Half done… thankfully,

Half done… thankfully,

Here we are half way thru the year of hell, called 2020.

We started out with the virus killing people, especially elderly… now has graduated to 20 and over…  The country

shut down, which none of us older one ever heard of being done before.   And then if that isn’t enough… as the towns started to open up, along came hatred on a rampage..  Once again a rouge police officer causes the death of a black man.  This is far from our first rodeo..

Then to throw more into the mess.. we have the up and coming Presidential race, that was put on hold for the virus…

Is it true that things come in 3’s?

It is like the Devil has been having a field day.. or rather months..  Is this a test from God? Is he testing us to see if we can turn this muck around?  If it is.. and God is promising a wonderful 2021… without telling us… I think there is going to be a lot of people who aren’t going to make it to heaven, went ever that comes around..

I have seen hatred… in Alabama race riots… and the Los Angles race riots of the 80’s…  but it seems this time it is, to not only be going national…but international as well.. 

I can see protest in the cities that the incident happen.. But they say but we are in unison for that city… My thoughts are then, if you are in unison with that city..  clean up your own city. What is going on in YOUR city, that can change so it doesn’t happen in YOUR city… That includes the cities of Europe.

Make changes locally, so it doesn’t happen in your city. Stop giving the thuds an open door to burn and steal from YOUR city.  YOUR neighborhood.  I haven’t seen any round up of those thuds … it is free day for them.  And then you have the FREE ZONE in Seattle.   What the heck is with that..  It is like the 1% reaction on Wall Street where they had their own little community.. free food, free tents, free health, free everything… for anyone who came. While the rest of the country looked on.  Finally to be taken apart, with protesters still having a fit.. that their little campground was dismantled.   Same in Seattle now that city is trying to get it back.  

All throwing the police forces to the wolves.  Because of one nasty police officer and weak co-workers who stood by. And now others coming out of the wood work.  Instead of blaming the individual officer, and the cities who lack proper training…..  they are blaming all police officers.. throwing out the baby with the bath water.. For every bad cop, there are over 5000 good police officers who have step up.  Have you ever considered what life is for a police officer?  Who calls the police to say.. Hey, come see, my family and I are getting long with everyone.  No, they are called to the nastiest of human race.   They rarely give notice to the officer who went the next mile, or the ones who decided to play ball with the kids in the street.. who work on getting a park for those kids to play in.. NOPE.. doesn’t sell well..

So oh, please 2020, get over quickly.. please no more test, God.. I am down here trying my best to pass along Kindness, gentleness, common sense and compassion to my fellow person. 

Let 2020 second half be the healing kind….

Good bye, June 30^th… and the rest of the first half..

Hello … second half..  Can I give you a hug, so you know,

I mean what I say? 

My little elf on the shelf...

Today... JULIE GAYLE WOREL 

(her birth name) 

was born... 60 years ago..

I had such great plans for this day... There was going to be teasing about being 60. 

But also celebration.. for 3 of us...

My OLDEST.. (her)

My YOUNGEST, (Jeanette)

and ME...  

We were going to celebrate some huge years here... 

Her 60, Jeanette 50 and Me 80.. even throwing in 

Mike.. Jeanette's son, as he  is turn 30.. 

BUT LIFE DOESN'T ALWAYS TURN OUT WHAT YOU EXPECT. 

See we lost Julie 3 years ago.. 

And don't get me started on the year of 2020.. 

with Jeanette and mine in mid shutdown of the country. 

I wanted to write something witty about Julie.. and believe me there is plenty..

I wanted to tout her greatness as a woman who made a big difference with the teens of her church. 

So many stories at her life celebration of the changes  that were made because of her and her husband Kevin.... 

 

There are funny stories the family could have told as we were going to roast her.. But as I try not cry.. cry for the years we both wasted on stupid stuff.. 

Sadness for not being able to have more time.. and the empty hole she left. 

I am going to try my best to remember the good times..  

remember the butterfly that circle around me 3 times days after she left. 

To celebrate instead the joy, the laughter.. the bossiness, who cause me to call her 

Lucy after the Charlie Brown cartoon, as she always was the organizer of the group. 

She rode herd over 6 siblings... plus two step sisters.  Even in her adult life, making an impression on them.  and worrying about them.. 

So with all of this.. I give you the pictures I like best of Julie...  

My elf on a shelf.. 

taken in San Diego ..it has snowed a 1/8 of inch that day. 

This would be my favorite of her daughter Sarah and her..

this is, I think the last picture of Julie taken...

She finally got to meet her grandson Asher...

she passed a couple weeks later...

you can see the love and wonderment  on her face. 

This picture was taken about 1983 or 4.. when

both of us had our natural hair. lol

Another picture of Julie and one of her kids.. 

Sarah says this is her... ..

The oldest and the youngest .. in Idaho

Miles and Julie... you can see the love..

they did a lot together.. went many places together.. 

They were married just a short time of 3 years before her passing..

but they put a lot of love in those 3 + 3 more

Ah the kid never leaves you... when you see a bear...

I love this picture.. 

among the many things Julie could do.. she also was a heck

of an artist...

Graduation picture... 

see all that loveable red hair..  she could 

have a temper to go with it sometimes.. 

Here is Julie's family....  the love of her life. 

Oldest John, Sarah, & Josh with their family in front

And Jacob with his gal

Nothing beats coffee early in the morning on the Beach

This picture is funny..  because.. you see Julie wore a dress 99% of the time. 

Me... I am a tee shirt and jeans gal...

Jeanette is a mix.. but mostly pants and blouse...

Do you see the humor here? 

We wore dresses to be with Julie... who shows up in...?? 

JEANS... 

one of the fav of my oldest and youngest

This is the original tribe that Julie rode herd on...

Julie is a family person thru out... 

this was Brad's wedding day... 

Julie was a workaholic

She worked in the parks for the city of 

Longview for about 13 years... 

this was my last touch with Julie... 

I have her a rose plant that she liked of mine. 

Candy Cane Rose....  

She had taken the picture just an hour or less before

her heart attack....  and posted it on 

Facebook.. with a note.. see Mom it bloomed. 

carrying thru a family tradition... 

when Julie was young.. I wake her in the

middle of the night.. to go make 

angels in the snow...

but this one is of Julie, her daughter Sarah

and granddaughter Ava...

As I was going thru the pictures of Julie 

I came across this one.. 

This is Julie and her best friend.. 

who died many years ago... 

Julie so totally missed her.. even cried years 

later when talking about missing her.. 

I looked the picture and thought.. 

Now they are back together again..  

So I added this one too... 

Friendship last more than a lifetime.  

I also see myself in her face when I was

that age... funny.. I thought she looked like her dad's side..

So HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIDDO...  SURE WISH YOU WERE HERE FOR ALL OF US TO CELEBRATE TOGETHER...  with lots of love and joking..  and most of all.. something you and I have in common....  LAUGHTER.. we both love LAUGHTER..   

SENDING HUGS UP YOUR WAY..  and I am sure you have all the angels organized by now..lol

And the debate goes on… mask

And the debate goes on… mask

I wish someone who REALLY does know what they are talking about..  AND someone most of us can trust… to tell us the true…  Should we wear mask or not… 

I truly believe one has to make that decision for themselves. No one should shame another about what their beliefs are.

Now having said that…  I keep reading…  and I do remember many years ago… I think it was Oprah show that had a man.. Dr. someone.. but he was more into testing things.    One of the subjects  (I may have told you this already) was how far things spread out in front of you.. Sneezing.. coughing etc…   Also the toilet.. yes the toilet.

He showed by example..  how much the water in the toilet spreads across the room… Up to 6 feet.  Ever since then, I have my tooth brush in the cabinet AND lower the lid before I flush.  So if I visit your house.. and you go in your bathroom and the lid is down..  I am probably the one who did it.. Not that I am correcting others.. just the habit from my own home..  They showed that feces that flew thru the air with the water that came from the toilet when it was flushed… That made a believer out of me..

So for the different pro’s who tell us to wear a mask for others..  as well for us.. it makes sense to me.  I can envision  the spray that comes out of our mouths when we talk, we laugh.. we yell… we sing…   Yep, I believe..

So while out doors.. I breathe fresh air… When in a building with many people..  I wear a mask… There has been times when I have gone in a local small store without one early in the morning,  because there is hardly anyone there and I can stay my distance..   I do have a hard time breathing with a mask on any length of time.

And by the way, some have said…. If a pair of jeans can’t keep a fart in… how does the mask…  I could not believe someone said that…  all I could think of is.. are you really that much of a boob?   Farts are air..  liquid coming out of your mouth…be it spit, spray or what ever.. it is wet… It is NOT AIR..  

But it is your call..  and for the life me.. how shaming another is beyond my thoughts…  how do you know what the person has for health issues?  You don’t know that person.  And if you don’t mind bring it home.. to your family who may be compromised … I guess so be it. That is on you..

Sunday drive on Monday....

Good thing we are retired....  

The King decided he wanted to go over to Spokane to get a part for the truck. 
I had mention maybe he should call, just to see if they had the part.. but he said no, he could explain it better in person with pictures.. which I printed out for him. 
So at the crack of dawn... well, at 7am..  we headed out so we could be there by 8 when it open. 

It turn out to be quite a journey... See we had not been on the road that we traveled.. for quite some time.  maybe 10 years for me..  a little less for the King.
As we marveled at the changes since we had traveled that way.. All the new buildings and business.. and look at that.. there use to be farm there..  and oh my gosh look at all the storage sheds on those acres.... and etc.  Well, we kind of got lost.   Part of it was construction fault.. as there were detours.  
But we kept our heads together and figured out the NORTH ... SOUTH.. EAST .. WEST part and came across DIVISION...STREET!!! YEAH... Something we recognized!! ... 
So we traveled up Division to an area we thought we might get where we were going... MARKET STREET...  I told him. I thought that Market went the same way as Division. So we turn right on the next big intersection and 12 blocks later..  MARKET STREET... Yahoo...  Turn which way?  well, we went to the right...  WRONG.. blocks are getting less... so turn around.. up Market street.. went about 30 blocks and there was the store we came to....to get the parts...... which they don't handle.... ha ha ha...  

As he got back the car.. grumbling...  I told him it was just a nice Sunday drive on Monday and we got to see a lot of changes... which he replied, kind of quietly.... yea, I suppose....  
Not one to rub things in.. but I did ask him, if he learn anything from all of this.. He said, yea. order on line.. ha ha..... I said well, maybe.. but maybe a phone call to the store would have told you they don't care those parts, would have been helpful..  

AND BOY HAS TRENT STREET in Spokane changed. lol..  

Today…. Hair cut.. yeah!!

Today…. Hair cut.. yeah!!

At 11:30am… I am heading to get this shaggy dog hair do taken care of.  Yahoo… Going short again..  Found out last year I am out priced for perms anymore… It cost me $72!!! Before that time it was $42. Being it take for only 3 months.. I can't do $72 4 times a year.. Not on my SS budge.

Last time I had it really cut short in the first part of Feb. just before the lock down … thankfully… because it would be really bad if it was long in Feb..

Sure hoping the April rains quit too, so the garden can grow instead of drowning.. Starting Sat. we are suppose to get 80+ for 5 days.

So here we are bitching about rain and cold (it has be in the low 50’s) and next week we will be bitching about the heat.. we can never be satisfied. Ha ha..

So hope you all are well and getting to do things again.. before they shut us down again..  Our area is doing ok… we have

7 in our county.. two counties near us have zero…  So hope it stays that way.. By the way those 7.. only one had to go to the hospital..  We have been blessed.

Stay warm, and dry

And the Protest go on….

And the Protest go on…. 

Here in our own little town.. which we might have 20 minorities living here..  there came a COMMITTEE..  and told the Mayor and Commissioners.. they came to give a list of demands with an OR ELSE at the end…   Wow, is all I can say.. If you are trying to change things.. the last two things you want to do is DEMAND…AND OR ELSE..  That is if you want to get somewhere… Now I am going to go out on a limb here, because I am betting (there were not pictures) that there was not a minority in the bunch.. Meaning all white people…

Now, if the small group that we do have here, came…the ones who are black.. Mexican, Oriental, and India ancestry… and ask to talk to the mayor and etc.. Then that would be one thing… And I am sure if there was an official committee of the Mayor, Chief of Police, the Commissioners, Sheriff, and School Dept. to sit down and talk to them.. everyone would like to try to help them be treated like everyone else…  I am sure there has to be some uncomfortable times for them.. and their families.  

While the official committee could go back to their employees and work on training for betterment.. it would not end all of the problems.

Because the real problem here is not the school, or the police and etc.. but the people… You and I… so to speak.. The ones who don’t speak up when they hear things..  Those who turn their head with embarrassment, not wanting to get involved.. instead of speaking up and saying Hey, we don’t talk like that here.. Be more respectful.. if you want respect.. give respect.. 

So to come and DEMAND a list of 20 items.. and end with OR ELSE.. does your group no good… doesn’t do anyone any good.

The Mayor, Chief of Police, Sheriff and the rest of the them can talk to their employees and offer training.. but it doesn’t take care of the public.

So what is the thing to fix this.. I guess starting with arresting the looters and domestic terrorist…They are breaking the law...   Have the peaceful protesters, select a mixed group to come up with suggestions..   IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM in your city…

A week later…..

A week later…..

Well, it is almost a week later..(tomorrow)  since my flight…

I am feeling better and down to just Aleve for pain relief.

Still not up to par.  And I am trying to be patience, knowing it will be about 5 more weeks before I might start to be pretty much normal.

What ever that is besides a settling on a washing machine.

Hoping the weather clears up some as I want to get outside. But found that too, can be fool hardy… as I was cutting back a bush over the weekend.. and guess I over did it as nothing was getting rid of the pain.   So step by step, I guess.  Slow isn’t my speed.. lol. 

So how are you doing as we head to summer, which doesn’t seem like it with the raining every other day.  And things seem so depressing these days.  My sister in law had a heart attack and her husband took her to the hospital..  First off, no he could not go in with her.. What is with that? The virus..  Hell for the families as they wait outside or with my brother in law, he spent it with us.. as we are just mile and half from the hospital..  as he lives 45 miles away.  Waiting for phone calls.. making phone calls.. no real answers.. then by 9pm.. decision to keep her..  still not able to talk to her.. What kind of hell is this we are living?  We have had 6 cases… since Feb, . 6 cases that

Never saw the inside of a hospital… people protesting in the streets 3 people deep, yet a husband can’t be with his wife at the ER..

What kind of world are we living in now?  

May July bring is some normality.. some bright sunshine days.. warmth to make us feel alive again.  

TO PROTEST OR NOT TO PROTEST…

TO PROTEST OR NOT TO PROTEST…

We are on over load of protests… and finally have a difference of what is  protesting and what is looting and a better know domestic terrorist.

Terrorist, come in all kinds of form.. We all know about the ones over seas.

But we have had our fair share here in the USA… And believe it or not.. now that we are admitting that those who run along side of the protestors, and loot the stores and burn the stores as well as other places..   and now this year police cars and police stations.

We know we have domestic terrorist and they are us….  USA CITIZENS… Not you and I .. but from this nation… 

But to me.. what has started this time around.. I saw a rouge police officer who killed a citizen of Milwaukee, Minn.   He sat on his throat for 8+ minutes.. recorded by someone. We saw the officer with no emotion in his face, kneel on a citizens neck until he died.

While … while 3 of his fellow officers did nothing… did they say anything to him..not that was heard by anyone… until near the end when one of the officers asked the main officer, shouldn’t we turn him over…. And that officer replied NO…. they stood there, while the man cried out that he could not breathe… I believe 3 times he told the officers.  What kind of human being doesn’t do something?

So that officer with his fellow officers became judge and jury and proceeded with the death penalty. 

All of this ran in the back of my mind of 2006.. in Spokane, Washington.. very similar incident… a man gasping for breathe… the officers put a mask on him.. BUT DID NOT turn on the machine.. making the breathing even less.. he too cried out for breathe…

That officer went to jail for excessive force..  not murder..

OH, WHAT DID OTTO DO? To deserve this sentence?   He was seen by two girls at a ATM machine..  He stayed too long for them. And they were FEARFUL..  even though after a few minutes he moved on to the store that he went to every night … to buy a bottle of pop…. The girls saw where he went and told the police..  The police came in.. Otto stood there with the bottle of pop.. a quart size..  and some how a police officer with a gun and bully club felt threaten.. And he attacked the man.. his arm can been seen in the store video raising above the shelving.. as he beat OTTO several time.. and the other police joined in to hold him down on his stomach.. until he died…. With the air mask on..  OH, BY THE WAY.. OTTO? WAS MENTALLY CHALLENGED… AND from all that knew him.. was thought to be a kind soul… So for looking at a Atm machine too long, for holding a bottle of pop that he bought every night.. he died…Google it..  you will see..

Otto Zehm (1970–2006) was a man with a developmental disability from Spokane, Washington who died on March 20, 2006 during an altercation with police officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. ..Zehm committed no crime, and on May 30, 2006, the Spokane County coroner ruled the death a homicide.

There was protest.. but no where near the protest of today’s.. no where near the size mass of a black man being killed by police..   There were several people.. who called themselves THE FRIENDS OF OTTO… who protested at the time and at the time of the court proceedings… Which if I recalled right they switch to Moses Lake from Spokane, because they did not think the officer would get a fair trial..  The good news.. is while there was a slight try at covering it by the men of blue.. there were those who testified with the truth… and the police officer was found guilty and went to prison.

Otto Zehm (1970–2006) was a man with a developmental disability from Spokane, Washington who died on March 20, 2006 during an altercation with police officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. Zehm committed no crime, and on May 30, 2006, the Spokane County coroner ruled the death a homicide. In 2012, the first of several officers on the scene at Zehm's death was convicted of excessive use of force and lying to investigators, and was sentenced to 51 months imprisonment.

Will this same thing happen to Floyd’s officer ???..  who knows… 

But back to protest or not to protest…. 

I always figured that national protest is useless..   just like we have right now.

This happen in Minn… Do you think the people of Minn. care that a one horse town of Sandpoint protested?  Or a two horse town of Coeur d Alene  or even a 3 horse town of Spokane protested?  Hell no… 98% of the people of Minn. Don’t know there was one.. nor do they really know where Idaho is.. many think it is a misspelling of Iowa…  the 2% who may have read in the paper about, it  will take 2 seconds to say.. wow.. that is cool..  that is the total..

Do they care if Texas, or New York or any other town protested.. NO.. they are all wrapped up in their own protest and their own town.. maybe some will watch on tv to see the bigger places did.. but still it is not a factor in their protest. 

So there they are.. protesting.. along comes the domestic terrorist and burns their town stores.. their police station, their police cars..  their town..  The very places they went daily to shop.. Now they will have to go 5 to 10 miles to buy their groceries and all the rest of the stuff they got at Target and what ever other places.. And the small business that got robbed and burnt.. they will be gone.

Isn’t that kind of like shitting in your own bed? Come on people.. And the protestors did what? Ran? They sure didn’t take over and stop them. And the protestors out number them… there is only one domestic terrorist for every 10 protestors.. Why didn’t they stop them from burning their town?  And those terrorist?  They are gone .. gone.. gone..  maybe one or two get caught, but nothing..  Are they going to rebuild their stores and business?  NOT..  are they going tp pay taxes to replace the police station and cars.. NO..  the taxpayers are going to do that..  And the evidence in the police station GONE.. cases dismiss for lack of evidence…

So how much does it cost?  Protesting?  All those other states and cities who have the same situation?  Their business burnt and looted and they were not even involved with the state or the city that did the damage?  That started this whole thing.. COME ON PEOPLE .. WAKE UP…

You want to protest.. Protest local.. Check out YOUR TOWN.. is there things going on in YOUR TOWN.. that are WRONG?  Then you go to your mayor, your police dept.. meet with the Chief… AND THEN if you get no results.. then you walk a protest in YOUR TOWN.  You DO NOT burn or destroy anything in your town… Do not make innocent people.. businesses be punished.  You want to stop traffic ?? well, you can do that for 15 minutes.. no more…  instead come out in the streets and slow the traffic down so that one car can get thru at a time. To be honest, like all the rest of the protest.. nothing comes of it.. usually but at least you protested and let your mayor know..

In Seattle several years ago.. they did a several blocks blocked for hours.. During that time.. a woman’s father was found on the floor in a diabetic seizure because his daughter had not got home in time to give him his shot.. that was before cell phones where one could call a neighbor or who ever..  Another woman 5 children were home for hours .. because the baby sitter would leave a 6 knowing the mother was coming home by 10 after 6…  YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE in life .. so make sure no one else pays for your protesting…

To PROTEST OR NOT???  Do it local.. do it responsible… Don’t be the masses.. don’t do harm.. and other states don’t care.. if you are protesting for them… WAKE UP PEOPLE..

And all of the computer warriors who write hateful things.. you are part of the problem..  Try to be part of the solution..  be kind to your fellow person..KINDNESS doesn’t cost anything..  A THUG IS A THUG.. don’t make the innocent be their black or white.. pay the price..

Clean underwear and dirty hands….

Clean underwear and dirty hands….

As I sat in the Emergency room at the local hospital on Thursday… I looked down at my hands….. and the thought of my mother came in mind.. Her one of many sayings was.. as sure as your mother said the same…. “ALWAYS WEAR CLEAN UNDER WEAR, YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU WILL HAVE TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL”.  She didn’t mention clean hands.. lol..

Guess I should back up and start at the beginning… of why was I in the ER?

I was cleaning out the shed, like I do every year.. take every thing out and get rid of stuff… hopefully… and then put back what I am keeping.  I started out with a shelf that had not been gone thru for a couple years.. don’t know why it got skipped.. if anything more stuff when on it. 

I got it all removed and piled out on the walk way for the King to go thru things.. and for me to go thru my stuff.   The shelves were pretty dirty, so went and got a bucket with cleanser and water and washed them down.. 

So while waiting for it to dry.. I had the ladder from the shed out.. and had laid it up against the hot tub building.. Which seem applicable as the King and I had talked about how the sawdust from the mill across the highway, was building up on top.. So we need to hose down the top.  So why not do it now.. I can stand on a ladder and hose it down.

I had done one side .. up and down 3 times but still there is some in the middle… So I put the ladder on the other side near the middle.. Got a lot out..but still more.. So moved the ladder over, and turn it towards the top, but backed it off about 2 inches so I could get around the over hang better.

I climbed up, sprayed.. took the broom I was using and washed back and forth.. but couldn’t quite reach the spot.. So I looked down.. and figure if I were to stand on the very top part…………….you know where it says THIS IS NOT A STEP… DO NOT USE THIS AS A STEP….. I stepped up, and started to use the broom…     Ok, so you THINK, I fell off the ladder, don’t you… don’t you… well, you would be right..  down I went on my back, and hitting my head a little.

I laid there.. and thought that is going to leave a mark.. 

So being the aide that I am.. I did my assessment… I moved my feet.. ok..  then my legs and knees……ok… then my arms… and hands… then my shoulders.. ALL OK!!! NO BROKEN BONES… yahoo… so I will just get up.. NOPE, that wasn’t going to happen, as I was dizzy as hell. And even on all 4’s it was not good. So I laid down… said something to the fact …. IS THERE ANYONE AROUND??? Half hoping there wasn’t as this was embarrassing.  And I got my wish..no one was..  So waited a few minutes.. and got up on my hands and knees..  Was kind of ok… not great.. but ok.. so I figured I was safe crawling up the walk way to the deck.. That went ok.. up the steps and into the house… Got to the chair and just kneeled there, took the phone and called the King… NO ANSWER… I knew he was at his brother’s (45 miles away) so called his brother’s house..  His wife answered as I was thinking.. well my brain is still working, as I knew to call his brother’s house when he didn’t answer.. so that is good.    She has caller id, so she says HI… how you doing? I asked if Ken was there and she said yes…  she says, are you alright….  I told her I wasn’t sure, that I had fallen off the ladder and was wobbly..  She screamed.. my husband’s name.. and that I had fallen off the ladder.. he came in and took the phone.. I am trying to calm him down.. as I didn’t want him to speed home..  told him I was ok.. didn’t break anything.. was just sitting there… I WILL BE RIGHT HOME.. and he hung up.    S-i-l calls back. Seems her husband, the brother was following the King home.. to make sure he was not freaking out.  ????  what was he going to do if he is in a different truck???   Any ho…  he came home, says WE ARE GOING TO THE ER!!!!!... told him, I thought maybe that might be a good idea, as I was still wobbly…  but I wanted to change my clothes as they were wet from the hose.  So he help me get in to change my clothes….. and of course clean underwear.. haha….  Off the the ER we go..

Now you are probably aware of what happens next.. he can ONLY drop me off.. HE has to sit in the car on the street … not allowed to come in.. could not park in the ER parking lot as that is where the tents were.. for testing for the virus…

Long story short.. they did all the questions and checking me out.. then sent me up to get xray of my head and image of my back..or maybe it was the other way around.  I asked them to call the King as I knew he would be worried.. He has never had to wait for me at a hospital or even go to the hospital with me.. or the Dr.  he is the one who goes and I am the one who does the paper work and waits..  So I knew with no one with him… he would be worried..  I gave his cell phone number so they could call him..  but the young nurse guy went out and talked him.. told him about the xrays and etc.. and as soon as they got to read those.. if nothing is wrong.. I should be out soon..  And I was..  Seems the head was ok, which I already told them there was nothing in there.. but the back xray came back with a squished cushion that separtates your bones in your spine.. which was not bad.. but not good either.. Mention something about a T 6 when he drew the diagram of it..  May be painful for a while.

Well it is.. I don’t do pain meds per say.. meaning I will take Aleve, or something like that.. they said Tyodonal is better, but turns out we only had one pill.. So went with the Aleve. 

So I have been told NO LADDERS… something about 80 year olds not being up on ladders.. I asked for how long a couple weeks?  He said no.. never…  (I thought to my self, like that going happen.. lol)

So the kids have all called in..  with phases of WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING??  Tell them.. I thought it was a good idea at the time..  NO MORE LADDERS..  OMG..I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU DID THAT?  (why, people fall off ladders all the time)…  When I told them I had been up and down it several times.. around the building.. and did well, it was just the last one I was doing, that didn’t go well.. WELL, IT IS THE LAST TIME.. STAY OFF LADDERS..  Geesh.. bunch of bossy kids..  lol.. 

So there is the tale.. of clean underwear and dirty hands.. as they were dirty from the cleaning of the shed… and didn’t think about them as I was getting ready to go to the ER..

Sooooooooooooo… how is your summer going?