Important Stuff -- Or Not: The Continuing Saga of ME

Friday, December 26, 2008

The Continuing Saga of ME

The weather forecast for Christmas eve was totally wrong. No rain. I was lying in bed, contemplating whether I should attempt another Santa drive, when the phone rang. FINALLY, the hospital was calling me back. They said they could not accept any of the referrals of the civilian doctor I went to last Thursday. Well then, WHY did they send me there in the first place? But, if I could get to Andrews AFB in 45 minutes, I could get another X-ray. Light traffic and heavy foot. I made it there in 30 minutes. I still did not meet the mysterious woman who is supposed to be my primary care doctor. Instead, I was seen by her "partner," a female Doogy Howser. I had another X-ray taken and was told to go home and wait for a phone call with the results -- probably by 2 pm. Six pm and no call. No Santa drive either. Better luck next year.

While I was at the Andrews hospital, the USO was handing out goody bags and BBQ plates to the military staff. That gave me a hankering for BBQ, so I went to Famous Dave's for a plate of ribs. At least something good came out of the day.

My Christmas was low key. I opened presents at 2 am. Hey, technically that's Christmas morning. Then, back to bed to give my ankle a rest. I got up at about 5 pm to prepare Christmas dinner. I didn't sleep all that time, but watched Home Alone (for the third time this week) and some other Christmas shows. I made maple-glazed ham, corn on the cob, scalloped potatoes and something I hadn't had since the age of 12 and hadn't ever made before -- green bean casserole. Yup, directions on the back of a can of dried onion rings. It would never have occurred to me, but I saw a story about it on the History Channel about the history of American holiday foods. It appears that before the 1960s, American food was nearly as bad as British food.

I did NOT have seconds -- I just had lunch and dinner -- 10 minutes apart. That pretty much sums up my Christmas. The kittens loved the boxes my presents came in. They're going to be disappointed when I dismantle their housing project and haul it away -- maybe next week.

I'm working again tonight. Hopefully, I'll get that call from the doctor that I was supposed to get two days ago. Of course, an X-ray still won't tell them whether I've torn any muscles or ligaments. So, we'll be back to square one. Socialized medicine. Gotta love it.

3 comments:

Tonto said...: Merry Christmas LR! Sorry I'm late. I have been so sick...wasn't a great christmas...out of commission.

Hey you and me both about the green been casserole. I don't understand that dish and people's obsession with it. I have heard people tell me it wouldn't be Christmas without it!?!

Don't get it but I always thought it might be because I do not like cream of mushroom soup condensed. I dunno but I am with you...had it once 8 Thanksgivings ago and never ate it again.

Hope the mystery of your ankle gets solved.; 11:45 AM
Anonymous said...: I'm with you, Tonto, that casserole just LOOKS yucky! I hope you're feeling better, too.

LR, you've just gotta be your own advocate when it comes to medical. Nag, nag, nag. There's a reason nagging works quite often--people will do what you've been asking just to get you to shut up! ;); 2:19 PM
Jim O said...: As a guy still recovering from serious, complicated and disabling ankle surgery, I truly sympathize. Hang in there!; 11:54 AM

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I don't use talking points, I create them.

1. Hate makes people stoopid.

2. There is nothing so impenetrable as a closed mind.

3. A stupid person is not someone who can't learn, but someone who refuses to learn.

4. It is a small mind that has no room for God.

5. You can take Stalin out of the gene pool, but you can't take Stalinism out of liberals.

6. The best way to sabotage a bad plan is to follow it to the letter.

7. The race card is the first refuge of people who have nothing to say.

8. Ignorance is the cornerstone of arrogance.

9. Which is more racist, to hate someone who is not white or to assume someone is racist because he is white?

10. Children are not stupid. If a child is taught, the child will learn. If a child is not learning, the child is not being taught.

11. To express righteous indignation, one must first be righteous. And that's a label that doesn't stick to liberals.

12. Profanity is ignorance made audible.

13. An open mind is a liberal's worst enemy.

14. Paternalism is the purest form of racism.

15. People who bend the truth, usually bend it in their favor.

16. If you always stand in opposition to liberalism, you will never be wrong.

18. Life is simple. People who make it complicated usually have an agenda.

19. Getting your news from the corrupt, liberal media is like sticking your head in the sand, except you don't get grit in your teeth.

20. Liberals' emotional development stops at the age of 16.

21. To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell the truth.

22. Idealism seldom matches up with reality.

23. Those who don't hate communism have never lived it.

24. This was a much more civil country when men walked about heavily armed.

25. This economy will never heal as long as Obama keeps picking at the scab.

26. Liberals don't think outside the box; they ARE the box.

27. You cannot change the hearts and minds of liberals, because they possess neither.

28. There is no such thing as a kind liberal.

29. Reading Democratic Party platforms is like reading the history of human rights abuses and crimes against humanity in this country.

25 Immutable Truths About Liberals

Over the years I've been writing this blog, I've been throwing out little self-evident truths that seem to have no exceptions that prove the rule. I've made a list of some of them and will add to it as I remember them or make up more. Most of this list I've come up with myself. A few I've borrowed from others.

1. Always expect the worst from a liberal and you will never be surprised.

2. Never try to reason with a liberal. They disregard any evidence that conflicts with their beliefs.

3. You can always tell what liberals are up to by what they accuse conservatives of doing.

4. Liberals don't debate, they argue.

5. The only standards liberals have are double standards.

6. Liberals feel, conservatives think.

7. Whenever you don't understand a liberal's motives, just look for the money.

8. Liberals cannot be embarrassed. They lack the gene to blush.

9. The Liberal Golden Rule is, "Do unto others but scream bloody murder if they do unto you."

10. Liberals don't have leaders, they have demi-gods.

11. There are no honest liberals. If they were honest -- especially to themselves -- they would be conservatives.

12. A liberal's business is nobody's business, but everyone's business is a liberal's business.

13. Liberals have an inflated sense of self-worth. They are like house flies that criticize the air-worthiness of a Stealth fighter. (Sarah Palin, George W. Bush, ad infinitum are morons.)

14. Liberals lack a sixth sense that conservatives have in abundance -- common sense.

15. Liberals never stop hating.

16. There are only two types of liberals -- the deceivers and the deceived. The difficulty is telling them apart.

17. Every time liberals get on their high horse, they get bucked off.

18. Liberal programs are so wonderful that they have to be forced on people.

19. Liberals always choke on their own medicine.

20. When given a moral choice, liberals always come down on the wrong side of the fence.

21. The only way liberals can build themselves up is by tearing others down.

22. Liberals not only refuse to learn from their mistakes, they refuse to admit them.

23. Liberals have only two political positions -- blind devotion and blind hatred.

24. Liberals are incapable of attacking the message, so they always attack the messenger.

25. Liberal diversity is only skin deep.