Saturday, October 17, 2009

There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want. ~Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes



Just a quick post before someone,
somewhere,
notices....
I took a break!
Shhhh.....

Left the PowerPoint
and
the bodacious headache it has induced.

Conveniently forgot the unfinished paper,
wwhhat paper???? 

Closed the books,
just for one minute...



I just need a snack;
I wanna pork out
on Halloween candy...

(Hmmm, probably a side effect of the recent viral illness?
Oink, oink, exxcccuse me,
don't know where that came from!)






Yep,
that's sure to cure what ails me.
Candy corn, peanut butter taffy,
fall is good....
and sweet...
Yes, it is.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

QUARANTINED....CORDON SANITAIRE " (French) A barrier between a potential source of infection (me) and a susceptible population (you). "


 And so the story goes...
One day while I was minding my own business,
It crept up on me....





Ugly little booger....
It actually looks more like this.



 Although, I prefer this next photograph.
It's much more revealing...




Hmmm, 
in retrospect perhaps
in addition to the mask, gloves and gown;
I should have borrowed a few items from folklore...

 Silver bullets,
werewolves hate em...





  A little garlic,
it works against vampires...





 As it is
I'm treating my symptoms.
Wrapping up for the chills and fever.





Drinking soup, lots of liquid,
ingesting tylenol, motrin, psuedofed,
with a side of cough syrup...

I really haven't had much of an appetite.





The cough, the headache,
 I've seen better days.





Whoa, now, don't be so judgmental...

No need to panic.





or storm the castle walls...


 



 I'm quarantined
for your safety.

MUHAHAHA...

(Clearly, I am feeling better
and
have too much time on my hands....)

Have a germ free and happy October!


Friday, October 2, 2009

ARGGGG!!!!!




Quick summation of a rather , hmmm, annoying week....

1) Got my flu shot...I was very brave. I asked for child life to support me during this difficult time and everyone thought I was kidding? Imagine that? Then, no prize, no sticker; well, I was.....disappointed. I mean I was good, no one had to hold me down. Sniff, sniff, sometimes being an adult stinks.

2) What, and I mean WHAT, was in the air this week with all the cranky and less than appreciative parents?




This trend of grumpiness seemed to appear everywhere I went...In Goodwill two angry mothers yelled and cussed in front of their two innocent wide eyed children and the equally innocent and wide eyed patrons.  Sprinkling the F word loudly and rudely into the air, over and over and over again... I wanted to say something but I figured since she was going to F-ing beat the #*#!! out of who ever was on the phone and the other lady who kept grabbing the phone was gonna help, perhaps I better keep my opinions about their language and parenting habits to myself...Yes, sometimes, I am a coward...




3) When you go to the hospital or doctors office, please realize the nurses and doctors are working as fast as they can. We do not have it in for you! Seriously! Sometimes we will treat the extremely ill before giving your child their immunizations. However, if that extremely sick child were yours wouldn't you like the same consideration?.....Just a thought...




4) Really people, quit acting like a bunch of hillbillies!!! Our culture has become so coarse. Is this necessary? Your nasty choice of adjectives does not impress me, your lack of kindness toward our children does not impress me, bullies have never impressed me. Grow up and mind your manners please!





5) Throw in 2 late clinics, no sleep, school work and
and I guess that 'bout sums up the week.

Thoughts on Life:

1) Yes, I have them...




2) Someday we are all going to be old. If you body slam your 4 year old on the table because you are tired of waiting, jerk down their pants and yell, "Get ready, this is gonna hurt..." I wonder is this the type of treatment you will wish to receive when you are older, smaller, frailer and infirm from your grown child? Hmmm....

3) Try and be a good parent...Would you go to work vomiting or with a 102 degree fever? Yet, you send your children to school to infect the rest of humanity until the school nurse calls you to come pick them up. Then, you bring them to the clinic. Really, moms, dads, this is not rocket science! Were we all not instructed to treat others as we would like to be treated, especially the least of these....our children, our future...
 



4) Everybody should get a boo boo pop, a sticker, or a prize after a shot, just saying....but the freezy spray did help. Thanks :)


Parents Of The Week Award:




Yes, they are out there....

Lastly, to the older mom who came in with her toddler and had every, and I mean every, piece of paper pertaining to her child in a binder. I could have cried. It really was touching. You were so happy to be a mom and obviously so in love with your child. Daddy came in later and they said it might just be a minute before they could leave the room because they wanted to comfort little one after his shots. Thank you for giving me hope during a dark week. You, my dears, receive the Parents Of The Week Award!

Friday, September 18, 2009

Sleep in Peace...



Have courage for the great sorrows of life
and patience for the small ones;
and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task,
go to sleep in peace.
God is awake.

Victor Hugo

Have a beautiful, restful weekend...

Sunday, September 13, 2009

I Don't Go There Any More.....


Sorrow is a complex emotion.
Sometimes, it is just too heavy to carry.
So we put it someplace,
and we leave it there,
for safe keeping,
for a time.
Until we are strong enough to pick it up again.

 Mother died two years ago,
two deep, dark years ago.
My mother in law, Grandmother, died last year.
Where has the time gone?
Where did it slip away to,
like sand between my fingers.

Grandmother was one of ,"The Greatest Generation."
 She was sweet and amazing,
but oh, so strong.
You don't watch and wait through Great Depressions
and World Wars
and emerge weak.

 
She was beautiful, loving, soft and warm;
oh, so comforting...
She was a blessing.


I have not been back to Grandmother's house;
I can't.
In my mind she is still in her favorite chair,
waiting for the football game to begin.
Go Cocks!

If I go and crack the back door
and call her name,
I'll give her just a minute,
then I will see her coming around the corner of the kitchen,
slow but sure.

I keep her there,
in her house,
in her chair.
Life without her will hurt a lot.
I can not pick up this pain right now.
So, I keep her
right there...

I know this is not real;
I know she is not there;
but for now it helps.
And life moves along...

I know when I finally go by the house,
the myth will be shattered.
So I do not go.
No,
I do not go.
Not yet...

Monday, September 7, 2009

School, Work, Flu, Labor Day, and Taxes....Yep, that about covers it!


OK, OK, I confess,
I've been blog hopping, reading, and visiting...
just a tad.
Catching up on my peeps,
while school work looms heavily over my shoulder.

There is a more descriptive word for this behavior,
procrastination.
And I am darn good at it!
However, in the words of Miss Scarlett,
"Tomorrow is another day..."
 Thank goodness!
 

 Tomorrow, actually is a holiday.
Labor Day,
a day to honor the American laborer.
And one thing is for certain...
I am a laborer!

The last two weeks the flu has begun to rear its ugly head,
with a vengeance,
and 
I'm bone tired...

We have commemorated it's arrival with new attire;
we look something like this...
 

 
Lovely, 
seriously....
Yellow gown,
face mask,
goggles or glasses,
just a bit haggard...

There is a mask for me
and one for you...
It's a little hard to breathe,
perhaps that's the point.

Our new slogan,
"Just Don't Breathe!"
Did I mention the yellow gown?
Sometimes they were blue...
The kids loved them...
 

 
 really...

Lastly,
thank you to all my fellow laborers;
who work tirelessly day in and day out,
 for their families 
and country.
  We appreciate you!

After all,
where would our government be
without your hard earned tax dollars!
Cynical, I know...


Enjoy your day America,
then
get back to work!
Whining will not be tolerated!

For information on this holiday:

Thursday, September 3, 2009

"One Day At A Time " by Ralph Waldo Emerson


Finish every day and be done with it.
You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in;
forget them as soon as you can.
Tomorrow is a new day;
begin it well and serenely
and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
This day is all that is good and fair.
It is too dear, with its hopes and invitations,
to waste a moment on yesterdays.