Wow...another post from me. And so soon too! Well, I just had to tell you about a funny happening in my day. I'm on-call this weekend, and after seeing patients for a few hours this morning, I was hot, tired, and ready for a little refreshment. As I was heading back into the office to get started on a few hours of paperwork, I decided to stop at Starbucks. I ordered a tall blueberries & cream frappacino, light, double-blended, thank you very much. Starbucks is literally just across the street from the office, so I decided to take it with me. Well, I had my arms absolutely loaded...my laptop, all my pertinent information for the weekend, charts, my huge water jug, with alas my poor frap on top of my jug. I got the door unlocked okay, but my frap tipped over on the way in the door. Children, there was blueberries and cream frap ALL over the floor, all over the cloth-type divider wall. The little plastic cup shattered when it dropped, so I lost it all. Very sad. I would've been better off to just toss $4.03 out the window of my car. At least there wouldn't have been a mess. So instead of blissfully enjoying my little treat, I cleaned up the mess as best I could with paper towels, and had to call housekeeping for a little spot remover help. It was just such a Cindy moment. Always trying to carry too much - save the extra steps, and then making a big hash out of it :) Oh well, guess I didn't need the extra calories anyway!
btw, if you haven't tried the blueberries and cream, well, you need to get right on that. You will not be sorry...
'night.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Friday, August 24, 2007
August happenings, verbal rambling
Okay, kids. Here goes. The promised blog that you've waited for for so long! If you're so excited that you're in need of a nerve pill, now would be the time. Go ahead. I'll wait on you....
As you, my faithful readers, are aware, vacation is long over. That makes me a trifle sad, as it was the most relaxing vacation I've had in a long time. But life moves on. And so must I (cough, sniff...I'm trying, really I am!) The good thing about going back to work was taking that sense of peace that filled me up while I was in Florida, back to work with me. Wow...what a long sentence. There seems to be something amiss with the structure, but I'm too bushed to linger on it :) Anyway, suffice it to say that God has really helped me at work the past few weeks. On August 8th, my favorite patient passed away. We have been expecting this for some time, but it was still hard. I was not working the day that he passed, but they called me, and I arrived shortly afterwards. I had taken care of this gentleman since January, and we had grown very close. As he lay slowly dying for all those months, I had numerous opportunities to pray with him. He told me on more than one occasion that he was ready to meet God, that he'd done everything he knew to do to make things right with Him. That made his passing easier, believe me, because that's not how things started out. I am so thankful for God's immense love, and His patience with us as we try to find our way to Him. When I returned from Florida, "D" gave me flowers. I have never had a patient do that before! But he was so happy to see me, that he sent his daughter for them while I was caring for him. I was so touched...The day before he died, after we had prayed together, he told me( in his drugged state) "Cindy, I love you very much...very, very, very...." before drifting to sleep. I could hardly see for the tears in my eyes as I left his bedside for the last time. (Actually, I'm a little teary right now, if you must know!) "D's" family had asked me to sing for his memorial service even before he passed away, so Sunday, August 12th found me at the local Christian church. It was an honor to sing for my buddy's memorial, and God really helped me. I also ended up playing prelude/postlude type music impromptu, as the family hadn't thought about it until time for the service. Again, I'm thankful for God's help through even the little surprises in life. Yeah, I still miss "D," it seems my car wants to just automatically drive up his street. But I know he's in Heaven, and I'll see him again one of these days.
Okay, moving on to some other things I've been up to. I went to Cincinnati one Saturday to check on a violin. We found it in my grandparent's home, under a bed, and it had a tag inside that said "Stradivarious,etc,etc." So I felt compelled to check on it, even though we thought it was probably not worth much. You guessed it: it's absolutely worthless. But if we hadn't checked, I would've always wondered if it was one of the ones worth millions :) The same day, I visited with some cherished friends, saw my little buddy Carson, and did some errands in the big city! It was a fun day.
Here he is...my little "nephew," lookin' ever so much like his daddy!
A wee little smile for his adoring audience :)
"C'mon, Aunt Cindy! You're boring me!" :)
Anyway, it was a really fun day! Have I mentioned that I love my friends? 'Cause I do! And I should probably mention that this all took place while my parents were vacationing in another state. I stayed home, worked, and tried to stay busy! I don't mind being home alone on weeknights so much. After all, I've worked all day, and can get home and just crash. Watch a video, hang out in my jammies, whatever. But the weekends are another story. My sweet brother and "sis" invited me over both Saturday and Sunday of the first weekend. We had a nice cookout, and some great games! We teamed up sibs against sibs(me and Dave, Bradley and Jilayne) for a game of Rook, which Dave and I lost BADLY! It was one of the worst games I've ever played, but we had a blast anyway :) Dave is still reeling from the loss...haha! One extremely funny Cindy thing that I did on Sunday, was that I took a 2nd piece of the delicious, melt-in-your-mouth ham that my sister-in-law prepared. I then proceeded to eat it with none other than the MEAT FORK! I was aghast when I realized what I'd done, but we all had a great laugh! In fact, it still makes me chuckle :) Fortunately, I do NOT have a pic to show you! So, the time passed quickly, and I didn't even burn the house down...haha. I even spent one day in a drug-induced coma after waking up ill, as in unable to keep anything down :) But one Phenergan put everything to rights, and I slept most of a day away...oh well.
My sweet Momma also had her 63rd birthday this month. I just hope I look as young as her when I'm her age! I am posting some pictures of her and the grandkids for your enjoyment. Please be aware that these kids were trying on their funny faces...that seems to happen alot in my family :)
The cake was scrumptious, the flowers were beautiful, and a good time was had by all!
Other happenings: I attended a great pitch-in dinner for our new principle and his family. I went to a cookout sponsered by my cousin Steve, and our friend, Mark. In both instances, the food and fellowship were great! I also hosted a really fun cousin's night at our house while my parents were gone :) I can still hear the echoes of laughter! We had such a great time, and played games until after 1am! Have I mentioned that I love my family? Well, now you know.
One quick sister update. For those of you who read of her accident, and subsequent terrible break of her arm, we have good and bad news. The good news is that the elbow area seems to be healing well, and they will remove the hardware next month. The bad news is that her wrist is now dislocated, not healing. They will have to do more surgery to insert a screw, in hopes that it will help it. Her doctor told her that she may never be able to work/lift again, and her boss is encouraging her to apply for disability. We are praying for God's will to be done, and she seems to be in decent spirits most of the time. But she and her family could use any extra prayers that you may have.
Okay, I am drawing to a close...sigh of relief on your part! There is more I could say...lots of changes just around the corner. But I'll write more about that later. If you're wondering why I'm home on a Friday night blogging instead of doing something cool, well, I'm on call this weekend. So I'm home alone, boring you to death :) Hey, don't blame me! You chose to read this... I turned my pager on at 8 this morning, and won't be able to turn it off until 8am Monday morning. I do have some patients to see both Saturday and Sunday, but it's not looking too bad so far. The last weekend I worked, I got 26-30 hours of overtime, can't remember. We're talking late nights, exhaustion, frustration, etc. So I'm hoping that this will be a little better.
So...that's it. The post you've been eagerly anticipating. Not sure it was worth all the excitement, but there you have it! I'll try not to stay gone so long next time!
Until we meet again....
As you, my faithful readers, are aware, vacation is long over. That makes me a trifle sad, as it was the most relaxing vacation I've had in a long time. But life moves on. And so must I (cough, sniff...I'm trying, really I am!) The good thing about going back to work was taking that sense of peace that filled me up while I was in Florida, back to work with me. Wow...what a long sentence. There seems to be something amiss with the structure, but I'm too bushed to linger on it :) Anyway, suffice it to say that God has really helped me at work the past few weeks. On August 8th, my favorite patient passed away. We have been expecting this for some time, but it was still hard. I was not working the day that he passed, but they called me, and I arrived shortly afterwards. I had taken care of this gentleman since January, and we had grown very close. As he lay slowly dying for all those months, I had numerous opportunities to pray with him. He told me on more than one occasion that he was ready to meet God, that he'd done everything he knew to do to make things right with Him. That made his passing easier, believe me, because that's not how things started out. I am so thankful for God's immense love, and His patience with us as we try to find our way to Him. When I returned from Florida, "D" gave me flowers. I have never had a patient do that before! But he was so happy to see me, that he sent his daughter for them while I was caring for him. I was so touched...The day before he died, after we had prayed together, he told me( in his drugged state) "Cindy, I love you very much...very, very, very...." before drifting to sleep. I could hardly see for the tears in my eyes as I left his bedside for the last time. (Actually, I'm a little teary right now, if you must know!) "D's" family had asked me to sing for his memorial service even before he passed away, so Sunday, August 12th found me at the local Christian church. It was an honor to sing for my buddy's memorial, and God really helped me. I also ended up playing prelude/postlude type music impromptu, as the family hadn't thought about it until time for the service. Again, I'm thankful for God's help through even the little surprises in life. Yeah, I still miss "D," it seems my car wants to just automatically drive up his street. But I know he's in Heaven, and I'll see him again one of these days.
Okay, moving on to some other things I've been up to. I went to Cincinnati one Saturday to check on a violin. We found it in my grandparent's home, under a bed, and it had a tag inside that said "Stradivarious,etc,etc." So I felt compelled to check on it, even though we thought it was probably not worth much. You guessed it: it's absolutely worthless. But if we hadn't checked, I would've always wondered if it was one of the ones worth millions :) The same day, I visited with some cherished friends, saw my little buddy Carson, and did some errands in the big city! It was a fun day.
Here he is...my little "nephew," lookin' ever so much like his daddy!
A wee little smile for his adoring audience :)
"C'mon, Aunt Cindy! You're boring me!" :)
Anyway, it was a really fun day! Have I mentioned that I love my friends? 'Cause I do! And I should probably mention that this all took place while my parents were vacationing in another state. I stayed home, worked, and tried to stay busy! I don't mind being home alone on weeknights so much. After all, I've worked all day, and can get home and just crash. Watch a video, hang out in my jammies, whatever. But the weekends are another story. My sweet brother and "sis" invited me over both Saturday and Sunday of the first weekend. We had a nice cookout, and some great games! We teamed up sibs against sibs(me and Dave, Bradley and Jilayne) for a game of Rook, which Dave and I lost BADLY! It was one of the worst games I've ever played, but we had a blast anyway :) Dave is still reeling from the loss...haha! One extremely funny Cindy thing that I did on Sunday, was that I took a 2nd piece of the delicious, melt-in-your-mouth ham that my sister-in-law prepared. I then proceeded to eat it with none other than the MEAT FORK! I was aghast when I realized what I'd done, but we all had a great laugh! In fact, it still makes me chuckle :) Fortunately, I do NOT have a pic to show you! So, the time passed quickly, and I didn't even burn the house down...haha. I even spent one day in a drug-induced coma after waking up ill, as in unable to keep anything down :) But one Phenergan put everything to rights, and I slept most of a day away...oh well.
My sweet Momma also had her 63rd birthday this month. I just hope I look as young as her when I'm her age! I am posting some pictures of her and the grandkids for your enjoyment. Please be aware that these kids were trying on their funny faces...that seems to happen alot in my family :)
The cake was scrumptious, the flowers were beautiful, and a good time was had by all!
Other happenings: I attended a great pitch-in dinner for our new principle and his family. I went to a cookout sponsered by my cousin Steve, and our friend, Mark. In both instances, the food and fellowship were great! I also hosted a really fun cousin's night at our house while my parents were gone :) I can still hear the echoes of laughter! We had such a great time, and played games until after 1am! Have I mentioned that I love my family? Well, now you know.
One quick sister update. For those of you who read of her accident, and subsequent terrible break of her arm, we have good and bad news. The good news is that the elbow area seems to be healing well, and they will remove the hardware next month. The bad news is that her wrist is now dislocated, not healing. They will have to do more surgery to insert a screw, in hopes that it will help it. Her doctor told her that she may never be able to work/lift again, and her boss is encouraging her to apply for disability. We are praying for God's will to be done, and she seems to be in decent spirits most of the time. But she and her family could use any extra prayers that you may have.
Okay, I am drawing to a close...sigh of relief on your part! There is more I could say...lots of changes just around the corner. But I'll write more about that later. If you're wondering why I'm home on a Friday night blogging instead of doing something cool, well, I'm on call this weekend. So I'm home alone, boring you to death :) Hey, don't blame me! You chose to read this... I turned my pager on at 8 this morning, and won't be able to turn it off until 8am Monday morning. I do have some patients to see both Saturday and Sunday, but it's not looking too bad so far. The last weekend I worked, I got 26-30 hours of overtime, can't remember. We're talking late nights, exhaustion, frustration, etc. So I'm hoping that this will be a little better.
So...that's it. The post you've been eagerly anticipating. Not sure it was worth all the excitement, but there you have it! I'll try not to stay gone so long next time!
Until we meet again....
Monday, August 20, 2007
Bogged down in blogging...
I know you're just splitting your sides over the title of my blog. Basically, I should not be allowed around a computer after 10pm. The later it gets, the more amusing I become. Or maybe I should say the more easily amused I become. Either way, it can be a hoot :)
What this little blog is really here to say is this: I'm sorry that I've been such a slacker in the blogging department. Life sometimes gets a little away from me. But since I was told to get with it, I thought I'd just post this little blurb. Hopefully, it will satisfy the blogging expectations of my friends. And I promise to post an absolutely mind-boggling post at a near date. You will be so amazed at my exciting life.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. JK!
'K, that's all I have for now. How'd you like that for a teaser? Please, dear reader, keep checking back for more news. I will try to make it worth your wait :)
'night......
What this little blog is really here to say is this: I'm sorry that I've been such a slacker in the blogging department. Life sometimes gets a little away from me. But since I was told to get with it, I thought I'd just post this little blurb. Hopefully, it will satisfy the blogging expectations of my friends. And I promise to post an absolutely mind-boggling post at a near date. You will be so amazed at my exciting life.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. JK!
'K, that's all I have for now. How'd you like that for a teaser? Please, dear reader, keep checking back for more news. I will try to make it worth your wait :)
'night......
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