Saturday, January 30, 2010
Cereal Killer
Its been an interesting week leading up to my surgery. There was the insistent person from the Lab conveying upon me the high priority for my Doctor to write orders for an EKG. When I informed this person that I had orders from my Doctor for lab work and silly old me, insinuated that perhaps this Doctor put orders for an EKG in said orders, I was told that almost never happens. I don't have to tell you that it didn't inspire a lot of confidence.
By the time I was able to call my Ear,Nose, and Throat (ENT) guy, their office had already closed. I was able to get in touch with my family physician and discovered that I had an EKG down back in June. I had to take off early from work to make it to their office to get a copy.
The next day when I boldly and proudly rolled into the Lab with my "lab orders" and my EKG, I was told they didn't need the EKG. All was not lost because early that morning, I had saved an urine sample and was now the proud bearer of it, in a "to-go cup," as it rested in my hand. When I told the Receptionist of my fortuitous move, she smiled and said, "We will not be needing that this morning."
Ah, when do you ever go to the Lab, have lab work down, and not have to give a urine sample?? You might say at that point I got p---, nope, I didn't say that however, there isn't any way to look "cool' when you're holding a "to-go cup" of your urine in public, for that matter, an unwanted to-go cup of urine. The kind receptionist did help me to a medical waste container to give my to-go cup the heave ho.
Now you might think I might be in a bad mood but nay, I am not. You see God can take, ah, lets say "lemons" and make lemonade. On the way home I came across a homeless guy holding the following sign:
Cereal Killer
Need money for milk!
In the midst of despair - humor. I asked the guy if he was hungry and he said, "Yes!" I told him to hang on as I drove over to a nearby Burger King, bought a whopper meal, and drove back to give it to him. When I gave him the meal he said, "God bless you." I told him, "No, God bless you my brother for it is in the name of Jesus that I give this to you."
I pray that God uses that whopper - it smelled good.
God's blessings to all of you.
By the time I was able to call my Ear,Nose, and Throat (ENT) guy, their office had already closed. I was able to get in touch with my family physician and discovered that I had an EKG down back in June. I had to take off early from work to make it to their office to get a copy.
The next day when I boldly and proudly rolled into the Lab with my "lab orders" and my EKG, I was told they didn't need the EKG. All was not lost because early that morning, I had saved an urine sample and was now the proud bearer of it, in a "to-go cup," as it rested in my hand. When I told the Receptionist of my fortuitous move, she smiled and said, "We will not be needing that this morning."
Ah, when do you ever go to the Lab, have lab work down, and not have to give a urine sample?? You might say at that point I got p---, nope, I didn't say that however, there isn't any way to look "cool' when you're holding a "to-go cup" of your urine in public, for that matter, an unwanted to-go cup of urine. The kind receptionist did help me to a medical waste container to give my to-go cup the heave ho.
Now you might think I might be in a bad mood but nay, I am not. You see God can take, ah, lets say "lemons" and make lemonade. On the way home I came across a homeless guy holding the following sign:
Cereal Killer
Need money for milk!
In the midst of despair - humor. I asked the guy if he was hungry and he said, "Yes!" I told him to hang on as I drove over to a nearby Burger King, bought a whopper meal, and drove back to give it to him. When I gave him the meal he said, "God bless you." I told him, "No, God bless you my brother for it is in the name of Jesus that I give this to you."
I pray that God uses that whopper - it smelled good.
God's blessings to all of you.
Friday, January 08, 2010
Uh, where is Al Gore when you need him? If he shows up here in Central FLORIDA, part of the SUNSHINE State he'll find this forecast for Saturday - SNOW! Yes, we actually have a snow / sleet warning for tonight and tomorrow morning. Usually we have to break out blue tarps and extra water for possible hurricanes. Does any of that stuff work in snow and sleet??
Kudos to Alabama, you made my Dad proud (13th National Championship?) again last night.
Kudos to a couple of girls in our youth group who had their Senior Night soccer game at Merritt Island last night. One of the girls had a MRI on her knee a couple of days ago and was told not to play. Not only did she play but she actually did some nice slide tackles on some of her opponents.
The other girl who usually plays goalie played forward last night and had several shots on goal. These two girls are God's girls who happen to be a couple of warriors. It was a pleasure watching them last night.
Well, got to go and purchase a snowmobile. Have a blessed weekend.
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Here's Your Sign
I guess one sign is the fact that I'm blogging again which can only mean vacation is over and I'm back to work. It doesn't make sense but Greg was the one that pointed this out to me on the phone tonight and I have to concur with my good friend.
Here in Central Florida, the high did not get out of the 40's. To top that off the heat in our school wasn't working. Well, it was "blowing" but unfortunately the air was cold. The room temperature never read higher than 60. My Principal who is a great guy, promptly called our District's Maintenance Department to rectify the situation. In the meantime I resorted to putting math books on top of the a/c / heating unit to stem the onslaught of cold air.
Yes, there is an "Off" button on our units but that wasn't working as well. A few minutes later a Technician with the Maintenance Department walked into my room. She immediately walked over to the heating unit, looked at me, and "did" it.
Many of you might know of Bill Engvall and his famous, "Here's your sign" comedy routine when someone states the obvious. My "HYS" moment can when the tech asked me, "Are those books on top of the unit because its blowing cold air?
I couldn't resist, I said, "No, we're getting ready to fry an egg." I don't think she appreciated my humor but my first period had a good laugh.
That is all from the land of frigid Room 409.
Here in Central Florida, the high did not get out of the 40's. To top that off the heat in our school wasn't working. Well, it was "blowing" but unfortunately the air was cold. The room temperature never read higher than 60. My Principal who is a great guy, promptly called our District's Maintenance Department to rectify the situation. In the meantime I resorted to putting math books on top of the a/c / heating unit to stem the onslaught of cold air.
Yes, there is an "Off" button on our units but that wasn't working as well. A few minutes later a Technician with the Maintenance Department walked into my room. She immediately walked over to the heating unit, looked at me, and "did" it.
Many of you might know of Bill Engvall and his famous, "Here's your sign" comedy routine when someone states the obvious. My "HYS" moment can when the tech asked me, "Are those books on top of the unit because its blowing cold air?
I couldn't resist, I said, "No, we're getting ready to fry an egg." I don't think she appreciated my humor but my first period had a good laugh.
That is all from the land of frigid Room 409.
