My Shoes Match...

OK. That seems like the most inane comment, but my shoes haven't matched for the last five weeks. They haven't matched one another, that is. Left-gray, white, and melon NewBalance. Right-first horribly awkward walking boot and then post-op shoe, brace, and the toe of my socks hanging out. I haven't worn sandals or dress shoes in five weeks. Instead of my footwear saying "F*&k me" they have said "I'm f*&ked up."

Woohoo, the orthopedic released me. He said I was healing wonderfully. I am supposed to avoid high impact sports like running and racquetball. I nearly busted out laughing when he said that. I don't think it will be a problem.

So, last light we went out for Chinese food, and I got to wear a pair of shoes. I was afraid I was going to wear the left out before I ever wore the right shoe again. Fortunately that was not the case.

So the moral of the story is get drunk. Because if I had been I would have tripped, rolled around on the ground, gotten up quickly, looked around to make sure no one saw me, and been fine. But no, I had to go and be sober at a bachelorette party.

Thursday Thirteen 10/25/07

Thinking about both Halloween and my upcoming birthday, this weeks Thursday Thirteen is 13 candies I remember from my childhood...

1. I bought these with the 50 cents my uncle would give me when we stayed at his house.

2. This was another favorite purchase with those 2 quarters.


3.This might always be one of my favorite candies. It is fat free after all.

4. My Halloween stash always had several of these. My big sis hated them so I got hers too.


5. I have had my mouth stuck shut from these too many times to mention.

6. My Granny always had Sour Balls at her house.


7.My brother and I fought over PixyStix so many times. We always wanted the same colors.

8.I think I got Pez and a Pez dispenser every year for Christmas from the time I was 4 to 12.

9. I remember daring my cousin to drink a cola after eating Pop Rocks. We all knew it could make our stomachs explode ;-), but we all did it anyway.

10. Movie theater candy, watching ET on one screen while my older sister and Dad watched The Karate Kid. There was a time in my life when Ralph Macchio was considered too violent for me.

11.Oh my God I loved these. You can still order them online. :Gets out credit card: What they were fun.

12. My mother always had these in the car when we would take a road trip. Other people remember playing those travel games, looking for plates from all states, playing I Spy. We ate from almost the moment the car left the driveway.

13. I still eat these. The grape and rootbeer flavors are my favorite.

What is your favorite candy memory?

Thursday Thirteen 10/18/07

Today's Thursday Thirteen.

Thirteen places I have lived.

1. Akron, OH. (This is where I was born.)

2. Ravenna, OH. (We had a Rootstown address, Mogadore phone number, and lived in Ravenna.)

3. Elora, TN. (Moved to be near my Mother's family when I was 7)

4. Flintville, TN. (Mom and Dad built a house here when I was 11)

5. Knoxville, TN. (3 years at the University of Tennessee)

6. Cleveland, TN. (2 additional years at Lee University. I left with a BS and 2 minors)

7. Fayetteville, TN. (Back home near my family)

8. Athens, AL. (Was too close to the family.)

9. Huntsville, AL. (Was too far from work.)

10. Southhaven, MS. (Husband was transferred.)

11. Memphis, TN. (I went back to nursing school. We lived in an apartment cuz we were broke.)

12. Horn Lake, MS. (My house. God, I loved that place we put in a pool. It was beautiful.)

13. Nashville, TN. (My Dad is old, sick. And I had to be closer, so we moved again.)

Tagged.

So Crystal got tagged and couldn't think of eight people who haven't already been tagged. I haven't. So I figured I would help her out.

Eight Random Bits of Trivia About Me.

1. I have known one of my best friends for over 21 years. Deanna, our friendship is now legally allowed to drink.

2. I am named after a character on Dark Shadows.

3. I have 4 sister and 2 brothers, 6 neices and 8 nephews. I became a great aunt 3 years ago.

4. I have no children of my own. Except my furbaby, Sophie.

5. I typed the index of our yearbook my junior year of highschool, earning me the editor's job my senior year.

6. I married my first date.

7. I once warmed my hands with human blood. (Imagine that however you like. I might explain later.)

8. I can pick up things with my toes. I won a game picking up marbles out of a wading pool filled with water when I was a kid.


I have to agree with Crystal this has pretty much run it's course for the time being. I can't think of anyone else to tag.

Thursday Thirteen 10/11/07

I love Halloween it might be my favorite holiday. So in honor of Halloween my Thursday Thirteen is 13 things I have been for Halloween.

1. Wonder Woman.

2. Muffit (The alien robot pet from Battlestar Galactica. This was back in the day of plastic suits and hard plastic masks.)

3. Princess Leia (Mom did my hair with the buns over my ears and everything.)

4. A hippie.

5. A gypsy.

6. Pirate

7. Witch

8. Devil

9. Zombie

10. Crewman from Startrek:TNG

11. Evil Fairy

12. An Accident Victim on Prom Night. (This was really an excuse to get one more wear out of a formal dress.)

13. Vampire (My perennial favorite. I have been a vampire many times. I done elaborate gothic gowns and black leather minis. You name it.

Having a hard time this year. I may still be in the boot at Halloween. It is distintly limiting my footwear options. My husband has already bought a hippie costumes. We almost never match. The best year I went as a vamp in the gothic gown. He wore his labcoat a carried a tray of bloodtubes and tourniquets. We were both "bloodsuckers."

The Perils of the Nightshift

Today is serving as a reminder for me of how out of sync my life is with the rest of the world.

As some of you might know I work nights. I have for the last 5 years. I personally love it. I have always been a night person. I sleep just fine during the day(blackout liners and dark drapes.) But here it is 9:30 am on Monday morning. My work week is over. I am about to head to bed. I don't go back 'til Friday evening.

The big problem is that my NEW washer is on the fritz. When can the repairman come out? This afternoon between 1-5pm. That is like having someone come to your house between 3-7 am. I have to leave my ringer on today. Which I never do. Because at some point in my prime sleeping time a repairman from Sears is coming to my house.

Other odd things about night shift: For me it is still Sunday. I got up and went to work on Sunday and it will remain Sunday "til I sleep. I say goodmorning to people at 7pm and goodnight at 7am. I have been known to go to a bar at 7:30 in the morning. Some may ask what kinda of bar is open at 7 am? Not a good one, let me tell you. There is nothing more obscene than walking out of a dark, cave-like dive bar after drinking off a bad, bad night in emgerency medicine than to have the bright noon time sun hit you square in the face. We have looked like vampires from B movies covering our eyes and cowering away from the blinding rays.

Goodthings about nightshift. I get paid more to do the same work and the bosses are not there to look over your shoulder. When I grocery shop at 2 am, I am the only one in the store. The internet is always open. People don't call and interrupt me writing at 3 am on my days off.

This just a skewed, sleep deprived glimpse into my life.