i totally forgot for this book i am writing- there are a bunch of stories during my role as an "i love lucy" look alike --- as temp receptionist or nurse for my husband's medical practice... someone woudl call in sick, and i would get drafted.---there were many funny stories--as patients were very like the chocolates coming off lucy's conveyor belt.... most stories old enough now so there are no living patients to hear the details. there is no way i am going to go to a doctor and complain about the tip of my toe keeping me awake at night because i know what would be said when i went out the door...long ago.... there were 3 little old ladies which the office referred to as the "first tuesday" ladies-- they came in the first tuesday of every month for their B12 shots. he readily admitted he didn't have a clue what, if anything, was wrong with the 3 of them, but he figured a B12 shot wouldn't hurt them ,and they all felt much better after it. the cost was $4 for 2 of them... the third lady never got charged for any medical care because #1 she was not wealthy, and #2 she brought him a 1 pound can of fantastic home made baked beans in a chase and sandborn coffee tin every saturday night.
i think often of those tuesday ladies-- especially when i talk with veterans- and the vet starts thru the list of meds they are on.
one poor vet was on 140 pills a day... you didn't dare light i cigarette near him... teh tendancy to perfection is bizarre... here... have a pill "A" to stop the misdirected nerve in your toe.... and if it makes you dizzy, then take pill "B" and come back in a week.. at which time i can give you a pill "C" to make you sleep better but don't drink coffee with caffeen-- and come back in 2 weeks...
before very long yu are asleep in a recliner ,in a nursing home, you can't remember you had any toes at all,and they won't let you drink coffee with caffeen because it might wake you up to the fact that the mush they are feeding you has not changed in flavor or consistancy in a month.
lesson? , don't try for the perfect toe at the expense of the rest of you.
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the green house---- for you new commers.... we needed a dog house for females in heat or any dog that has something that might be contageous.. simple thing-- ask masterson to dig a hole, call teh concrete guy, get someone who does not speak english to pile up some concrete blocks- jack and the rest of us could put together the wood part and roof...should cost about $20k for a very nice working dog house. what happened is another chapter in this book, but instead of a $10 piece of pvc pipe for a drain in the floor, we were forced to put in $19,000 worth of iron and copper plumbing to make water run down hill into a dry well... a very long story.... however.... we are not allowed to have any sink... or toilet--- and we don't have either... what we do have is a fluid processing unit where we can empty the dog's water pails into the drywell
so we don't end up with an icescating rink in january with all the water thrown out the door. it is not alot different than the 4-H horse owners place to pee... some of you may remember the day janine forgot about the cameras ... there were those that were shocked.....
to really understand the riduculousness of the situation you have only to watch teh gallons of fluid that can pour out the rear of mo before you are concerned about any extra fluid.
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icould excuse myself by saying , "i have fish to fry"--i don't know where that expression came from... i certainly don't have fish... but we sure have som pork shouldler to process into a few frozen meals--- it is absolutely wonderful... but i am now 6 meals straight on porki shoulder--- my kingdom for some indian food...
actually judy found an indian restaurant in beverley - and we are to go there for lunch tomorrow...
i did look it up online and it did say something about indian food and sports bar.. it is not in the greatest neighbrhood-- i think i will be sure to take my service dog in training....sizzle..
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sizzle's name was invented by richard... a nice man who came here from california -who was both amused and shocked by our "outfit." he was 4 years older than i-- and finally pssed last month..he said he had pur us in his will... and he did - so we will have $25,000. we must figure out some monument to richard befitting of his donation.
