Sunday Stealing - my answers are kind of blah

Sunday Stealing: The Eighty Meme, Part One

1. What curse word do you use the most?

Take a wild guess...

2. Do you own an iPod?

Nope.  I have an mp3 player and it works just fine.  I rarely use it anymore.

3. What person do you talk to on the phone the most?

I talk on the phone at work...8 long hours of talking to people.  I don't talk on the phone unless it's absolutely necessary anymore.

4. Do you still remember the first person you kissed?

*groan*.....yes

5. Do you remember where you were on 11/9/01?

November 9, 2001 or the 11th of September 2001?

The first no...the latter, yes.

6. What was the last movie you watched?

I attempted to watch Shutter Island.  I couldn't get in to it. 

7. Has anyone ever called you lazy?

Yep.  I call myself lazy. 

8. Do you ever take medication to help you fall asleep?

Sometimes.  Thank you xanax.

9. Has anyone told you a secret this week?

Not that I can recall.

10. What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?

How tall they are.  

11. What are you looking forward to?

Moving my blog to it's new home annettefunnyjello.com (shameless plug)

12. Do you own any band t-shirts?

Yep.  I have an old Doors t-shirt and I have a Kiss t-shirt.  I don't wear them though. Oh...and I have a Kid Rock t-shirt too.

13. What will you be doing in one hour?

Same thing I do every day.  Try to take over the world.

14. Is anyone in love with you?

Well I would hope so.  If not...well, he's a pretty good actor.

15. Last time you cried?

The night Chicago died...

16. Are you on a desktop computer or a laptop?

Laptop.  Why do you even care?

17. Are you currently wanting any piercings or tattoos?

I do want to get a couple of my current tattoos fixed.  And I wouldn't mind getting another one but I have no idea of what or where.

18. Would you ever date anyone covered in tattoos?

Yes.  I did in fact...but he was a jerkface. 

19. What were you doing before this?

Sleeping.  Dennis let me sleep in. 

20. When is the last time you slept on the floor?

Um...probably at a sleep over when I was in junior high or something.  I don't know. 

21. How many hours of sleep do you need to function?

5 or 6.

22. Do you eat breakfast daily?

No

I'm not feeling very witty today...my answers are kind of blah. Sunday Stealing felt like a chore today.  Sorry for the boredom!

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Saturday 9 - I didn't let the good one get away

Saturday 9: Letters From the Sky

1. Do you believe that we will ever be contacted by beings from another planet?

I don't like thinking about that.  It creeps me out. 

2. Have you or a family member ever traced your family tree?

I think maybe my grandmother did.  I like hearing about it...but have no interest to go digging myself.

3. Did you ever consider an acting career?

Maybe when I was like 8 years old.  

4. What is the funniest situation you’ve witnessed in a religious setting?

When I was married to my ex-husband we went to church with his parents so they could show off they're new grandbaby (our daughter).  They put on some weird show for us where the priest? would touch people's foreheads and those people would break down crying.  The priest? was dancing in the aisle..."healing" people.  It was creepy more than it was funny.  I thought that kind of stuff only happened on tv. 

5. What's the first movie you remember ever seeing in a theater?

E.T.

6. What's the most difficult confession you've ever had to make?

Um....I used to like New Kids on the Block when I was a kid.  I loved Joey.  There...I said it.

7. What is a city that you have visited and hated?

Holdenville, Oklahoma.  I don't even think you'd call it a city...more like a dot on a map.  I lived there for a whopping six weeks and rode a bus for three days to come back.  It sucked that bad. 

8. Has anyone in your life been "they one who got away"?

I don't think so.  Looking back on my life there isn't one person who I think I should have ended up with.  Some of them are puke-worthy.  

I'm happy where I'm at...I didn't let the good one get away. That's what shackles and chains are for.

9. Why do you think the 10 foot duck walked into the bar on Thursday Thunks?

I'm still trying to figure out of Berleen is a real person or not.

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Bitch & Moan - A Trip To Urgent Care

I don't want to sound ungrateful towards our medical professionals. I know they're very hard working and deal with things that I would not want to deal with ever. So my utmost respect goes out to healthcare workers...well, some of them.

Last Friday I was taking a shower, Ethan was in there with me. He does this all the time...he's the cleanest kid ever. He'll shower with me and shower with Dennis. And because he's only three years old...well, it's fine for now.

Anyhow, he fell in the shower. Smacked his head on the lip where the shower and glass meet and blood...blood...blood (which blood + water = making it look like there's a lot more blood than there actually is). I immediately picked him up, turned off the water (conditioner still in my hair!) and tried to inspect.

It definitely needed stitches.

So I took him to our local urgent care facility. Now he was fine, not crying at this point, the bleeding had stopped and he was talking, playing. We waited 15 minutes just to get checked in. There was only one other person in the waiting room.

Then we got checked in...waited some more.  Finally get called back...nurse does all the stuff she needs to do, inspects the damage and says that it definitely needs stitches.  Staples actually.  Then we wait (again) for the doctor to come in.  She comes in, inspects the wound...yep, staples.  She puts some topical numbing stuff on it and says she'll be back in about 5 minutes...it was more like 20.

The nurse checks on us. Then maybe 5 minutes later they both come back in. they explain that it'll need about three staples and they'll do it as quickly as possible. Fine..do it...get it over with.

Then...

The "doctor" asks the very nice nurse HOW TO USE the little staple thing. Whaaaaaaaat?!?!

The nurse explained how it worked, gave her a little demo while we were sitting there. All the while my eyes are bugging out of my head.

They got it done though. Then the "doctor" asked the nurse if the staple thing should be placed in the sharps container, to which the nurse responded 'yes'. Which, to me...well it seemed like that was the obvious place for it to go.

Ethan only cried for a second and was rewarded with a bouncy ball (his choice).

I'm disappointed that the "doctor" who was caring for him seemed rather clueless about what she was doing. I've been to this urgent care clinic before and will likely go back there as it's very close to my house...but I will not see this "doctor" again. I will specifically request someone else.

Hey "doc"...if you're that clueless about your job...don't discuss it in FRONT OF YOUR PATIENTS. Just a tip...

(I also am aware that the "doctors" at the urgent clinic are not really doctors...they're trained medical professionals, I'm not sure of their actual titles...but still, they should know what they're doing.)

Ethan finally let me take a picture of his owie yesterday.  (super close up)

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