left eyeball?

Just ewwwwwwwwwww

Anonymous said...

I usually try to read your blog at the end of the day because your days always sound so exhausting that if I read them in the morning I want to go back to bed. It's almost like you're living parallel lives to yourself.

Cycling Goddess said...

Glad you're feeling a bit better but man, it really WAS one of those days...

I like the bunny too :)

geewits said...

Jazz,
~~It was not so much ewwww, more like ooooooooowwww!

Xup,
~~Living parallel lives to myself? Huh? I need that explained. Sorry, to make you tired, I just hope you didn't get the headache.

Urban,
~~Yes, one of those days. I am more than making up for it today.

Scarlet said...

Wow, I'd hate for you not to be able to enjoy your beers (even if it is to the tune of Ozzy Osbourne). Let's hope it's nothing serious...but let us know what happens Monday.

I hope your sinuses feel better; I get the same way sometimes due to a change in weather and I get insomnia. I can't believe what time you get to bed! I start my day at 4:30 a.m. sometimes...when you're just starting to doze off. Imagine!

Carole said...

Somebunny to watch over you....

Anonymous said...

Parallel lives to yourself just means that you seem to pack a lot of actual and sensory experiences into every day -- you're not just going through the motions, ya know? There's the stuff you're actually, physically doing and then there's the stuff that's going on in your head and you seem to be able to explain it somehow in your blog so that I experience both aspects at the same time, too. It's really cool, but at the same time exhausting -- but in a good way. I enjoy it.

OldLady Of The Hills said...

I was thinking the same thing about ALL that you pack in, in a day...And how it seems exhausting to me...lol!
Sorry to read about the possible Gall Stones/Bad GallBladder....Hope the sonogram will tell you exactly what is going on...! All the stuff you have had to do in THE HOUSE, and all that you still have to do....Now, THAT is exhausting, too! I know it is overwhelming to have to tackle it all.

LOVE that Bunny!

Adele said...

wow, you have a manic time. Makes me tired just hearing about it.

geewits said...

Scarlet,
~~I don't have to imagine the sleep difference, I have it here at home. My Sweetie gets up at 6:00 am, about two or three hours after I have gone to bed. So we actually only sleep together on average about two hours a night (we've actually met each other coming and going and make a cartoon joke "Good morning Ralph"). It works out great because we both get a lot of free bed space for most of our sleep cycle. I'll let you know about my gall bladder, but I think my doctor wants it out anyway.

Carole,
~~Hee hee, I loved that. I am just now sipping a frozen vodka treat made from your orange ice. Yummy! And thanks for the onion!

Xup,
~~Wow, Great explanation. Talk about being able to understand it. Yes, I've often thought there was an observer inside watching the physical me. Does that make any sense?

Naomi,
~~Thanks, I know you get it because you did some paring down work a while back. I feel like I am starting to see some light at the end of the tunnel.

Hagelrat,
~~Apparently, I am exhausting everyone!

Jammie J. said...

So you have your MOW and stress over the weird Ozzie playing guy AND a doctor appointment? Then you toss in The House ... and sinus headache and daughter headache. I think you were due for a 12 hour night.

Thank goodness for bunnies!