I went to see my endocrinologist yesterday. Routine appointment, and she was quite happy with my labs, FWIW. Then we had a bizarre conversation centered around a wisecrack I made.
“You have any reservations about seeing a foot doctor?” This was an introductory referral for a diabetic case.
“No. You know of any Jewish podiatrists?”
“WHAT?!?”
I explained to her about the other two podiatrists I’ve seen. The first one was in Indianapolis, and I went to him to drain my toe after I dropped a screen door on it. He also fixed the badly ingrown nail of the same toe 18 months later.
The second guy was in Hampton, VA. He drained an abcess on the sole of my left foot, twice.
Both were Jewish. The first guy had a wunnerful sense of humor, the second one was a crotchety old fart for being a young guy.
“Given the two that I’ve seen were Jewish, I should stick with what I know.” ;)
My youngest sister has me shaking my head again. She posts trivia on FB, but her source is Uncle John’s Bathroom Readers, and often what she posts is wrong. She gets all pissed off if I correct her (I’m not mean about it, really. But I’ve learned to tread lightly, and I try really hard to ignore it.)
Her latest idiocy is claiming that “flink” means a group of 12 or more cows. I checked 6 different dictionary sites, and none list the word. Googling shows numerous “definitions”, but I don’t consider ask dot com to be authoritative. One site, which I’m not going to look for again, claims it’s a made-up word that someone posted in Wikipedia as a joke, and it’s taken on a life of its own. THAT I believe.
She’s really not stupid, but sometimes she’s just lazy, and she doesn’t much care if she spread misinformation. That part makes me nuts. Maybe she is the reason I left home at 19…
On a brighter note, I have 9 pairs of jeans hanging in the sun, and another load to go out in a few minutes. Go me!
Yep. I guess she’d rather just post what she reads instead of making sure she’s reading real stuff. I’m just going to ignore those posts and allow my blood pressure to return to normal.
All my laundry is hanging out in the sun, plus there’s a little breeze. What to do while it all dries??
Stopped by the grocery store on my lunch break yesterday, found a good brand of anti-stinkum I like, in unscented, discounted for a dollar. Woo-hoo! I also picked up a few frozen TV dinners to stash here at work, a detail whose relevance you’ll discover shortly.
While showering this morning, it occurred to me that I hadn’t seen the deodorant since I paid for it. Hmmm. :dubious: Walked into the breakroom just now, forgot totally what I went there for, walked back to my desk and sat back down, saw the MMP post I’d started :smack: went back to the breakroom, and was seen by a co-worker removing a stick of Arrid from my bag of Stouffer’s so now I’m even more of the office weirdo.
On a more nature-baby note, this morning I watched a full moon set over an open field (hi, Paul Simon!) as the sunrise filled the sky with color, then saw this spring’s first daffodils shortly thereafter.
It’s a bright sunny 30 degrees and supposed to get up to 45.
Heat wave coming through!
The day didn’t start happy. I woke at 4am and couldn’t get back to sleep. I should have gotten up because then I did fall back asleep and overslept for irk. At least I didn’t get the late log in nasty email. I got one last week because sometimes the system hangs and I think I’m logged in and I’m not.
Then I put the dog out instead of taking him out and he wandered out the front gate that never stays closed. I don’t know what made him go that way, he never has before. He didn’t get far before Sah-son caught him.
Have to wash clothes today. It may be the only thing I do even though I have some other things to take care of. I’m in an ill mood and probably not a good time to deal with some things. The lawyer wrote up a trust for me that I need to get signed and notarized. My younger nieces name is spelled? spelt? wrong and needs to be fixed.
My mother called already this morning and I really don’t want to call her back.
Wow! When I’ve heard people say that TV dinners stink I always thought it was a metaphor for poor quality; didn’t realize that it realize it meant the smelled enough to need BO-derant. :smack: Ignorance fought! Thanks. Rosie, ____ is a neighbor.
I finally found out how to block numbers on my land line, after I told Carmen from credit card services that if she called her one more time she wouldn’t have to worry about and government agencies because I was going to hunt her down and gut her like a fish.
I wish I could be more playful about it like my friend. The same one who told the microsoft scammer that she was a witch and put a curse on him.
Recently a scammer guy called her three days on a row even though she told him she doesn’t have a computer. The third day she told him I know the real reason you are calling me. He said I am calling about your computer ma’am. She said no, it’s because you like me, you know you like me. He said no ma’am about your computer. She said nobody calls three days in a row about a computer, I bet you want to be my boyfriend. Do your friends know you are into old ladies? He says no ma’am it’s about your computer. She said I bet you want to have sex with me, you like sex with little old ladies.
He hung up and much to her disappointment hasn’t called back.
But when he does she is going to tell him that her father approves of the relationship and now they are engaged.
shoe, somebody has to represent us office weirdos.
Today is a light load at irk, including a short project reconciliation with engineering (those guys are good at engineerin’ but need help countin’ ). Tonight is bowling with the heathens.
It occurred to me that I might start keeping them in the freezer anyway, at least in the summertime. I believe there’s a rather large artery that runs through the pit area – applying frosty cold deodorant might be quite refreshing and blood-cooling on a hot day. Maybe I’ll start a new trend! Post it on all those life hack sites!
Oh, and thank you for your story, Sahirrnee. I admire and aspire to emulate your friend.
**Midget **- frost them with chocolate - you’ll sell out!
Laundry is in and stowed. **FCD **is home, watching The Adventures of Superman. Tortellini for supper, and the last of the carrot cake for dessert. And I finished my pink lap robe. All in all, a fairly productive day.
Plus it’s 52°, so I took my time taking the clothes off the lines. I should have gone out and futzed in the yard, but I got wrapped up in watching The French Lieutenant’s Woman. Missed opportunity, alas.
). Tonight is bowling with the heathens. 
