Frame of Reference

Today was a day of cleaning. I slept in until 10 am which was so nice! I was a bit disappointed when I looked out of my window and didn't see any snow. Our weather forecasters are STRUGGLING! Every day they are so wishy washy about our weather. "Oh we could have snow...oh maybe not...blah, blah" But I did get A LOT accomplished today with the cleaning! I even cleaned out my closet and organized the yarn and other 'hobbyish' stuff that was cluttering up my room. My back is....I'm not sure yet. It definitely feels a lot better. My muscles aren't NEARLY as tight and knotted but sometimes I get shooting pains behind my left shoulder blade. I'm not sure what that's about. We'll have to see tomorrow.

"Adrienne, are you absolutely SURE that you've never been in a serious car accident or had a traumatic injury in the past?" He laughs and adds, "Could you possibly have been dropped as a baby?" I take my attention away from the X-Rays in front of me long enough to roll my eyes and look at the Doc. "I'm pretty sure I would remember a tramatic event like a car accident. The whole 'dropping thing' could totally have happened though," I laugh. "It's just that I've never seen anyone your age with a neck like that who hasn't been in a car accident," he ponders. "Well, what can I say? I've always been told I'm special," I reply. He laughs, "I'm afraid it's not a good thing, in this case, to be special." I breathe loudly and look back at the X-rays. He proceeds to trace over the obvious -S- that my neck is making and he also points out the rib protruding from it's socket in my back. ...

I believe that there are things in this world that are just fundamentally creepy. I'm not talking about ghosts or possessions or even creepy children. (You know who you are!). I'm just talking about weird coincidences or De ja vu. Things that really can't be explained and things that make us move along quickly as if we are scared to examine this phenomenon too closely. For instance (Oh, you knew this was coming): The sun blinds us as we leave the pet store. We saw a pretty cool exotic parrot right by the door and had stopped to play with him for a while. He was very interested in us but I was a little creeped out. My friend and I were theorizing over why exotic birds are so expensive and how they are shipped to this country. I remember laughing about the bird that didn't like her. I was smiling and gazing out of the window as we cruised around the parking lot trying to kill time. Checking out another pet store seemed like a grand idea. For some reason a morbid thought p...

I'm standing in what we loosely call our kitchen. It's basically a 4x10 closet with a sink and a microwave. Only one person can fit in there at a time and there is always a slightly 'rotten' stink emanating from the sink. I don't like to leave my food unattended while it's in there. I have visions of a vague 'something' dropping on it or hopping in it while I'm not looking. There is also a very good chance someone will stop the microwave and put whatever they are having for lunch in there instead, feigning ignorance and proclaiming, " It had already stopped and beeped, I'm so sorry ," as they grin and sit down to eat their already cooked food. Yeah, it's happened before. I roll my head back and look at the ceiling idly tossing my plastic spork from hand to hand. Thoughts of my weekend fight with the constant drone of the microwave. In bits and pieces I remember: I saw Alpha Dog with my sister on Saturday , we both cried. I was sur...

It's 11 am on wednesday and I have a splitting headache. The downside to working with a bunch of women is the bickering and complaining. I'm not saying that I don't do any, I could be the queen of complaining if I wanted to, but it's a different thing to 'listen' to it. So what did I do? I went home. Yes I took the cowardly way out. I work on saturday though, so techincally I -deserve- a half day off. *sticks out tongue* As soon as I get home I fall into bed and I'm out cold! (well, not cold..I turned my electric blanket on. It's freezing up in here!!) I get a call around 3:30 from the aunt. She's bringing a dog home. I rub my sleepy eyes and try to get my brain to comprehend what I just heard. "I'm sorry....what did you say?" I didn't misunderstand. She's bringing a dog home. Needless to say, she totally lied to me. She brought a RAT home! Have a look see: Oh yeah! Not much to say about her huh? Get this..her name is 'Chica...

We’re in the middle of a bizarre heat wave that’s lasted all weekend. I think the temp. actually reached 70 at one point. Tomorrow the highest it’s going to get is 40. This is just great (insert sarcasm) because now we are going to be VERY busy with sick people. Drastic weather changes play havoc on immune systems. We’re also renovation/remodeling the front office. This is all an effort to organize things. We don’t have much to work with though. The building is over 60 years old and the doctors absolutely refuse to alter the walls or doorways. I also have an inclination that it might be sinking in on one side. The building that is, not the doctors. Cracks are starting to appear in the walls and it’s just not a pretty sight. But I think we’re doing okay with what we have. It’s just very irritating trying to check patients in when there is hammering and drilling happening in the background. I’ve been subsisting on Excedrin for the past 3 workdays. As I’m writing this my aunt has just cra...

So I just finished watching " Gone With the Wind " last night. It was a two night ordeal. I am 24 and have never seen this movie. While to many this would be 'no big deal', to many other's it is a certain travesty . What are my thoughts on the movie you ask? Well, let me just tell you. First of all I am incredibly impressed with the effects and general 'vast- ness ' of the film. I was particularly impressed with the 'wounded soldier scene' where Scarlet flees the hospital and goes out into the street where there are virtually thousands of wounded and dying soldiers. Wow! The special effects (superimposed images) can hardly be compared to today's technology, but I couldn't help but laugh at some of the carriage and horse riding scenes. I absolutely adore Scarlet's character. Vivian Leigh's eyes are so incredibly expressive, it was such a joy to watch. Rhett Butler was so incredibly charming without being overly cheesy. His dimples ar...

I'm updating from work so I will have to add the picture of the falls in later today. Here are my thoughts of the holidays: I come from a relatively small family. Most of my life it's just been me, my mom, my sister and usually my aunt and grandmother but the core of everything is us three girls. I've always wanted to know what it's like to be a part of a large family or at least to experience one. Wow, did I ever experience! It was basically like I thought it was going to be, Loud, Crazy, Chaotic but full of love. It's never boring and there is almost always someone to talk to or do something with. But on the flip side it's very hard to find 'alone time'. I wouldn't have changed the experience in any way though. We went hiking, shopping, pool was played, lots of ping pong too. We also had a lot of good food and I think we got food poisoning which wasn't so much fun. I learned it's not always about what you do, it's about who you spend yo...

It's pretty amazing how so much can happen in such a short amount of time. It seems like I managed to cram a month's worth of activities and driving into one weekend. It's funny how your body doesn't feel the effects of excitement (whether it's stress, tension, lack of sleep, fun, moments of intense energy, etc.) until DAYS later. It WILL, inevitably, catch up with you though. The world seems to start moving without you, your reaction time slows immensely , you find minutes just disappear and you wonder if you accidentally fell asleep for a moment. Visions of your bed and warm blankets attack and take over all of your waking thoughts. You wonder if you could fund research for injectible caffeine , it's a brilliant idea. So, needless to say, I'm VERY tired. I think it's a satisfied tired though. I'm not sure yet. I'll let you know when I'm not so tired. Another side effect: Rambling that you -THINK- sounds intelligent but when you go back to...